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International Women’s Day

LET’S TALK ABOUT DOMESTIC WORK International Women’s Day symbolizes the historic struggle of women to have their conditions equated to those of men. As far as we know, the first ‘Women’s Day’ was organized by the Socialist Party of America in New York City in February 1909. The day was inspired by the labour movement […]

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The Family Worker Exemption: still in place

The Family Worker Exemption: Still in place and still driving exploitation a year after the government pledged to remove it    One full year after the government pledged to remove a loophole for the exploitation of mainly female workers, the Family Worker Exemption remains in place. We urge the government to act without further delay […]

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Joint Letter to Grant Shapps MP

24th November 2022  The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy  1 Victoria Street London  SW1H 0ET Dear Grant Shapps,  We are a coalition of organisations working to protect and uphold the rights of live-in domestic and childcare workers. In your new role as Secretary of State for Business, Energy […]

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Nanny Solidarity Network Podcast

Nanny Solidarity Network Podcast   Here’s our Episode 01 – check it out.  If you want to know more about what Nanny Solidarity is, what we’ve been doing and how you can get involved.  Here’s our Episode 02    – check it out. We spoke about our Welfare and Emergency aid support to nannies & aupairs. […]

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NSN in the News: Live-in nannies celebrate historic victory

  Government scraps exemption to the minimum wage rule which saw some workers paid as little as £1 an hour Originally posted on FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022 by BETHANY RIELLY. LIVE-IN nannies are celebrating a historic victory after ministers scrapped an exemption to the minimum wage rule which saw some workers paid as little as […]

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NSN in the Media: The Live-In Nannies Who Fought Against £1 an Hour Pay

How we won? The Live-In Nannies Who Fought Against £1 an Hour Pay Pocket money? No thanks. Originally posted on March 30 2022 by Sophie K Rosa. “When you hear the idea of ‘a cultural exchange’, it sounds great,” says Leticia, who came to the UK from Brazil in 2018 to work as an au pair. […]

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NSN in the Media: ‘Modern-day slave labour’

Modern-day slave labour’: Ministers to eradicate loophole blocking minimum wage for live-in workers Exclusive: ‘I was told to clean all 11 rooms in the house. I used to work around 12 hours per day,’ says live-in worker.   Originally posted on  March 23 2022 by Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent.   Au pairs and nannies are […]

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Live-in childcare workers win the fight for minimum wage

The government has agreed to remove the legal exemption that excludes ‘family workers’ from minimum wage protections. This is a historic victory for live-in childcare workers who have been organizing throughout the pandemic in order to demand better pay and conditions.    The ‘family worker exemption’ was introduced into National Minimum Wage regulations in 1999. […]

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NSN in the Media: No Place Like Home

Originally published on 28th October 2021 at https://neweconomics.org/2021/10/no-place-like-home by Veronica Deutsch & Miranda Hall

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NSN in the Media: Shadow Workers

Shadow Workers Originally published in the Autumn 2021 issue of DOPE Mag at https://dogsection.org/shadow-workers/ by Veronica Deutsch In ‘Shadow Mothers’, Cameron Lynne Macdonald describes the work performed by domestic workers – a predominantly migrant and female workforce – as ‘shadow work’. She states that “[t]he nanny not only acts as a mother-extension but also fades […]

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NSN in the Media: Nursery staff are being treated like cannon fodder so ‘higher-value’ work can go on

Originally published on 28th January 2021 at https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/28/nursery-staff-work-covid-crisis-early-years-support by Christine Berry

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NSN in the Media: ‘Tired from the Heart’: Voices from the Care Sector

Originally published on the 9th October 2020 at https://novaramedia.com/2020/10/09/tired-from-the-heart-voices-from-the-care-sector/

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NSN in the Media: Why Scrapping Hostile Environment Policies Would Benefit Kids, Parents, and Childcare Workers

Originally published on 6th October 2020 at https://novaramedia.com/2020/10/06/why-scrapping-hostile-environment-policies-would-benefit-kids-parents-and-childcare-workers/ by Miranda Hall and Veronica Deutsch

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NSN in the Media: Why Britain’s childcare system is on the brink of collapse

Originally published on 22nd September 2020 at https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2020/09/why-britains-childcare-system-brink-collapse by Sophie McBain

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NSN in the Media: The ‘radical nannies’ Organising to Support Each Other Through Covid-19

Originally published on 28th May 2020 at https://novaramedia.com/2020/05/28/the-radical-nannies-organising-to-support-each-other-through-covid-19/

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NSN in the Media: If we need childcare to reopen the UK economy, why is it so undervalued?

Originally published on the 23rd May 2020 at https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/23/childcare-reopen-economy-children-school-coronavirus by Christine Berry

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