The Domestic Care Movement

Published: Nov. 26, 2019, 10:53 p.m.

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Maria and Julio are joined by Ai-jen Poo, senior advisor to\\xa0Care in Action, executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the co-director of Caring Across Generations, and\\xa0Alexsis Rodgers, Care in Action\'s Virginia state director, to discuss the history of the domestic care movement, and how its legacy of slavery and racism impacts labor rights to this day. Plus, they also talk about the ways in which domestic care advocates are making strides to endorse women of color candidates in Virginia and what that means for the 2020 election cycle.\\xa0

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ITT Staff Picks:\\xa0
\\n- The new labor movement fighting for domestic workers\' rights via\\xa0The New York Times.\\xa0
\\n- From\\xa0In These Times: The deep historical roots of American domestic worker organizing.
\\n- The legacy of Fahari Jeffers,\\xa0co-founder of the United Domestic Workers Union, via\\xa0Latino Rebels.\\xa0\\xa0
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