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SIGN PETITION: Tell Governor Brown, "Support domestic workers, sign the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights!"

Throughout California, domestic workers and allies will be celebrating Mother's Day by honoring moms and recognizing the role of domestic workers in the American household.

California's approximately 200,000 domestic workers do the work that makes other work possible and ensure a thriving economy. They perform the fundamental duties of the home, including childcare, house cleaning and cooking, as well as caring for people with disabilities, the sick and the elderly. The vast majority of California's domestic workers are women, minorities, and immigrants.

Screen_Shot_2012-05-10_at_8.55.34_AM.png Tell Governor Brown, "Support domestic workers, sign the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights!"

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Louis Perez signed 2012-06-27 14:35:58 -0700
Louis Perez signed 2012-06-27 14:35:38 -0700
Chia Hamilton signed via Chia Hamilton 2012-06-27 14:01:45 -0700
Felix Ocasio signed 2012-06-27 13:31:49 -0700
Felix Ocasio signed 2012-06-27 13:27:01 -0700
richard fairfield signed via richard fairfield 2012-06-27 13:13:22 -0700
Abot Bensussen signed via Abot Bensussen 2012-06-27 13:02:20 -0700
Dr. Edna Molina signed via Dr. Edna Molina 2012-06-27 12:42:44 -0700
Hank Keeton signed via Hank Keeton 2012-06-27 12:35:21 -0700
Warren High signed via Warren High 2012-06-27 12:33:35 -0700
Robert Puett III signed via Robert Puett III 2012-06-27 12:28:30 -0700
Mollison Espinosa signed 2012-06-27 12:24:33 -0700
JoAnn Loulan signed via JoAnn Loulan 2012-06-27 12:24:33 -0700

Please do what’s right. these People are human and allow you and those who employ them to make their lives work. Do the right thing.
Mollison Espinosa signed 2012-06-27 12:24:32 -0700
Gail Picard signed via Gail Picard 2012-06-27 12:23:04 -0700
Idelle Peterson signed via Idelle Peterson 2012-06-27 12:08:22 -0700

Domestic workers deserve the same respect as all other workers.
Angela Gott signed 2012-06-27 12:06:48 -0700

I have done domestic work in my life despite being a college graduate. It is not a living wage and there are no benefits. The desperate will do domestic work no matter how it depresses us that we can not earn more by people who can certainly afford to pay us more too. I feel many of the situations are exploiting the domestic workers, because it is not a living wage and there are no benefits. It is not easy work either. Someone has to do it and so poor people wind up doing this work that no one else wants to do.

They should be paid a living wage and benefits. That is the right thing to do.
Angela Gott signed 2012-06-27 12:06:39 -0700

I have done domestic work in my life despite being a college graduate. It is not a living wage and there are no benefits. The desperate will do domestic work no matter how it depresses us that we can not earn more by people who can certainly afford to pay us more too. I feel many of the situations are exploiting the domestic workers, because it is not a living wage and there are no benefits. It is not easy work either. Someone has to do it and so poor people wind up doing this work that no one else wants to do.

They should be paid a living wage and benefits. That is the right thing to do.
Angela Gott signed 2012-06-27 12:06:39 -0700

I have done domestic work in my life despite being a college graduate. It is not a living wage and there are no benefits. The desperate will do domestic work no matter how it depresses us that we can not earn more by people who can certainly afford to pay us more too. I feel many of the situations are exploiting the domestic workers, because it is not a living wage and there are no benefits. It is not easy work either. Someone has to do it and so poor people wind up doing this work that no one else wants to do.

They should be paid a living wage and benefits. That is the right thing to do.
Elaine Booth signed via Elaine Booth 2012-06-27 12:06:34 -0700

Many being women, domestic workers were deliberately excluded from the right to form unions and lacked protection under the law. It’s time for domestic workers to be recognized, to earn fair wages and have decent working conditions.
Sybil Malinowski Melody signed via Sybil Malinowski Melody 2012-06-27 12:06:09 -0700
ardie dickson signed via ardie dickson 2012-06-27 12:04:39 -0700
Angela Gott signed 2012-06-27 12:04:23 -0700

I have done domestic work in my life despite being a college graduate. It is not a living wage and there are no benefits. The desperate will do domestic work no matter how it depresses us that we can not earn more by people who can certainly afford to pay us more too. I feel many of the situations are exploiting the domestic workers, because it is not a living wage and there are no benefits. It is not easy work either. Someone has to do it and so poor people wind up doing this work that no one else wants to do.

They should be paid a living wage and benefits. That is the right thing to do.
Patricia Sherman signed via Patricia Sherman 2012-06-27 12:02:07 -0700
Richard Brabham signed via Richard Brabham 2012-06-27 12:02:05 -0700
Sandy Irving signed 2012-06-27 11:58:44 -0700
Sandy Irving signed 2012-06-27 11:58:32 -0700
Gary Rissman signed via Gary Rissman 2012-06-27 11:12:43 -0700

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N C Rosas signed via N C Rosas 2012-06-27 11:07:08 -0700
Andrea Torres signed via Andrea Torres 2012-06-27 11:06:51 -0700

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