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Winter 2023 Newsletter
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…

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NewsletterMassachusetts Coalition of Domestic WorkersBlack History Month, Black History, Black Domestic Worker History, Domestic Worker History, Brazilian Workers Center, "Making it Work for Workers" Report, DWBR, Worker Leadership Development, Fundraiser
Fall 2022 Newsletter
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…

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Summer 2019 Newsletter
Summer 2019 Newsletter

There's been a lot happening over here at MCDW.  This summer has been jammed packed with new organizations joining the steering committee, introducing the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights at the federal level and preparing for a busy fall!   The fight to bring dignity, respect and justice to people who make all work possible continues and we need all hands on deck.

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Winter 2015 Newsletter
Winter 2015 Newsletter

Well, if 2014 is any indicator 2015 will be an another year of making history, empowering domestic workers, growing our movement, and celebrating! The weather outside has been frightful, but what's happening this year is so delightful!

Last year we passed the most progressive and far-reaching domestic workers' bill of rights law in the United States. We now are leading the way in full-on implementation and outreach. How?

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