Winter 2023 Newsletter

This Black History Month, we invite our supporters to look at the beautiful timeline “A History of Domestic Work and Worker Organizing” created by the National Domestic Workers Alliance in collaboration with activist scholars Jennifer Guglielmo, Michelle Joffroy, and Diana Sierra Becerra…

The Brazilian Worker Center conducted a study on the effectiveness of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, carried out in partnership with the Boston College Law School Civil Rights Clinic…

In January, a group of ten domestic workers completed a four-session leadership development course with MCDW, “Learning to be Leaders”…

This January we held a grassroots fundraiser to support the essential peer-to-peer outreach of domestic worker leaders…

Fall 2022 Newsletter

A Message from Director Myriam Hernandez Jennings...

In partnership with Boston Medical Center, and as a member of Equity Now & Beyond, between October and November 9th, the Brazilian Women's Group organized 5 COVID-19 vaccine clinics, including one against the flu, vaccinating 115 people…

In October, WILD participated in the Women Build Boston conference, which brought together over 600 women in the building trades -- carpenters, electricians, plumbers, sheetmetal workers and more. Domestic workers and building trades workers can learn from each others' experience…

We have begun our new and revamped leadership development class for domestic worker leaders in training…

What is the Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights? Let's break down the legislation into more manageable pieces…

Summer 2022 Newsletter

Interview with Jenny, Domestic Worker and Mother Leader…

This spring, MCDW’s worker membership has worked in solidarity with Homes for All Massachusetts (a statewide formation of grassroots housing justice groups working to halt displacement, increase community control of land, and win housing justice) as part of the movement to end the statewide ban on rent control…

This spring, the Brazilian Worker Center (BWC) were coordinators on the Licenses for All campaign…

The Coalition to Stop Wage Theft is made up of nineteen organizations including members of the MCDW steering committee (Brazilian Women’s Group, Brazilian Worker Center, and MassCOSH) and MCDW partners (Greater Boston Legal Services). This coalition proposed An Act to Prevent Wage Theft, Promote Employer Accountability, and Enhance Public Enforcement (Bill H.1959/S.1179)…

Our worker members shared a resource called keepyourbenefits.org which provides information on how to avoid being classed as “likely to become a public charge” (LPC) when applying for Lawful Permanent Residence (Green Card) through a family-based petition. Avoiding this classification makes it safer to access food, health, and housing benefits as a new US resident…

The Massachusetts Coalition of Domestic Workers recently received the Lenny Zakim Fund grant…

Summer 2020 Newsletter

We hope that all of you are in good health at this time of so much uncertainty and loss. We are grieving after the unjust murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor and countless others. We know that our liberation is bound with the liberation of all marginalized communities. We believe, as we always have, that Black Lives Matter, and we want to reaffirm our support and love for the Black community during these difficult times.

Fall 2019 Newsletter

Over here at MCDW, though, we've had 2 successful meetings with our workers and organizers. We are also announcing the last of the program for 2019! Join us for our Know Your Rights: The Live Show!

On November 5th, MCDW with support of our steering committee did a contract negotiation workshop where 15 workers attended

Then on November 17th, MCDW had its podcast release party! MCDW is pleased to bring you the first episode of Domestic Workers Rising.

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