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From YouTube: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Bill Signing 11-26-2019
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Official signing of Bill No. 190607 which provides protections for Philadelphia's domestic workers.
In attendance:
Mayor Jim Kenney
Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez (7th District)
Councilmember Helen Gym (At Large)
Councilmember Al Taubenberger (At Large)
Members of the National Domestic Workers Alliance
Read the bill: https://phila.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3991789&GUID=C8CA6F0D-9748-4074-8E3E-CABD3C840701&Options=ID|Text|&Search=190607
A
B
C
Good
morning,
when
will
be
us
we're
gonna
get
started.
We
want
to
be
respectful
of
everybody's
time
and
we
have
the
mayor
with
us
and
I'm
going
to
be
respectful
of
his
time.
I
want
to
take
this
opportunity
that
ibm'
beneath
at
all
those
who
status.
Thank
you
all
so
very
much
for
joining
us,
I'm,
so
proud
to
be
here
with
an
amazing
coalition
of
partners,
many
of
the
Advocate
workers,
the
employers
city
officials
and,
of
course,
one
acknowledged.
C
I
want
to
thank
the
National
Domestic
Workers
coalition
and
all
of
the
folks
from
around
the
country
who
helped
spread
the
word
as
Philadelphia
engaged
in
this
process
in
Philadelphia.
Many
of
you
know.
16,000
domestic
workers
are
excluded
from
some
basic
labor
protections,
even
though
we
all
know
the
critical
work
and
essential
work
that
they
do
for
many
families
and
many
times
at
the
expense
of
their
own
personal
lives.
C
In
our
office,
Andre
del
Valle,
the
who
took
this
long
from
day
one
and
was
never
intimidated
by
all
the
smart
women
in
the
room
right
as
I
mentioned,
the
domestic
workers,
the
Lions
and
members
of
the
council's
Committee
on
labor.
The
result
was
an
amended
and
an
agreed-upon
process
with
the
support
of
our
mayor
mayor
Kenny
and
his
team,
which
he
will
sign
today.
Lifting
families
out
of
poverty
means
increasing
family
income.
C
The
stories
of
philadelphians,
who
every
single
day,
despite
some
of
the
obstacles,
whether
it's
from
the
private
sector
and
sometimes
even
us
in
government,
the
resilience
in
which
they
got
up
every
day,
standing
at
the
airport
at
five
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
watching
folks
catch
three
buses
to
get
there
to
earn
$200
and
watching
the
power
of
government,
and
this
mayor
in
particular,
who
helped
us
cross.
That
line
is
hugely
important.
You
change
people's
lives
when
I
work
walk
through
the
airport
now
and
I
run
into
the
workers
who
say:
hey
Councilwoman.
C
Thank
you
because
we've
lifted
them
out
of
poverty.
It's
a
huge
huge,
huge
joy
and
I
know.
Sometimes
in
politics.
We
don't
always
get
a
thank
you,
but
it's
those
individual
interactions
that
make
this
all
worthwhile.
So
with
that
I
want
to
introduce
one
of
our
rockstars
in
this
process
and
what
I
also
acknowledge.
Oh
Kelsey,
will
make
it.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
morning.
Councilman
howling
Kim,
who,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
was
part
of
the
women
in
Council.
C
To
do
this,
this
process
was
hugely
important
because
we
had
members
of
this
community
be
an
instable,
an
integral
part
of
what
we
were
doing
and
Beth
Anya
was
one
of
them.
Her
experience
in
drafting
this
legislation
was
huge.
She
missed
work
to
come
to
our
meetings
because
she
wanted
to
be
part
of
it,
and
so
today
we
celebrate
bataan
young.
We
asked
her
to
join
us
Bethan,
your
separate.
D
Muy
buenos
dias
mean
hombres
Bettany,
shepper,
soy,
dominicana,
etang
gonna,
be
honest,
Vivian
Don,
Philadelphia,
yo
trabajo
and
in
Piazza
de
Casas
tengo
cuatro
años
trabajando
como
limpia
Dora.
So
you
know
leader
del
Alianza
de
los
trabajadores
de
lo
girl
in
Pennsylvania,
the
soil,
Moyers
cayó
el
alcalde
firm,
a
nuestra
Carta.
