June 2022

Celebrate International Domestic Workers Day

Nannies, housecleaners, and home care workers give so much to so many, but they rarely receive the thanks they deserve.

That's why, in honor of International Domestic Workers Day, we've created a virtual 'thank you' card for domestic workers.

If you believe that those who care for us deserve care, dignity, and gratitude, then join us and thank the millions of domestic workers across the country and around the world — sign the ecard today.

International Domestic Workers Day marks the anniversary of the 2011 passage of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 189 for Decent Work for Domestic Workers, establishing international labor law for domestic workers. 

Since its passage, domestic workers have used this day to honor the vibrancy of the leadership of domestic workers in the fight for better protections across the world, including across the United States. 

We are so proud to stand in solidarity with workers who make all other work possible in the U.S. and around the world, and we are honored to be a part of the global domestic workers movement.

Spotlighting Domestic Workers

Domestic workers are on the cutting edge of the most pressing social issues of our time – from immigration, to labor rights, to gender and racial justice. 

That’s why the National Domestic Workers Alliance is proud to have partnered with the Norman Lear Center Media Impact Project at USC on a research report analyzing the history of domestic worker representation across scripted film and TV from 1910 to 2020. 

Our goal? To start conversations about how domestic workers have been portrayed in film and TV and inspire new stories that depict domestic workers as the heroines they are.  

Telling authentic and complex stories of historically underrepresented communities has never been more important.

We hope this research report sets a baseline for domestic worker representation and becomes a catalyst to change the narrative towards a future with more nuanced and authentic portrayals of domestic workers in Hollywood and beyond. 

We Made Our Goal: Thank YOU

We're so excited to announce that we met our mid-year fundraising goal for our "The Future is Us" Fund – and it's because of your generosity and support!

Supporters like you stepped up BIG TIME and chipped in to make sure we met our critical fundraising deadline. Thanks to you, we can continue to:

• Build the bench of next generation local leaders by deepening the leadership of domestic workers through political education, trainings, and formal leadership roles.
• Advance a care economy agenda at the federal, state and local levels, including winning a National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, a groundbreaking federal legislation to create strong rights and workplace protections for domestic workers across the country.
• Mobilize women of color to engage in the democratic process through year-round organizing and civic engagement programs.

Every donation made allows us to blaze new pathways to ensure every job is a good one, with a living wage and benefits, and to support the workers who lead this movement AND take care of our families. So, THANK YOU!

Congrats, Graduates

Join us in screaming a big ‘congratulations’ to the graduates of our inaugural Pop Culture Worker Council, a cohort composed of We Dream in Black Chapter and Affiliate Organization member leaders who are housecleaners, nannies, home care workers, and also storytellers, artists, and creative entrepreneurs.

Throughout history, culture and storytelling have been the backbone of social movements. How stories – through words and visuals – are told often defines whose lives and voices are valued and whose are not.

Our Pop Culture Worker Council graduates work together to think through how we use, create, and develop stories and other immersive narrative experiences to spark profound shifts in how people think, feel, and behave in the world.

It's OUR Time

As we look forward to our 15th anniversary, it’s important that we also look back to understand how the domestic worker movement was born.

To understand the origin of our movement, we have to understand how colonialism, racism and capitalism shaped domestic labor. 

Did you know? The Indigenous cultures of the Americas often valued women’s labor in the home as complementary to men’s. However, over time these societies became more patriarchal and militaristic. New gender hierarchies emerged that privileged symbols of male dominance. This undermined women’s authority and the value of their domestic work.

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