HJ 87 — Domestic Workers Day. Designating as June 16, 2024, and each succeeding year thereafter.

SESSION ENGROSSEDENROLLED 24105274D HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

87 HouseE Amendments in [ ] –– February 6, 2024 Designating June [16, 23 16 ] , in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Domestic Workers Day in Virginia.

––––––––––N PatronAgreed Prior to En–––––––––––Delegateby Mundonthe KingHouse Referredof Delegates, February 6, 2024 R Agreed to Committeeby onthe RulesSenate, ––––––––––February E27, 2024 O WHEREAS, every day, domestic workers care for the elderly, assist people with disabilities, clean homes,L and nurture children, thus freeing up the time and attention of millions of other members of working families;

andildren, thus freeing up the time and Gattention of millions of other members of L WHEREAS, domestic work is routinely undervalued and overlooked, and the needs of domestic RE workers are often cast into the shadows or made invisible;

and WHEREAS, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, 54,236 domestic workers, OD incWHEREAS, in the United States, domestic workers were intentionally excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act as a concession to southern politicians in the early 1900s;

and S WHEREAS, this exclusion was mirrored on the state level, creating an unregulated and underground economy that left domestic workers subject to widespread mistreatment and abuse in the United States;

andandWHEREAS, D WHEREAS, without laws to regulate behavior and policies, domestic workers are vulnerable to H rampant exploitation, including wage theft, sexual harassment and abuse, and discrimination;

and 8 WHEREAS, domestic workers often have to rely on the good graces of potential employers rather E than expect industry standards and practices to protect them;

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and J WHEREAS, International Labour Organization Convention 189 provides domestic workers with 7 protections equivalent to those available to other workers, addresses historic discrimination and frequent exclusion from labor laws for the domestic work sector, and promises better working conditions and better lives;

and WHEREAS, after the passage of International Labour Organization Convention 189, domestic 35domestic workers establishedglobal theorganization Internationalto Domesticprotect Workers Federation, a strong, democratic and unitedadvance 37 domWHEREAS, in 2021, Virginia became the first southern state to extend labor protections to domestic 38workers' workersrights byeverywhere; passing the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights;

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and and be able to engage in dialogue with employers and government officials to determine fair standards that honor their humanity;

now, therefore, be itc workers as they strive to develop international RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly designate June [16, 23 16 ] , in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Domestic Workers Day in Virginia;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates transmit copies of this resolution to Care in Action and the National Domestic Workers Alliance so that members of the organizations may be apprised of the sense of the General Assembly of Virginia in this matter;

and, be ititations RESOLVED FINALLY, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates post the designation of this day on the General Assembly's website.