MUMBAI, Maharashtra, India
Roma, set in 1970, is a story about Cleo, an indigenous Mexican woman who works for a middle-class family in Mexico City. Cleo’s experiences fall in line with domestic workers’ issues for the more than 67 million women worldwide: dreadful work-life balances, cruel treatment, extended working hours and unreciprocated care. The Oscar-winning movie, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, showcases the everyday struggles of these women that go unnoticed.
The Life of a Domestic Worker
The majority of female workers move from rural regions to larger cities with hopes of better lives. However, domestic employers’ treatment of these women is often cruel and inhumane. More than 70% of domestic workers globally are employed without formal contracts, leaving them unprotected from extended hours of work for pint-size rewards. The profession is, therefore, not shielded by labor laws and social security, so the workers fall victim to abrasive handling and lack of job s
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A Strong Economy Needs Care Workers
Care workers are more essential than ever, but most don’t get a living wage or even a single sick day. It’s time to fix that.
The pandemic has dramatically exposed the vital role that care workers play in our society. As child care centers and schools closed and nursing homes became COVID-19 hotspots, families have strained to juggle work and other responsibilities while taking care of loved ones.
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About a decade ago, Shreya Kangovi and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania interviewed 1,500 people in Philadelphia on porches, at hospital bedsides, and in shelters people who were living in high-poverty communities. All the people interviewed were asked one question: What makes it hard for you to stay healthy?
“Patients told us, for example … that health care providers were constantly setting them up to fail because we give people goals that are not realistic,” said Kangovi, an associate professor of medicine at Penn and a leading national expert on the use of community health workers to improve population health.
The Center for American Progress issued the following issue brief on Feb. 9, 2021, entitled Eleven Things State and Local Governments Can Do to Build Worker Power:. American workers do not have the rights and protections they need and deserve in the workplace or in the U.S. democratic system. Unions help their members negotiate with employers for decent wages and.
Respect workers right to join a union Comply with existing workplace laws Create jobs in the United States
This issue brief functions as a resource for worker advocates and policymakers by reviewing the best existing legislative models to support high-quality jobs that can be inserted into an economic recovery package.
Although Congress enacted a COVID-19 aid package in late 2020 that included short-term economic relief through the extension of unemployment benefits and direct cash payments to Americans, the legislation was insufficient in scope and size, failed to make investments to rebuild the American economy in the long term, and did not provide much-needed aid to states and local communities./4