E
Hello
good
morning
my
name
is
Bettina
Shepard
I
am
Dominican,
I've
been
here
nine
years
in
Philadelphia,
and
my
job
is
to
clean
houses.
I've
been
cleaning
houses
for
four
years.
I
am
a
leader
with
the
National
Domestic
Workers
Alliance
here
in
Philadelphia,
and
I
am
very
happy
to
be
here
today
with
that
the
mayor
is
going
to
sign
our
Bill
of
Rights.
D
Joetta
nido
muchas
modest,
experiencias,
Mian,
picado,
poco,
algunos
jefes,
an
sido
muy
gross
arrows,
a
en
otros
mementos,
no
Mian
pegado
el
dinero
prometido.
Lo
que
abbiamo
skedaddle
cuando
Larry
clammy
para
ganar
el
dinero
que
comida
vn-
an
immense
alta
bong
una
vez
alguien
en
troy
me
trabajo
a
rhobar
ii
despues
me
me:
poor
me:
poor,
barren
la
entrada
en
si
espacio
donde
la
persona
robo
on
que
yo
no
banaba
que
ver
con
ese
Robo
maitre
Teheran
diferente
por
ser
latina
algunos
her
face
on
sido
muy,
a
serous
I've.
E
Had
many
bad
experiences,
I've
been
paid
very
little
and
some
employers
have
been
very
rude
at
other
times.
They
have
not
paid
me
the
money
that
they
promised
me
when
I
asked
for
them
to
pay
me
the
money
that
was
owed
to
me
I
was
screened
at
and
it's
halted.
One
time
someone
entered
into
where
I
was
working
to
with
the
attention
of
robbing
the
location
and
afterward
my
employers
would
not.
Let
me
enter
that
space
that
had
been
robbed,
even
though
I
had
nothing
to
do
with
the
robbery.
E
E
D
D
Agri
decimos
a
todos
los
concejales
en
especial
a
nuestra
patrocinadores
principal
Maria,
quinones
Sanchez
eat
ambien
al
al
Cal
Dakini
pour
upon
our
nose
al
CM,
por
ciento
en
nuestra
lucha
hemos
ganado
la
mejor,
Carta
la
mejor,
ley
de
todo,
el
pais,
Y,
estamos,
listos,
para
luchar,
para
todos,
para
para
que
todos,
los
petronas
complan
la
ley.
We.
E
C
Again,
I
think
it's
important
and
I'll
repeat
it
over
and
over,
because
we
don't
do
this
by
ourselves
and
we
definitely
cannot
achieve
this
without
the
support
of
so
many
people.
So
I
want
to
again
thank
community
legal
services,
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
slaw,
Department,
shout
out
to
rule
and
oww
and
the
Human
Relations
Commission,
though
obviously
I
mentioned
the
mayor's
office
of
Labor
Standards,
deputy
mayor
of
laser
and
and
Amanda.
C
You
know
not
only
is
this
the
most
progressive
legislation,
as
we've
looked
through
the
planning
process
of
really
operationalizing
it
and
I
really
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
their
willingness
to
to
really
think
outside
the
box
and
commit
to
help
us
create
a
portable
benefits
tool
that
we
hope
will
set
the
standard
across
the
country
that
that
happens
because
of
leadership
and
people's
commitment
to
it.
So,
yes,
thank
you.
The
round
of
applause
it
for
for
rich
and
Amanda
in
the
mayor,
cuz,
that's
huge.
C
And
again,
one
of
the
things
I
learned
whether
it
was
working
through
paid
sick
leave
with
Councilman
Greenlee
and
obviously
the
campaign
last
year
for
Fair
Work
Week
with
Councilwoman
Gann,
that
it
does
really
take
a
village
of
folks
pulling
it
together
and
shared
values,
and
a
commitment
to
people
is
huge,
hugely
important.
I,
don't
know
if
Councilwoman
gamer
Tom
Berger
quickly
want
to
join
us.
Okay,
so
I'm
we're
gonna,
get
right
to
it.
So,
okay
come
on
I'm,
trying.
