[Excerpt] Domestic workers perform the critical labor of caring for children and cleaning homes, yet the value of their work has long been diminished with low pay and challenging workplace conditions. They have been excluded from core labor protections and collective bargaining rights because of who is performing this labor—disproportionately women of color and immigrants—and because of where this labor is carried out—in the home. This has meant domestic workers face various forms of exploitation: low hourly pay, wage theft, no overtime pay, and insufficient benefits such as paid leave or health insurance.