On February 1, 2013, the Aspen Institute’s Workforce Strategies Initiative hosted a discussion titled “Home Economics: A Discussion about the Unregulated World of Domestic Work.” During this event, panelists from academia, advocacy, philanthropy, and the front-line of the industry discussed the challenges facing employers and employees in domestic work, as well as strategies and resources for improving job quality.
Panelists included (from left to right)…
Judy Patrick
President and CEO of The Women’s Foundation of California
Ai-jen Poo
Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance
Mary Romero
Professor of Justice Studies and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University
Barbara Young
National Organizer and former domestic worker of the National Domestic Workers Alliance
Moderated by Jennifer Ludden, Correspondent at the National Public Radio
This discussion was the sixth installment of the Workforce Strategies Initiative’s series, Reinventing Low-Wage Work: Ideas That Can Work for Employees, Employers, and the Economy, which addressed overlooked and growing sectors of the low-wage workforce, while exploring ideas for improving job quality.
