The National Domestic Workers Alliance organizes domestic workers in the United States for respect, recognition and labor standards.
Oct 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Did you know that in DC, domestic workers are the only group of workers excluded from DC’s Human Rights Act, which protects workers from discrimination on the job? 🧵
In order to right this wrong and guarantee domestic workers – who often face workplace discrimination – basic legal rights, the DC Council must pass a #DomesticWorkersBillofRights.
Mar 17, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
On Tuesday, a gunman shot and killed eight people in the Metro-Atlanta area. Six of those people were Asian women.
We know enough to know this: This is anti-Asian violence. This is gendered-violence. This is anti-immigrant violence. This is white supremacy.
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The surge of anti-Asian attacks that have occurred since the start of the pandemic have further revealed the violent reality of racism in the US—and that racism has directly & devastatingly affected workers who put their safety, health & lives on the line to care for others. 2/
