Nannies Demand Fair Wages, Benefits
posted 5:45 pm Tue September 04, 2007 - Rockville, Md.
The National Alliance of Domestic Workers is backed by the Hispanic advocacy group CASA of Maryland. The group is calling for a "Domestic Worker Bill of Rights" that includes minimum wage, paid vacation, sick leave, overtime pay and notice before firing. The group is focusing on Montgomery County.
A 2006 survey done for the Montgomery council found that live-in nannies generally are paid $6.29 an hour and that a majority "live-out" nannies received minimum wage or more.
But the vast majority did not get overtime and fewer than 16 percent had paid sick days or health insurance. Fewer than a quarter had paid vacations.
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Information from: The Washington Post
Latest Comment on Nannies Demand Fair Wages, Benefits
freeurmind
10:48 am on 09/05/07
Lesson 1: Never look a gift horse or in this case a sanctuary home in the mouth. What nerve? The live in Nannies ... after one factors in the rent that should be charged them, it looks like they are in pretty good shape, especially since they ought not be here in the first place and probably don't pay taxes on their earnings. I say all those Nannies and Casa de Maryllande band together and demonstrate in front of their local ICE office. Maybe then, they can all have a free paid vacation for a while in a air conditioned room at tax payers' expense and a free lift back where they belong. The in-your-face type arrongance and greed of these Nannnies and Casa de Maryllande is truly amazing, not to mention that also of those who are highering these domestic laborers.
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