Guardian voices: Finally, rights for domestic workers

http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/08/27/guardian-voices-finally-rights-domestic-workers

http://www.domesticworkers.org/ca-bill-of-rights/

The national domestic workers’ movement is on the cusp of making history in California. Any day now, the state’s Domestic Bill of Rights (AB 899) – only the second such piece of legislation in the country – could be passed on the Senate floor, finally bringing respect and recognition to 200,000 workers who have been systematically excluded from labor laws for 74 years.