Domestic Workers Alliance - What Kind of Resources Are Most Crucial for Domestic Workers?

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The power imbalance is pretty severe. Every time you ask for something more, you are in some ways risking the future of your job. And it's a tricky thing in the context of that power imbalance and hopefully you've established the kind of relationship where your value is really understood.

Activist, and MacArthur Genius, Ai-jen Poo believes that caring for others is one of the fundamental acts that make us human. But from nannies to elder-care workers, house cleaners to living assistants, single parents and beyond, globally, caretakers do not earn fair wages or recognition for their essential, life-giving labor. The President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ai-jen explains how society undervalues domestic work, and provides a framework on how we can start a conversation about the future of care for our loved ones – and ourselves. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts