A survey of over 20,000 Spanish-speaking domestic workers in the U.S. by National Domestic Workers Alliance found that more than a third (or 36%) were jobless in mid-September — four times the rate before the pandemic hit (around 9%). Less than a third of the domestic workers surveyed had received the $1,200 check. Nearly 90% of the domestic workers surveyed identified as mothers, and more than a quarter of these said they lacked a device for their child’s remote learning. Over 90% of domestic workers in the U.S. are women and more than half of them are women of color and 46% immigrants, according to a 2012 national study of domestic workers. “Domestic workers’ lives and livelihoods are on the line and they will be heard as they mobilize to vote this year.

Source: Huffington Post October 27, 2020 18:45 UTC