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"Get Your Grassroots, Ladies": Pioneering a Path to Upgrade Household Employment in Boston, MA, 1960s-1970s
Author: Mia Michael, Wayne State University
Comment: Erik Loomis, University of Rhode Island
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This paper uncovers a multi-generational history of domestic workers’ fight for dignity and economic justice. 的 problem household employees tackled in Greater Boston centered on their degraded cultural, 法律, and economic standing throughout American history. Adopting a powerful and unexpected organizing style that was community的, multi-issue oriented, and propelled by working-class women of color, local household employees and their allies blazed a trail towards systemic reform that clinched legislative victories, including the nation’s broadest state-level minimum wage protections for domestic workers since 1932. Ultimately, their historical efforts continue to inform low-wage workers’ struggles against social injustice and economic inequality in contemporary times.
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Hybrid 事件
的 in-person reception starts at 4:30 PM and the seminar will begin at 5:00 PM.
Masks are optional for this event.
的 virtual seminar begins at 5:00 PM and will be hosted on the video conference platform, Zoom. Registrants will receive a confirmation message with attendance information.
