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Domestic Workers in California Anxiously Eye Expiration Date on Bill of Rights

By: Halima Kazem | May 10, 2016

“We no longer worry about not having enough money for food and other necessities,” says a woman who cares for an elderly client part time and cleans houses. But will a law that helped double her wages be tossed out or made permanent?

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In Beijing, Domestic Workers Are Acting Out Their Tales

By: Cynthia L. Cooper | October 20, 2015

The plays that wind up getting performed emerge from group storytelling and are a form of people’s theater. “This is a way to help household workers to stand up and make their voices heard,” says the group’s founder. “This is what I want.” Translation assistance by Yuan Ye.

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Aging Immigrants Often Work as Unpaid Caretakers

By: Sharon Johnson (WeNews senior correspondent) | July 6, 2015

If you reach retirement age without any Social Security checks to keep you going, it often means you just keep on doing the same unpaid or low-wage work. “These women are an invisible population,” says the leader of an advocacy group.

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Child Care Workers Should Star in Higher Pay Push

By: Corinna Barnard (Editorial Director) | February 27, 2014

Parenting and pre-K politics are getting more co-ed but the stark reality is that the people who are helping out in the homes, day care centers and early-education classrooms are almost entirely female. Their taken-for-granted status is getting glaring.

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Wage Rules to Affect Health Aides Sent by Agencies

By: Cassandra Leveille | December 23, 2013

The new wage and overtime protections don’t take effect for another year but the government has begun sorting out what it means, to whom. Staffing agencies are most affected but private employers should also keep records.

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Shutdown Delays Prep to Pay Health Aides More

By: Cassandra Leveille | October 26, 2013

The government shutdown held up Labor Department webinars about the new home health care ruling that takes effect Jan. 1, 2015. Advocates say they will press various agencies to explain the ruling to the public.

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Workers’ Day in Lebanon Targets ‘Kefala’ System

By: Sabah Haider | April 30, 2013

The sponsorship system for foreign workers is like modern-day slavery, particularly for the 200,000 female domestic workers in Lebanon, say critics. They want to stop employers from seizing passports and operating outside the labor laws.

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Filipina Moms Find Family Exile in Overseas Work

By: Iris C. Gonzales | April 17, 2013

Philippine female workers number over a million. Each one has a unique story but taken together they form a fabric of survival, desperation and hope. For those with children, the struggle with estrangement can be intense.

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Few Female Day Laborers Try Jobs in NYC Cleanup

By: Amy Lieberman | February 23, 2013

The women who gather on these two street corners of New York are looking for day work as housekeepers. The territory comes with harassment and haywire scheduling. Hurricane Sandy blew a different type of cleanup work their way, but only a few dare to give it a try.

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Philippine U.S. Consulate Faces Trafficking Heat

By: Samantha Kimmey | September 15, 2012

A Filipina trafficked by a Kuwaiti diplomat spoke out last week about her abuse. A New York advocacy group that helped her win a settlement is staging a Sept. 21 demonstration to prod her country’s U.S. consulate to help victims like her.

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