NDWA Local Chapter | Washington DC-Virginia-Maryland
About the NDWA DMV Chapter
The NDWA Washington DC-Virginia-Maryland (DMV) Chapter organizes domestic workers for better wages and improved working conditions. We also play a lead role in local coalitions to win rights, recognition and safety for all low-wage workers. Up until 2022, domestic workers were the ONLY group of workers excluded from basic human rights protections in Washington DC. In 2022, we won the DC Domestic Workers Bill of Rightsfor DC. We also played a lead role in winning the Virginia Domestic Workers Bill of Rights — the first Domestic Worker Bill of Rights in the South!
Our multilingual membership meetings and leadership development trainings are spaces for domestic workers to build community and deepen skills to lead in our organization, our community and our domestic worker movement.
NDWA DMV Chapter celebrates the passage of the DC Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
DMV Chapter Leaders participate in a national march to demand a path to citizenship for essential workers
DMV Chapter Leaders participate in the DC Excluded Worker Campaign
DMV Chapter Members march for investments in care as part of a national rally with SEIU
Two participants in the chapter's leadership development program present about the DC Domestic Workers Bill of Rights at a monthly membership meeting
DMV chapter members participate in a yoga class at a monthly membership meeting
If you’re a nanny, housecleaner or homecare worker in the DMV, we invite you to join us!
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Are you a nanny, caregiver, or housecleaner in Washington DC, Virginia or Maryland who believes you deserve dignity and respect on the job? Join our community!
This article highlights how domestic workers in Washington D.C., primarily women of color and often immigrants, have faced mistreatment and lack of essential rights due to a lack of contracts and regulations, with a historical basis in racism. The passage of a domestic workers bill of rights, providing basic employment protections, is advancing in the D.C. Council to address these issues and recognize the importance of these workers.
The Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, which aims to extend employment rights to more than 9,000 domestic workers in the District, passed unanimously during D.C. Council’s final legislative session of the year. The bill passed during its second and final vote on Wednesday. The bill will now move onto Mayor Muriel Bowser’s desk to either sign into law or veto.
The article is about the struggles and challenges faced by domestic workers in Washington, D.C., particularly those who work in roles like construction and child care. It highlights the case of Yeny, a domestic worker who had a 16-hour workday but was not paid for her work by her employer.
