WORKER S JUSTICE PROJECT · 2015. 1. 16. · Building Worker Power From The Bottom Up We are an...
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WORKER’S JUSTICE PROJECT
Women Economic Justice Initiative
Building Worker Power
From The Bottom Up
We are an organization that educates, organizes and fights for better working
conditions. We are an community union of organized workers doing things together
that we can not do it alone. We are based on a membership based.
Building organized worker power to set new
Standards
• Health and Safety
Standards (Not
Cleaning on your
knees)
• Set minimum
Wage of $15 / $20
• Lunch Break
• Free from sexually
harassed while
cleaning homes
- Eat in the home
where they work or
bring their own
food
• Get paid in full for
all the hours that
they have worked
Building A New Economy From Bottom-Up
Collective Power to Set New Standards
• Ownership and Control of Labor
• $20 Per Hour
• Safe working practices
• Flexible Schedule Hours
• Paid Vacation Time
• Training and Leadership Development
Stand Up To Clean Up!
Levántate para Limpiar!
Better Working conditions For House Cleaners
Important Worker Demands For
Members
• Workers will establish a minimum wage
of $12 per hour
• Workers and employers will come to an
agreement on work to be completed
(and what will not be completed) before
the job begins
• Workers have the right to be provided
with safety equipment appropriate to
their job and training
• Workers have the right to be given
breaks, access to drinking water, and an
area to store their (non Kosher) food so
they can eat during the work day