Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 141
CHAPTER 37
Relative to Domestic Worker Appreciation Day.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
March 17, 2000.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 141, Cedillo.
Domestic Worker Appreciation Day.
This measure would declare March 30, 2000, to be Domestic Worker Appreciation Day.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, Domestic workers have numerous responsibilities, including sweeping, mopping, waxing, preparing and serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, cleaning bathrooms, doing laundry, dusting and vacuuming, cleaning windows, and caring for children and pets; and
WHEREAS, Domestic workers often must work on holidays and special events, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Independence Day, weddings, banquets, and family birthdays; and
WHEREAS, Domestic workers’ efforts allow doctors to visit more patients, lawyers to take more cases, and accountants to serve more clients, among others; and
WHEREAS, Domestic workers are the most economically and socially marginalized workers in society and, because they often work in total isolation, we often fail to recognize their significant contributions; and
WHEREAS, March 30 is the international day of recognition for domestic workers celebrated throughout the world, mainly in Latin America; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby declares each March 30 to be “Domestic Worker Appreciation Day” in recognition of all domestic workers for their hard work and dedication, their contribution to the stability and well-being of the California family household, and their often overlooked contributions to the California economy; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.