New York Domestic Workers: Non-Profits, Community Organizing and the Implementation of the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights

Vitathe sort of white-collar workers who were operating the global economy." 2 Unfortunately, for these laborers, while they are a crucial element of the modern workforce, their employment is organized in many informal ways, which leads to them being denied benefits or exposed to unhealthy working conditions.Informalities throughout New York's domestic workforce include unregulated work hours, lack of access to Social Security benefits, and hazardous working conditions.While domestic work makes a vital economic contribution to society, this type of work is not recognized for its important role in the larger economy. 3Subjected to unfair labor standards with employers holding exclusive power over the hiring and firing process, domestic workers are put in vulnerable positions.Regulating domestic labor would not only validate the importance of domestic work within the economy, but it would also grant much needed protection to domestic workers.An essential strategy of organizing urban communities around domestic work is acknowledging the need to legalize labor protections for these workers.This can be achieved by pairing disadvantaged urban communities in need of advocacy with non-profit community-based organizations.Partnerships between urban communities and non-profit organizations would benefit a movement for domestic workers' justice since these communities are related to domestic work in several ways.Since domestic workers are often mothers, care providers, and neighbors in their own 2