We have a dream that one day, all work
will be valued equally.
Founded in 2000, Domestic Workers United [DWU] is an organization of Caribbean, Latina and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York, organizing for power, respect, fair labor standards and to help build a movement to end exploitation and oppression for all.
Dignity Overdue: Stand Together for the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
22 Apr 2010
Domestic Workers United cordially invites you to:
DIGNITY OVERDUE:
STAND TOGETHER FOR THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS
TOWN HALL MEETING
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010
7PM-9PM
Doors open at 6:30pm
Join feminist author and activist Gloria Steinem, legendary Civil Rights activist Esther Cooper Jackson, Senator Diane Savino, Assemblyman Keith Wright, president of 1199SEIU George Gresham, Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor, CUNY distinguished lecturer Ed Ott, scholar and activist Frances Fox Piven, domestic workers, and supporters at a town hall meeting that will highlight the unique conditions facing domestic workers and urge New York State to pass the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.
AND see the premiere of "Invisible Woman-Rise," a dance theater performance produced in collaboration with members of Domestic Workers United, artist Lisa Ramirez, and the Foundry Theater.
Location: SEIU 32BJ, 101 Avenue of the Americas
-between Grand and Watts-
Trains: 1, A, C, E to Canal Street or Buses: M20, M6 to Canal Street
Sponsored by: Working Families Party, SEIU 32BJ, La Fuente: A Tri-State Worker and Community Fund, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, Senator Bill Perkins, UAW Region 9A, Urban Justice Center, UFCW Local 1500, Laborers International Union of North America Local 10, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Adhikaar, Picture the Homeless, Brecht Forum, NY Taxi Workers Alliance, May 1st Coalition, NYC LCLAA, Transport Workers Union Local 100, Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition, Kolot Chayeinu, Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, NYCLU, Outten & Golden, The Actor's Temple, BJ Tzeirim, Social Service Employees Union Local 371, ROC-NY, Movement Solidarity Project, Center for Immigrant Families, Fulton Youth of the Future, list in formation.
For more information or to co-sponsor - CONTACT DWU - (212) 481-5747
Email: dwuinfo@domesticworkersunited.org