Here are some links to recent local and national media coverage of the DWU-led campaign for the Bill of Rights, including the National Week of Action:

"Domestic Workers Bring Fight for Rights to Albany,"

WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, April 30, 2009.

"'Slavery' Case Prompts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights,"

Public News Service, April 29, 2009.

 "Domestic Workers Seeking Protections,"

Legislative Gazette, April 28, 2009.

 "Domestic Workers Push Labor Rights Bill," 

New York Daily News, April 28, 2009.

Short item on Albany Day of Action,

 NYTimes.com City Room Blog, April 28, 2009.

Special Feature on WBAI's "Global Movements, Urban Struggles," 

aired April 28, 2009 (Click here to download MP3).

 "Staten Island's Sen. Savino Goes to Bat for Female Workers,"

Staten Island Advance, April 28, 2009. 

Story about Lobby Day on WSHU, Long Island's NPR station, April 28, 2009.

Story about Lobby Day on News12, Long Island's cable news station, April 28, 2009.

"Rally in Albany as Thousands Protest,"

 New York Daily News, April 26, 2009.

 "New York State Poised to Pass Domestic Workers Bill of Rights,"

Urbanelephants.com, April 26, 2009.

 "Surviving The Mother-Nanny Divide" 

Theater Review of "Exit Cuckoo," New York Times, April 24, 2009.

Item on "Exit Cuckoo" at Clurman Theater,

Broadway World, April 16, 2009. 

"Give Nannies and Housekeepers the Rights They Deserve," 

New York Daily News op-ed, April 8, 2009. 

"Giving Rights to Caregivers without a Voice,"

New York Daily News, April 6, 2009.

"Farm Workers' Rights, 70 Years Overdue," 

New York Times editorial, April 5, 2009. 

"N.Y. Domestic Workers Seek Protection Amid Tough Times,"  

Reuters, December 18, 2008.

"Trickledown Downsizing," 

New York Times, December 10, 2008. 

"Domestic Workers Earned Rights Bill," 

New York Daily News, November 28, 2008. 

"Women's Work,"  

New York Times editorial, June 8, 2008.