In the News:
Victoria laboral para trabajadores domésticosCatalina Jaramillo, El Diario NY
For Nannies, Hope for Workplace Protection
-  Russ Buettner, The New York Times
NY Lawmakers Approve Domestic Worker RightsMichael Virtanen, The Associated Press

Congratulations to Domestic Workers United, for the passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in the NY State Legislature!  On June 1st, the NY State Legislature passed a bill that provides collective bargaining rights and labor protection for domestic workers.  If Gov. Patterson signs the bill into law,  it will be the first of its kind in the country. (more…)

The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is an alliance of domestic and household workers in the United States and is a vehicle to build power nationally as a workforce. Many of its member organizations, such as Mujeres Unidas y Activas and Domestic Workers United, have been long time partners of the DataCenter and have led cutting edge research projects that have supported campaigns and organizing efforts to improve the living and working conditions of domestic workers. The Alliance is now launching a national participatory research project on the domestic work industry and the weekend of November 13-15 it is holding its first West Coast Domestic Workers Congress in Oakland, CA. DataCenter will lead a workshop with its members on creating, designing and implementing a national survey.