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May 2, 2019

New York Domestic Workers Join Protest at the Trump Building on Wall Street
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In New York City, hundreds of people marked May Day outside the Trump
Building on Wall Street, protesting President Trump's border wall and
denouncing wage inequality. This is Christine Lewis, a domestic worker
and labor organizer with Domestic Workers United.

Christine Lewis: "We are women, immigrant women, who work in the homes
as nannies, caregivers, elder caregivers. We're on Wall Street Half of
these people in these buildings here have somebody who's working
care-who's taking care of their home, their family and their dogs and
their children. Who's that person? … On this International Workers' Day,
my ask is that women who work in the homes be respected, the job is seen
as real work, and a decent living wage."



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