New Report: Domestic Work in California
Late 2012, you witnessed the historic, ground-breaking release of Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work – the first-ever, nation-wide report on the state of domestic work. …
Case Study: National Domestic Workers Alliance – Video Released
Recently, at the 2013 Community Based Participatory Research Institute, DataCenter and the National Domestic Workers Alliance presented a case study on the first-ever, nation-wide study on the conditions faced by domestic workers. …
Domestic Workers Suffer Abuses Illegal in Most of Labor Force
First-Of-Its-Kind Survey Reveals Myriad Subpar Working Conditions, Provides Policy Recommendations for Reforming Care Sector “Home Economics offers a way out of this shameful situation, a clear course of action toward a …
Domestic Worker’s Corner:
One Story x 2,000
With the much anticipated release of the National Domestic Workers Report, DataCenter spent a weekend in Washington DC with the National Domestic Workers Alliance and worker leaders. Looking at the …
Domestic Workers Corner: Watch Out for this Historic Report in June!
It all started in October 2010, when the domestic worker and allies research team, over 4 days, created questions based on “what do we want to know about us?” Thus …
Low wage workers unite as experts in their own right!
Low-wage workers from National Domestic Worker’s Alliance (NDWA) and Food Chain Worker’s Alliance (FCWA) attended DataCenter’s “Data Analysis for the People” workshops this past January and December. At these workshops – held in …
Domestic Workers’ Corner: Workers respond to the film “The Help,” write letters and 200,000 strong in California
by Anne Ryan | Communications Associate Stories move you. Numbers wow you. Put them together, and you will feel called to action. DataCenter’s National Domestic Worker Survey is bringing stories …
Calling all Domestic Workers! Participate in our Survey Project!
National Domestic Worker Survey Project A project of National Domestic Workers Alliance, DataCenter and Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois, Chicago Are you a nanny, caregiver, or housecleaner …
Courage and Hope: Former Domestic Worker, Activist-Leader Shares Her Story!
by Anne Ryan | Communications Associate “In my country, I began working as a domestic worker when I was 5 years old. I cleaned homes while there were children playing …
Domestic Workers’ Corner: Research Fellow Gives Unique Insight of Domestic Workers Making Change with Their Data!
by Anne Ryan|Communications Associate Christina Fletes, Research Fellow at DataCenter, is leading the National Domestic Worker Survey that began last year. Christina, the daughter of a domestic worker, sat down …