Domestic Workers Thesis
Domestic Workers
Thesis and Outline
Domestic workers in the United States should have legal working rights set up for them so that they are not taken advantage of for what they do.
Introduction
A: “There are at least 1.8 million workers work as domestic workers in American homes.” http://www.excludedworkerscongress.org/domestic-workers B: With the amount of domestic workers in the United States what are there any laws to assist them when it comes to labor?
Body:
A: What the conditions are for many immigrants working as domestic workers?
Hours, pay, work load, living B: Stories of other domestic workers
Vilma’s Story
Shanti’s Story C: The rights of domestic workers
New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights …show more content…
This number is not one hundred percent accurate due to the fact that there are many unregistered domestic workers with in the United States. These numbers are made up by both people that are legal to work as well as illegal immigrants that have come to the states seeking a new life. Many of these nannies do not live what many would call the “Mary Poppin’s way” when it comes to being a nanny. Many of them are mistreated and taken advantage of. With the amount of domestic workers in the United States what are there any laws to assist them when it comes to labor? There are more laws to protect the legal workers as appose to the illegal immigrants. Domestic workers in the United States should have legal working rights set up for them so that they are not taken advantage of for what they …show more content…
It gives the pluses and minuses of hiring a domestic worker. This site lays out the requirements that someone looking to hire a domestic worker would have to follow. This source gives you the federal regulations for how domestic workers are to be paid.
Lee, K. (2012). The Excluded Workers Congress. Retrieved from http://www.excludedworkerscongress.org/domestic-workers
The Excluded Workers Congress really breaks down the job of a domestic worker. There are over 1.8 million domestic workers in the United States. Domestic workers do not have the right to collectively bargain, and their wages were less then half that of the national median at the time it was written are just some of the main factors of this site.
Legal Aide Society. Employment Laws Protect Live-In Domestic Workers. Retrieved from http://www.las-elc.org/case-serralta.html
Legal Aide Society has the story of 71 year old Vilma that worked for her employer under extreme conditions. It is the story of how she decided to stick up for herself and leave her the family she was working for. Not only did Vilma leave the family but she also went after them to fight for her rights. Vilma’s case did not actually make it to court as the family settled but it was a huge movement for nannies all over that need the extra push to take a
Thesis and Outline
Domestic workers in the United States should have legal working rights set up for them so that they are not taken advantage of for what they do.
Introduction
A: “There are at least 1.8 million workers work as domestic workers in American homes.” http://www.excludedworkerscongress.org/domestic-workers B: With the amount of domestic workers in the United States what are there any laws to assist them when it comes to labor?
Body:
A: What the conditions are for many immigrants working as domestic workers?
Hours, pay, work load, living B: Stories of other domestic workers
Vilma’s Story
Shanti’s Story C: The rights of domestic workers
New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights …show more content…
This number is not one hundred percent accurate due to the fact that there are many unregistered domestic workers with in the United States. These numbers are made up by both people that are legal to work as well as illegal immigrants that have come to the states seeking a new life. Many of these nannies do not live what many would call the “Mary Poppin’s way” when it comes to being a nanny. Many of them are mistreated and taken advantage of. With the amount of domestic workers in the United States what are there any laws to assist them when it comes to labor? There are more laws to protect the legal workers as appose to the illegal immigrants. Domestic workers in the United States should have legal working rights set up for them so that they are not taken advantage of for what they …show more content…
It gives the pluses and minuses of hiring a domestic worker. This site lays out the requirements that someone looking to hire a domestic worker would have to follow. This source gives you the federal regulations for how domestic workers are to be paid.
Lee, K. (2012). The Excluded Workers Congress. Retrieved from http://www.excludedworkerscongress.org/domestic-workers
The Excluded Workers Congress really breaks down the job of a domestic worker. There are over 1.8 million domestic workers in the United States. Domestic workers do not have the right to collectively bargain, and their wages were less then half that of the national median at the time it was written are just some of the main factors of this site.
Legal Aide Society. Employment Laws Protect Live-In Domestic Workers. Retrieved from http://www.las-elc.org/case-serralta.html
Legal Aide Society has the story of 71 year old Vilma that worked for her employer under extreme conditions. It is the story of how she decided to stick up for herself and leave her the family she was working for. Not only did Vilma leave the family but she also went after them to fight for her rights. Vilma’s case did not actually make it to court as the family settled but it was a huge movement for nannies all over that need the extra push to take a