After a 15-hour work day, Lenka Mendoza is tired but she prepares to do it all over again the next day.
Mendoza spoke Tuesday at a Care in Action press conference in support of several General Assembly bills, dubbed the Virginia Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. The nonprofit advocates for fairness and dignity for U.S. domestic workers, including 60,000 domestic workers in Virginia, according to director Alexsis Rodgers. The bills would increase the quality of life for a group of workers that includes house cleaners, cooks, waiters, nannies and caregivers who provide services in a private home.
“Virginia is actually dead last when it comes to workers’ rights across the country,” Rodgers said. “I would say we’re not even on the list.”
