All domestic workers

Nik Theodore, Researcher of the Year

February 24, 2015

Making an impact on policy, and in the halls of Congress

Researcher of the Year Nik Theodore: ranked among most highly cited scholars

Ai-Jen Poo

March 25, 2013

Domestic Worker Bill of Rights

A conversation with Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Exhibit Room

March 19, 2013

Hull-House Museum honored for creativity

“Unfinished Business” links current and past activism in domestic labor.

bucket of cleaning supplies

January 22, 2013

Domestic workers face low pay, hazardous conditions

Nearly half of domestic workers earn wages too low to support a family, and nearly a quarter earn less than minimum wage, according to a new report.

November 27, 2012

Domestic Workers Suffer Abuses Illegal in Most Jobs: Survey

Nearly half of domestic workers earn wages too low to support a family, and nearly a quarter earn less than minimum wage, according to a report co-authored by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher after a survey of workers in 14 American cities.