Black Lives Matter at Work

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BLACK WOMEN ORGANIZING THE SOUTH
In 1974, the Household Technicians of America fought for the Fair Labor
Standards Act to include domestic workers in minimum wage policy—and
won. The win spoke to the role of cross-class alliances among women as
well as the potential of organizing outside the workplace as a way to
build collective power.
In 1977, the National Council on Household Employment held its fifth
national conference, a “Practical Workers’ Congress,” in Charlotte, North
Carolina. The group invited domestic workers, hotel and restaurant
workers, porters, school aides, health aides, migrant workers, and janitors
—“precarious” and “contingent” workers of a prior generation.
For a full read on the history of Black domestic worker organizing,
check out Premilla Nadasen’s Household Workers Unite.
As young people organize for their rights, the whole world is
watching! #fightfor15 #BlackWorkMatters #StayWoke twitter.com/
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@Y_STL, 8/20
Longshore workers from the West coast all the way to #DaysOfGrace
in #Solidarity. "Workers matter!" #BlackWorkMatters pic.twitter.com/
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@ATLRaiseUp, 9/5
Remember the revolutionary activism of Lucy Parsons today and
everyday. #BlackWorkMatters #LaborDay pic.twitter.com/
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@LashundaHill, 9/7