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SAG nominee Misty Upham speaks from experience when she stands up for domestic workers.

After decades of exclusion, home care workers are finally covered by federal minimum wage laws. Anyone who works for social change can learn from how they did it.

After decades of exclusion, home care workers are finally covered by federal minimum wage laws. Anyone who works for social change can learn from how they did it.

In California, advocates, workers and politicians are trying to pass into law a bill that protects the rights of domestic workers.

Argentina adopted a new domestic workers law March 16. Among its provisions, the law establishes maximum working hours of 8 hours/day or 48 hours/week; overtime pay; a weekly rest break of at least 35 hours; a minimum of 14 annual vacation days; sick leave; and maternity leave. The law sets a minimum age of 16 for domestic work, limits the working hours of those between ages 16 and 18 to 36 hours a week.

Nonunion workers’ groups are gathering strength across the country. But will they ever make the kind of impact that traditional labor once did?