Solidarity & care : domestic worker activism in New York City / Alana Lee Glaser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glaser, Alana L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic Workers United.

Women household employees--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

Women household employees--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.

Women household employees--Political activity--New York (State)--New York.

Women foreign workers--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

Women foreign workers--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.

Women foreign workers--Political activity--New York (State)--New York.

Household employees--Legal status, laws, etc--New York (State)--New York.

Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc--New York (State)--New York.

Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc.

Household employees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Women foreign workers.

Women foreign workers--Social conditions.

Women household employees.

Women household employees--Social conditions.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Solidarity and care

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This ethnographic book chronicles the impact of the 2010 New York Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights on the multicultural, immigrant-led organizations responsible for its passage as well as its unexpected sequelae in the daily lives of individual Latina, Caribbean, and West African women working as caregivers in New York City"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Precarious caring and collective complaints: overcoming the isolation and personalism of domestic work

"The work that makes all other work possible": DWU's political education

"Tell 'dem slavery done": passing and implementing the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights

"No unlikely allies": building power through solidarity across communities

"We'll roll out": acts of care and solidarity following passage of the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights

Conclusion

Epilogue: Solidarity in times of crisis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Glaser, Alana L. Solidarity & care

ISBN:

9781439922453

1439922454

9781439922460

1439922462

OCLC:

1350183393