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New Paradigm for a Resilient Care Economy

New Paradigm for a Resilient Care Economy Domestic workers at the Care Can’t Wait Day of Action in Washington, D.C., July 2021. National Domestic Workers Alliance 1090466 NLFXXX10.1177/10957960221090466New Labor Forum XX(X)Poo research-article2022 New Labor Forum 2022, Vol. 31(2) 54 –61 New Paradigm for a Resilient Copyright © 2022, The Murphy Institute, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies Article reuse guidelines: Care Economy sagepub.com/journals-permissions https://doi.org/10.1177/10957960221090466 DOI: 10.1177/10957960221090466 journals.sagepub.com/home/nlf Ai-jen Poo Keywords labor, caregiving, domestic workers, Build Back Better legislation Long before 2020, when Covid-19 shut down The National Domestic Workers Alliance schools, nursing homes, and offices across the (NDWA) was formed in 2007, bringing together country, we were already simmering in a crisis domestic worker organizations across the country, of care. Individuals and families struggled to lifting up the leadership of domestic workers and manage and afford childcare, care for aging rel- building power to fight for improved working atives, or care for loved ones with disabilities. conditions. Five NDWA chapters have been And, for those in the “Sandwich Generation,” established with more than seventy local affiliates we often struggled with multiple care needs at in twenty-two states across the country, including once. Many of us relied on underpaid care work- the District of Columbia. Through http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Labor Forum SAGE

New Paradigm for a Resilient Care Economy

Poo, Ai-jen
New Labor Forum , Volume 31 (2): 8 – May 1, 2022
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Domestic workers at the Care Can’t Wait Day of Action in Washington, D.C., July 2021. National Domestic Workers Alliance 1090466 NLFXXX10.1177/10957960221090466New Labor Forum XX(X)Poo research-article2022 New Labor Forum 2022, Vol. 31(2) 54 –61 New Paradigm for a Resilient Copyright © 2022, The Murphy Institute, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies Article reuse guidelines: Care Economy sagepub.com/journals-permissions https://doi.org/10.1177/10957960221090466 DOI: 10.1177/10957960221090466 journals.sagepub.com/home/nlf Ai-jen Poo Keywords labor, caregiving, domestic workers, Build Back Better legislation Long before 2020, when Covid-19 shut down The National Domestic Workers Alliance schools, nursing homes, and offices across the (NDWA) was formed in 2007, bringing together country, we were already simmering in a crisis domestic worker organizations across the country, of care. Individuals and families struggled to lifting up the leadership of domestic workers and manage and afford childcare, care for aging rel- building power to fight for improved working atives, or care for loved ones with disabilities. conditions. Five NDWA chapters have been And, for those in the “Sandwich Generation,” established with more than seventy local affiliates we often struggled with multiple care needs at in twenty-two states across the country, including once. Many of us relied on underpaid care work- the District of Columbia. Through

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Published: May 1, 2022

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