A series about America's nannies, housecleaners and caregivers and the people who hire them
Ai-jen Poo, the director of National Domestic Workers Alliance, just won a MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the “genius grant.” She describes how it feels to win the prestigious award and how it might affect her work with America’s “visible invisible” domestic workers.
Immigrant domestic workers, nannies, housecleaners, and caregivers, are sometimes called the world’s largest invisible workforce. Odette Yousef, of WBEZ in Chicago, reports on nationwide efforts to improve employment conditions.
Nannies, house cleaners, caregivers. In the US it’s estimated that more than 2 million people do this type of work. Most are women, many are immigrants. As part of our Global Nation coverage, Monica Campbell has our first piece about domestic workers.