As Elites Flee COVID-19 Hotspots, Domestic Workers Turn to Each Other

Published: April 29, 2020, 5:31 p.m.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Riya Ortiz, Lead Organizer and Case Manager for Damayan Migrant Workers Association, to talk about how the precarious legal status and broad lack of social protections for many domestic workers means they have been among "the worst-hit members of the community" by not just economic hardship but the disease itself, and what they're doing to stand together and fight back.