Description: The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is a U.S.-based advocacy organization that organizes and represents domestic workers — including nannies, housecleaners, and home care workers — to expand labor protections, workplace standards, and economic security for care and domestic work and to advance racial and gender equity in the caregiving economy. Type: Non-profit advocacy organization Policies: Campaigns for labor and employment protections for domestic and care workers (wages, overtime, collective bargaining, anti-discrimination), paid leave and caregiver supports, access to benefits and portable protections, immigration reform affecting care workers, public funding for home-based care, and broader care economy policy and racial/gender equity initiatives. Funding: Primarily philanthropic foundation grants and individual donations, supplemented by membership support, government and private grants for programmatic work, and occasional earned income or partnerships. Affiliates: Led by Ai-jen Poo (co-founder and prominent spokesperson) and allied with state and local domestic worker organizations, Caring Across Generations, immigrant and labor coalitions, and partner advocacy groups focused on labor, gender, and racial justice.
