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HI HR142
Resolution
Status
3/17/2017
Primary Sponsor
Roy Takumi
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AI Summary
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Recognizes Ai-Jen Poo, executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, for her work transforming labor conditions for America's 2.5 million domestic workers including nannies, housekeepers, and caregivers
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Notes that domestic workers are currently excluded from most federal and state labor protections including collective bargaining, occupational safety and health standards, sick and vacation pay, and discrimination protections
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Acknowledges Poo's instrumental role in passing Domestic Worker Bill of Rights legislation in seven states, including Hawaii, and her work on the Kupuna Caregiver Program for family caregivers in Hawaii
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Recognizes Poo's credentials including authorship of "Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elderly Boom in a Changing America," inclusion in TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People (2012), and MacArthur Foundation fellowship (2014)
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Extends the House's recognition and aloha to Poo for her continued efforts to improve working conditions for domestic workers
Legislative Description
Recognizing Ai-jen Poo For Her Extraordinary Efforts To Transform Working Conditions And Set Labor Standards For Millions Of Domestic Workers In The United States, Including Hawaii.
Recognizing Ai-Jen Poo for her extraordinary efforts to transform working conditions and set labor standards for millions of dom
Last Action
Resolution adopted in final form.
3/17/2017