DWU: Albany Will Not Forget Us...

Albany Will Not Forget Us...

Whether it was those gold shirts, our live chants or our Domestic Slide -- its clear that Albany will not forget us. With a diverse contingent, four buses strong we were able to demonstrate with passion and energy our message and demands.

On April 15th, we met with 50 legislators, gaining commitments from many legislators and successfully telling our stories about why its time for a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. These stories came from students - over 40 young people came from schools/orgs like Boys and GIrls High School and Imani House. The stories came from ally organizations, with 60 representatives from long time supporters - JFREJ, JWJ, IJSP, Social Justice Leadership Institute, Make the Road NY and many many others. Faith organizations, law students, and of course, domestic workers. Domestic Worker Justice Coalition members were present, along with members of Domestic Workers United and took lead roles in all aspects of the days activities. At the end of the day, we all had a feeling of accomplishment, like one ally recently stated, 'it was a good kind of tired.'

We know we couldn't have done it without you. And, we know its far from over. After having organized, educated, mobilized we have more work to do. We have met with legislators, we have made changes to our bill to address concerns. We are still waiting for the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Assembly and Senate. We are still waiting for legislators to step up to the plate, in particular the leadership of this New York State Assembly and Senate to do the right thing. To do something.

May 20th, we will return to Albany. Did you have a good time on April 15th? Wanna be that good kind of tired again? Same place, same time: meet at 6am at Union Square, in front of Barnes and Noble on 17th street. Accesible by the N/R/Q/W/4/5/6 to Union Square. We will be holding prep trainings and will announce times and locations as soon as they're confirmed. If you would like to RSVP for May 20th please email us at: domesticworkersunited@gmail.com