Domestic workers, who are usually women, immigrants, or trafficking victims, find themselves vulnerable to labor exploitation because they are not protected by the National Labor Relations Act.

The cash-based, largely unregulated economy tends to pay minimum wage, with no overtime, sick days, protection from discrimination, right to organize, or other standard labor protections. It's strange that the people we trust with our loved ones should often be treated so poorly.

A proposed Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights in New York would guarantee overtime pay, vacation and sick days, protection from discrimination, and notice before termination.

These are standard labor rights that domestic workers should have enjoyed long ago. The bill has already passed the New York Assembly; now it faces the hurdle of the Senate.

Tell the New York State Senate to pass the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights today!