F
It
means
a
lot,
but
mostly
it's
the
women
who
are
performing
right
now,
who
have
just
spoken
and
believed
that
their
stories
can
change
the
world
and
I
think
that
when
we
have
shown
that
people
speak
bravely
about
their
pain,
their
grief,
their
trauma
their
rage,
but
also
their
belief
that
justice
must
come
and
it
has
to
come
now
that
we
can
actually
change
the
world.
So
I
want
to
thank
all
the
women
here
who
just
continued
to
inspire
and
elevate.
Thank
you.
B
And
and
Council
will
begin
just
for
the
record,
there
were
some
men
that
were
actually
supportive
of
this
as
well,
and
really
what
what
marked
me
and
and
and
really
motivated
me,
because
we've
always
been
a
city
of
immigrants
and
every
one
of
my
relatives,
my
aunt's,
my
uncles,
they
all
came
from
somewhere
else.
The
place
they
came
from
was
Germany
and
they
were
all
domestics
from
being
a
butler
to
being
maids
to
being
governesses.
B
At
that
time
they
spoke
German,
but
the
tradition
continues
and
the
wrongs
that
were
there
then
had
not
been
corrected
until
now.
So
I
was
very
enthusiastic
immediately
at
the
hearing
announced
what
I
just
announced
to
you
that
I'm
supportive
of
this
bill,
I'm
glad
I,
am
and
I
think
we're
gonna
make
a
big
difference
and
I
juley
believe
this
is
the
strongest
bill
in
the
United
States
and
let
everyone
take
example
once
in
a
while
in
Philadelphia
we
do
things
right
and
we
do
them
first.
Thank
you.
C
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
ladies
for
joining
us,
and
we
look
forward
to
welcoming
you
to
the
women
of
council
core
group
and
then
let
me
take
a
moment
again
to
once
again
thank
mayor
Kenny
and
his
entire
team
from
day
one
and
when
he
particularly
when
he
was
in
council
mayor
Kenny,
was
one
of
my
best
allies
that
is
related
to
the
work
around
immigration
and
really
helped
empower
uplift,
the
fights
of
in
the
challenges
of
with
the
immigrant
community.
C
He
was
a
support,
a
great
supportive
municipal,
ID
language
access
and
so
many
different
things
that
we've
done
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
to
make
everyone
feel
like
this
is
their
City
Hall.
This
is
their
city
government
and
he's
been
a
critical
on
this
on
this
issue
and
continues
to
do
so,
and
his
administration
has
demonstrated
it
through
the
many
many
things
that
we're
doing
in
the
many
many
things
still
yet
to
be
done
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
everyone.
So
with
that,
our
mayor,
Mayor
Jim,
Kenny,.
G
Thank
You
Maria
and
for
the
introduction
for
your
leadership
in
getting
the
domestic
workers
Bill
of
Rights
passed
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
everyone
in
the
room
today
who
has
helped
get
us
to
this
moment
of
signing
another
historic
worker
protection
bill
to
all
the
domestic
workers
in
Philadelphia.
Thank
you
for
the
work
you
do
every
single
day
to
care
for
our
families,
our
elders
and
our
children.
This
is
crucial
work
and
is
often
thankless.
G
So
I
want
to
be
sure
to
recognize
that,
and
thank
you
again
for
all
that
you
do
and
to
everyone
who
fought
for
this
bill.
Congratulations!
All
of
your
advocacy
has
finally
paid
off
and
I
want
to
recognize
our
City
Council
members
led
by
councilmember,
can
Jana
Sanchez
and
those
who
spoke
here
who
co-sponsored
this
bill
and
made
sure
that
it
was
among
the
strongest
in
the
nation.
For
a
year
the
Domestic
Workers
Alliance
met
with
our
office
of
labor,
rich
laser
members
of
council
and
others
to
help
us
craft.
G
The
strongest
piece
of
legislation
possible
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
that
commitment.
Philadelphia
has
a
growing
reputation
as
a
pro-worker
City,
but
we
know
that,
for
too
long,
domestic
workers
have
been
carved
out
of
many
labor
protections.
Domestic
workers,
who
are
largely
women
of
color
and
immigrants,
found
themselves
particularly
vulnerable.
They
face
job
insecurity,
wage
theft,
harassment,
discrimination
and
many
other
abuses.