nuan nuance, again, terribly problematic, i can find it problematic and say, you guys did a great job. we have about ten seconds, ms. young. i think people need to support the real-life actors that is doing domestic work in this country because for too long domestic workers has been one of the best-kept secret in this country. as long as people want to have a career and a family, they need to have a domestic worker in their house taking care of their children and their homes. and so we need to the support of the millions of people who watched the movie and help us help the people in their communities to pass legislation to help the workers. ms. young, i love that task. if you loved the movie the help, do something to actually pass workers rights for domestic work hes in your community. thank you to ms. barbara young, to mickey makaela and elon james white who will harng around a little bit longer. affirmative action, is it
at 1:00, 1:30 in the morning. and i would be on the street at 2:30 trying to get home without fare for a cab. right. this is the challenge. on the one hand, wanting to acknowledge that there is a possibility for human compassion, love even across status differences and race differences. but also acknowledge that fair labor practices matter. i mean, the work you do is not, oh, don t worry because we care for children, we don t we love the children, we don t need cab fare or reasonable working hours. we may in fact have affection for the children whom we re caring for, but we also need fair practices. i know you went nuts on twitter. i watched it yesterday specifically for this. all the points are valid. my issue with the movie, like i said, separating viola davis out
biggest 21st century civil rights win that none of us know very much about. what is the work now? we ve got it in one state. what are the next steps so that the work of domestic workers now is not what it was in 1965? the next step, what s going on now is we have a necessary tick workers bill of rights in the state of california and that has already passed one part of the legislature in california and it s in the senate for a vote. it s up for a vote in the senate. we don t want it to be just like one state pass a domestic workers bill, and this is something that new york did. we want california to pass the domestic workers bill of rights so that we can go on to other states and pass rights for workers. and we are just for the same for basic rights for workers. when this movie the help came out, we said, wow, the many millions of people that view this, we re asking them to be
laborers failed to receive overtime pay, 33 is the percentage of new york domestic workers who reported being verbally or physically abused or being made to feel uncomfortable by their employers. and 90% is how many received no health insurance from their employers. and remember these are not jim crowe statistics. these are today s numbers. and these are figures from new york, which of 50 states is the only one, the one state that has p passed a measure to ensure rights for domestic workers. in november of 2010, new york s domestic workers bill of rights gave four, four new rights to which domestic workers in new york are now entitled under the law. overtime pay at time and a half after a 40-hour workweek, a day of rest every seven days, three paid days off for each year of work, and protection under new york state s human rights laws. which leaves us with 49, the long road ahead for the rest of the states who have yet to
the help for the domestic workers that are fighting for rights for the 2.5 million people who are doing this work throughout the country. ms. young, thank you so much. we are going to take a quick break and have more of this conversation as soon as we come back. [ other merv ] welcome back to the cleaning games. let s get a recap, merv. [ merv ] thanks, other merv. mr. clean magic eraser extra power was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment. had it coming. grungy phones. oh! super dirty! and grimy car rims. wow! that really works! .all taking losses. it looks like mr. clean has won everything. the cleaning games are finished? and so are we. okay, but i just took a mortgage out on the cabinet. [ male announcer ] clean more, work less, with the mr. clean magic eraser extra power.