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"#DayWithoutAWoman": For Domestic and Low-Wage Workers, the Stakes Are Higher Than Ever

03/06/2017 | Ai-jen Poo | Glamour

I sometimes ask domestic workers to imagine what would happen if every nanny, house cleaner, and home care worker in the country decided to go on strike for one day. I ask them to reflect on all the children, seniors, and families who would be touched, and then to think about how those families’ workplaces would be affected—the business people, lawyers, and doctors, all the people who couldn’t work because no one was there to support their needs. The response to this question is often quiet...

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Why I Will Not Leave

02/24/2017 | Jeanette Vizguerra | NY Times

DENVER — This year is my 20th in Denver, but I may have to spend it in the basement of the First Unitarian Church instead of my own home. When I wake up in the room set up for me here, my first thought every day is who will pick up my children from school.

Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to extend my stay of deportation. I sought sanctuary in the church because, like that of millions of other immigrants, my future in this country was thrown into doubt. Thanks to...

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Trabajadoras domésticas protagonizan protesta en el Congreso (VIDEO)

02/14/2017 | Divalizeth Murillo | Mundo Hispanico

Las declaraciones del congresista republicano por Carolina del Sur Mick Mulveny, nominado a la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto de Estados Unidos, sobre no considerar a la niñera de sus tres hijas como una empleada, colmó la paciencia del gremio de trabajadoras domésticas, quienes el martes 6 de febero llegaron hasta la oficina de Mulveny en el Congreso en Washington para protestar ante su postura.

MundoHispánico conversó con Antonia Peña, líder de la protesta en la capital,...

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