Nannies of the Northwest, Unite! Seattle Tests a New Labor Model

  • Domestic workers, employers will bargain on Europe-style board
  • Activists say protection needed as demand for home-care surges
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For a growing chunk of America’s labor force, the workplace is the home -– someone else’s home.

And in Seattle, nannies, cleaners and home-caregivers just won a battle that offers a glimpse of a brighter future for the embattled U.S. labor movement.