{"id":2604,"date":"2019-03-05T15:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T20:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law.temple.edu\/csj\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2021-11-23T19:07:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T19:07:25","slug":"protecting-domestic-workers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.temple.edu\/csj\/2019\/03\/05\/protecting-domestic-workers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting domestic workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Justice Lawyering Clinic has been working with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.padomesticworkers.org\/\">Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance<\/a> (PDWA) to provide legal support to their organizing campaign. Domestic workers \u2013 nannies, house cleaners, and caregivers \u2013 are critical to the economy. Yet they work in a largely hidden economy behind closed doors. When subject to demanding, abusive, and exploitative conditions, they often have little power to assert their rights. To make matters worse, the laws governing the pay and conditions of workers often exempt domestic workers from basic protections. These legal exemptions reflect the history of domestic work, which includes the legacy of slavery and the relegation of household labor as \u201cwomen\u2019s work.\u201d This <a href=\"https:\/\/law.temple.edu\/csj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Final-Fact-Sheet-PDWA-1.pdf\">fact sheet<\/a>, created by Lily Austin (&#8217;20) and Carla Cortavarria (&#8217;19), summarizes how Philadelphia could enact a domestic worker bill of rights. Philadelphia\u2019s City Council is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philly.com\/news\/domestic-workers-bill-of-rights-philadelphia-city-council-national-alliance-nannies-caretakers-house-cleaners-20190304.html\">actively considering<\/a> such a bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Justice Lawyering Clinic has been working with the Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance (PDWA) to provide legal support to their organizing campaign. Domestic workers \u2013 nannies, house cleaners, and caregivers \u2013 are critical to the economy. Yet they work in a largely hidden economy behind closed doors. 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