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Caribbean Domestic Workers

The Question I Don't Want You To Ask About My Family

Denise Henry | Posted 05.01.2013 | Parents
Read More: Biracial Children, New York, Brooklyn, A Mother's Love, Interracial Marriage, Skin Color, Black Nannies, Race, Caribbean Domestic Workers, Nannies, Parents-Moms, #MoreThanWords, Celebrate Mother's Day, Parents News
Denise Henry

I wipe my children's faces a certain way, I caress their knees or elbows in a certain way when they fall down and I scold them in a way that only a parent can.

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Being a Nanny in a Post-Bill of Rights State

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.01.2012 | Business
Read More: Caribbean Nannies, Caribbean Domestic Workers, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, Labor, Wages, Business News
Arlene M. Roberts

The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights ushered in a new era for nannies and house-keepers in New York. Or did it? It has been almost a year and a half si...

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Rebecca Carroll

'The Help' And The Lives Of Today's Nannies

HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 10.19.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: The Help Movie, Domestic Workers, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, The Help, New York Nannies Bill, Nannies, Caribbean Domestic Workers, New York Nannies, Brooklyn, Black Voices News

The high-profile success of the movie "The Help" has thrust nannies into the center of the American conversation, while projecting the notion that tak...

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The Nanny Diaries: A Caribbean Version

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Housekeepers, Caribbean Nannies, Caribbean Women, Gloria Steinem, Caribbean Caretakers, Domestic Workers United, Exit Cuckoo, Barbara Ehrenreich, Caribbean Domestic Workers, Latina Nannies, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, Lisa Ramirez, Hector Figueroa, Kevin Powell, Gov. David Paterson, New York Labor Relations Act, Nannies, Domestic Workers, African Nannies, Jonathan Tescini, Rules-for-Nannies, Women's Rights, Governor David Paterson, Domestic-Workers-United, Healthy Living News
Arlene M. Roberts

There are more than 200,000 women in New York working as nannies, companions and housekeepers, whose lives are typified by long hours, meagre wages, drudgery, and worse.

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