Who’s packing up their beach umbrella and starting to think about soup recipes? What about signing kids up for fall sports teams and after-school activities? Anyone scrambling for last-minute ways to squeeze the most out of Labor Day weekend? We hear you! Just don’t forget that if you’ve got a house cleaner, nanny, or homecare
For as long as I can remember, I have been engaging with, surrounded by, or employing domestic workers. I grew up in 1960’s Virginia with a “cleaning lady” – that’s what we called May. When my three siblings and I were born, Evelyn, a live-in nurse, helped my mother take care of us. When my
Note: This op-ed was written by founding Hand in Hand member Gayle Kirshenbaum and published on Labor Day 2019. This week, I took my kid to college. I’m feeling proud, sad, and immensely grateful for everyone who has supported me as a mother over the past 18 years — especially a woman from Jamaica named
Got plans for Labor Day, or for the three-day weekend if you have one? The very idea of a weekend or paid time off is little more than a century old. Labor Day is a holiday that emerged from a moment of crisis, when Americans were working far too many hours, in unsafe conditions, and
Last week, I stood shoulder to shoulder with Hand in Hand members from around the U.S. and over 120 nannies, house cleaners, and home care workers in Washington DC to celebrate the introduction of the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Together, we walked the halls of Congress to meet with representatives and tell them
Soon after taking office in 2016, Trump and his administration began a range of assaults on immigrants, both documented and not, and their rights to live and work without fear and to seek political asylum. Almost immediately, members of Hand in Hand’s network began sharing stories of fear and confusion. There was our own fear
Notes from the D.E.N.: June 2019 Make a difference Act now to #CloseTheCamps! Seven children seeking asylum in this country have died in U.S. custody this year. And we’ve all seen the news these past two weeks—‘appalling’ conditions in the detention centers where immigrant children are being held, with some children not given an opportunity
by Emily Louange, Founder & CEO, Via the Village Religion and politics. Eek. Two topics most steer clear of in the workplace, right? These topics aren’t always relevant to the work we do unless, of course, you work for a religious or political organization. But few stop to think how relevant religion and politics can
May marks 6 months since Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar-winning film Roma came into the world. It sparked a series of milestone moments, from being the first Mexican film to win Best Foreign Language Picture and the first foreign film to win Best Director. It made a star of Yalitza Aparicio, a woman of indigenous descent, who
In 1999, the Supreme Court decided in Olmstead v. L.C. that people with disabilities have a right under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to live in the community rather than institutions and that government has a responsibility to provide supports and services to make this possible. In the 1800s, states throughout the U.S. began
