John, in America domestic workers who speak up for better treatment are sometimes fired on the spot. Employers get away with refusing to pay wages and denying paid sick leave, and workers often have little recourse.

The POWER (Protect Our Workers – Enforce Rights) Act changes all of that in Philadelphia. After three years of organizing, this groundbreaking law sets a precedent for how other cities must protect their low wage workers - including domestic workers - from retaliation, wage theft, and other forms of employer abuse. Our organizing made this possible, but there’s important work left to do.

The National Domestic Workers Alliance is organizing across Philadelphia to reach hundreds of thousands of Philly workers so they know that they have new protections against exploitation and retaliation, and how they can use their rights if employers steal wages or illegally fire them.

Our team of on-the-ground organizers are handing out materials to nannies at playgrounds, house-cleaners on public transit, and home care workers after their shifts so that domestic workers know the city can help them under the POWER Act. NDWA is also planning a significant investment in Spanish-language ads to reach domestic workers online.

Donate today to help win critical labor protections for domestic workers. Your support strengthens our movement and helps us keep making real progress. We can’t do it without you.

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750,000 workers in Philadelphia now have vital labor protections after a coalition of workers, care champions, and allies won the POWER Act earlier this year.

The law ensures that employers are held accountable when they violate laws like our Philadelphia Domestic Workers Bill of Rights and gives city government the tools they need to enforce labor protections. The POWER Act creates a public database of employers who commit multiple labor violations, increases protections against retaliation, supports immigrant workers, suspends business licenses for violating employers, and much more. It also provides the city the tools it needs to enforce labor protections for workers.

The domestic workforce in Philadelphia and across the country is largely made up of immigrants, and Black, Latina, and Asian-American women. Already underpaid and marginalized, our community of domestic workers already struggle to make fair pay in a good work environment. The POWER Act gives power back to workers — and in order to ensure this legislation has the strongest outcomes possible, we need contributions from our supporters to keep this work going.

Every victory leads to more organizing — in Philadelphia, other cities nationwide, and the halls of Congress, and we can only fight with the support of our coalition.

Contribute today to help NDWA reach as many domestic workers as possible and strengthen our advocacy campaigns across the country. Every dollar donated supports our organizers, awareness ads, legislative work, and so much more.

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As with every one of our campaigns, and each day of organizing, we can only sustain our work with the help of our worker community, allies, and coalition partners. So, thank you for being a part of our team.

Thank you for taking action,

The National Domestic Workers Alliance Team