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Domestic Workers Economic Situation Report · January 2021

Feb 05 2021

Domestic workers are the nannies, homecare workers and house cleaners whose work is essential to our economy, and yet they are one of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups of workers. Even before COVID-19, domestic workers earned less than the average US worker, and were three times as likely to be living in poverty. La Alianza survey data of Spanish-speaking domestic workers shows how the pandemic has amplified the vulnerability of this workforce, who continue to face low wages, and high levels of unemployment and underemployment.

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6 Months in Crisis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Domestic Workers

Oct 01 2020

This report sheds light on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Spanish-speaking domestic workers. The pandemic has demonstrated how essential domestic workers are to our economy and society, yet they continue to be underrepresented in official economic data. This invisibility further marginalizes this essential workforce and reinforces their exclusion from relief.

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Center for Women and Work: Domestic Workers in New Jersey

Sep 01 2020

This report sheds light on the precarious working conditions and obstacles that domestic workers in New Jersey face.

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Notes from the Storm: Black Immigrant Domestic Workers in the Time of COVID-19

Jun 16 2020

Black immigrant domestic workers are at the epicenter of three converging storms — the pandemic, the resulting economic depression, & structural racism. Intersectional identities such as Black, immigrant, woman, and low-wage worker make these essential workers some of the most invisible and vulnerable workers in our country.

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Premium Pay Sign On Letter

Apr 24 2020

Essential workers who are on the frontlines of our response to the coronavirus must be included in the next relief package.

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Coronavirus’ Economic Impact on Domestic Workers

Apr 08 2020

This new report includes survey data that demonstrates the depth of the impact the Coronavirus crisis is having on domestic workers.

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From The Help to Roma

Oct 23 2019

This is a story about how NDWA took risks, experimented, and paved the way in partnering with the entertainment industry, developing their own internal capacity and expertise, and how this history provided the roots for trusting, authentic relationships to form around Roma.

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Human Trafficking at Home: Labor Trafficking of Domestic Workers

Jun 01 2019

This report was created in partnership with the Polaris Project and follows up on our 2015 and 2017 Beyond Survival reports.

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Living in the Shadows: Latina Domestic Workers in the Texas-Mexico Border Region

Jun 01 2018

This report provides us with a fact-based portrait of the difficult conditions domestic workers in the Texas–Mexico border region face.

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Pay, Professionalism and Respect Volume 2

Feb 01 2018

Pay, Professionalism & Respect is a two-volume report detailing the history and current challenges facing black nannies, home care workers, and house cleaners in Atlanta, GA, and Durham, NC, such as systemically low wages, rampant sexual harassment, and a lack of benefits. It also details policy recommendations and reforms that are needed to transform the entire care industry, which is one of the fastest growing in the country. Explore Volume 2 and learn more about Durham-based domestic workers.

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