Title Solidarity & care : domestic worker activism in New York City / Alana Lee Glaser

Published Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 184 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Introduction -- Precarious caring and collective complaints: overcoming the isolation and personalism of domestic work -- "The work that makes all other work possible": DWU's political education -- "Tell 'dem slavery done": passing and implementing the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights -- "No unlikely allies": building power through solidarity across communities -- "We'll roll out": acts of care and solidarity following passage of the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Solidarity in times of crisis Summary "This ethnographic book chronicles the impact of the 2010 New York Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights on the multicultural, immigrant-led organizations responsible for its passage as well as its unexpected sequelae in the daily lives of individual Latina, Caribbean, and West African women working as caregivers in New York City"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 14, 2023) Subject Domestic Workers United. SUBJECT Domestic Workers United fast Subject Women household employees -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions Women household employees -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Women household employees -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York Women foreign workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions Women foreign workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Women foreign workers -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York Household employees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York Foreign workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York Foreign workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. Household employees -- Legal status, laws, etc. Women foreign workers Women foreign workers -- Social conditions Women household employees Women household employees -- Social conditions New York (State) -- New York Genre/Form Electronic books Interviews Form Electronic book LC no. 2022060141 ISBN 9781439922477 1439922470

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