See A Movie, Support Domestic Workers, Celebrate Global Day Of Action

Katie Halper January 25, 2008 | 5:18 pm EST

January 26th is the Global Day of Action organized by the World Social Forum. You can find out how your city is celebrating the Global Day of Action here. But this sounds like a great thing to know about for everyone in the world, and a great thing to do for people in New York. This Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum will host a screening and discussion of the documentary Work and Respect made by the Third World Newsreel about the lives of domestic workers– Caribbean, Latina and African nannies, housekeepers, and caregivers who work in New York.

After the screening, there will be a discussion with members of Domestic Workers United (DWU), founded in 2000, about their experience organizing fellow workers and fighting for fair labor practices. If you can’t go the screening, you can still by watching a trailer of the film and learning more about the DWU.

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Tagged as:Brooklyn Museum • Domestic Workers Alliance • Domestic Workers Union • Fair Labor Standards • Global Day of Action • Labor • New York City • unions • Work and Respect

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I am doing a class project on domestic workers and would like to speak to some officials from the union.please contact me at the above email address.Thank you.
Heather McPherson February 27, 2008 | 3:27 pm EST

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