Voices from the Immigrant Rights Movement: by Diana Pei Wu

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Articles about Migrant Rights

Domestic Worker Triumphs Over Trafficking, Wins $136K Back Pay
By Karina Muñiz and Claudia Reyes
We Can Labor With Love
By Joaquin Katie
Home Is Where the Work Is: The Color of Domestic Labor
By Preeti Shekar
With Our Own Might, Migrant Women Fight for Change
By Jess Clarke
Expanding Domestic Workers Rights from New York to California
By Beatriz Herrera
Expanding Sanctuary
By Karina Muñiz-Pagán
Scenes From Domestic Worker Organizing
By Rucha Chitnis
Resist, Restore, Rejuvenate (Introduction)
By Jess Clarke
Sanctuary for All
By Mimi Elias
Kayse Jama: Center for Intercultural Organizing
Who Cares? The Politics of Making Domestic Work Visible
By Preeti Mangala Shekar
Voices from the Immigrant Rights Movement: by Diana Pei Wu
Santa Ana’s Sanctuary Struggle - We Will Not Leave Anyone Behind
By Carolina S. Sarmiento
Seven-Year-Olds Lead A Strike
By Margot Pepper
Organizing for the Rights of Filipino Women
By Christine Ferrer

History of Exploitation: from Slavery to Domestic Work

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Interview with Sheila Bapat - By Preeti Shekar

An interview with Sheila Bapat “The roots of domestic work are deeply connected to the history of slavery in the U.S. It’s no accident that a vast majority of domestic workers were African American women to begin with, and increasingly now, immigrant women of color.”

Claiming Our Voice Panel Discussion

Panelists and organizers at the screening of the film Claiming Our Voice

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Claiming Our Voice — Panel Discussion

“We have women power, people power, but we don’t have paper power.” Gulnahar Alam “Unfortunately, the way the non-profit system is set up is that it does not affirm working class leadership, and I think that’s something that we have to really think about and reflect upon.” Yalini Dream

Reflections of Activistas

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Reflections of Activistas

Excerpted here are the voices of young activistas who redefine what it means to be part of the new majority as women of color.

Rinku Sen: Organizing for Racial Justice

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"Gender constructions themselves are racialized. Our overarching notion of what is a good man and what is a good woman, are based on white people being good people and people of color being bad people."

Low-Wage Wokers and Racial Justice Research

Phillipine Domestic Worker Rights. A primer on ILO CONVENTION No. 189
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International Labour Organization
Behind Closed Doors: Working Conditions of California Household Workers
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Datacenter.org
Behind the Kitchen Door: A Multi-Site Study of the Restaurant Industry
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Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Check, Please! Restaurant Workers in Chinatown
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Chinese Progressive Association
Unity for Dignity : Expanding the Right to Organize to Win Human Rights at Work
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Excluded Workers Congress
The Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance
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University of California Transportation Center http://www.uctc.net/research/facultypapers.shtml

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Voices from the Immigrant Rights Movement: by Diana Pei Wu

Articles about Migrant Rights

Low-Wage Wokers and Racial Justice Research