tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post401880156515658680..comments2024-03-11T16:52:26.540-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Domestic workers march in the Missionjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-15816559711263619092009-11-15T13:07:11.808-08:002009-11-15T13:07:11.808-08:00Does this mean that unions are legally forbidden t...Does this mean that unions are legally forbidden to organize domestic workers or that they don't have any mechanism for government recognition of these unions?libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-88905771557346891362009-11-14T09:48:22.394-08:002009-11-14T09:48:22.394-08:00In answer to Tina's question: workers in the U...In answer to Tina's question: workers in the US acquired the "right to organize" through the National Labor Relations Act in the 1930s. One of the compromises embodied in that law -- in order to overcome right wing and Southern objections -- was that it didn't cover farm workers and domestic workers. That is, it didn't cover people who in those days were mostly Black or Mexican immigrants.<br /><br />Sounds like the current health care reform fight (in the sense of just passing something and hoping to extend it to everyone later -- oops) doesn't it?<br /><br />Anyway the fight for a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights is now a state by state thing. I think New York has something like this. One was passed in CA, but Gov. Arnold vetoed it. The fight goes on ...janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-49586554616904512882009-11-14T05:15:09.386-08:002009-11-14T05:15:09.386-08:00thank you so much for the information. are they st...thank you so much for the information. are they still forbidden to unionize? are they still fighting for a"Domestic Worker Bill of Rights?"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083504549736533872noreply@blogger.com