Around 90 percent of domestic workers in Massachusetts did not seek help when their rights were violated. “If we have a law that nobody knows, that means nobody is using it.” Demonstrators ...

These goals could be accomplished in the form of a National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act, a version of which was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last year. While domestic ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed the "Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights," or POWER, bill into law that intends to ...

The advocates want to see Colorado become the second state, after New York, to enact a domestic workers’ rights measure. California lawmakers passed a similar measure in 2006, but it was vetoed ...

This past labor day weekend, we celebrated a rising labor movement. A recent Gallup poll indicated that 71% of Americans support unions, and more workers in our retail and service economy are ...

An earlier version of this article misattributed Rep. Alma Adams's quote to Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.). Gladys Sandoval picked their kids up from school every day, right on time.

The Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights would grant domestic workers minimum wage, overtime pay, meal and rest breaks, as well as protection from discrimination and retaliation, according to the ...

Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights Act, benefitting about 50,000 part-time and full-time employees who work in people’s homes. State Sen. Britnee Timberlake ...

After the New Jersey legislature tossed around versions of the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights for two and a half years, the measure passed Monday, a victory that offers some dignity to the more ...

The city was the first in the United States to adopt a domestic workers bill of rights. Now, four years later, the city is announcing funding to raise awareness about the law. In the last seven ...