How to Organize Domestic Workers: An update and organizing salon with the National Domestic Worker Alliance

Across the country there are over 250 million domestic workers - housekeepers, nannies, and care providers, who are doing the work that makes all other work possible. Does your community or constituency include domestic workers? The National Domestic Worker Alliance, born out of the USSF 2007, will present some highlights of our work over the past three years and share models from the field on how to organize domestic workers. This workshop will explore how to build the leadership of immigrant women of color, particularly domestic workers, to win decent jobs, transform the labor movement, and create social justice. We will discuss strategies for outreach and basebuilding, and some of the key components for healthy and vibrant organizations including leadership development, healing, democratic structures, conflict resolution, campaigns that matter and inspire, and connection to a broader movement.