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8 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Fainess’ employer brought her to the US promising a better life and opportunities, but that didn’t happen. Fainess Burgundy and yello...
She wound up residing in her employer’s home, living on leftover food scraps, sleeping on the floor, and was forced to work 16 hours per day — earning less than 40 cents an hour. Image 1 — White text over b...Image 2 — White text in a b...
Her experience is not totally unique. Domestic workers around the country often suffer unchecked horrific abuses like these. Image 1 — White text over b...Image 2 — White text in a b...
We and the Global Human Rights Clinic joined a coalition of workers’ rights organizations calling on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to acknowledge and address the US government’s failure to protect the rights of domestic workers.
Domestic workers deserve fair treatment. aclu.org/news/immigrant…

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