Mandatory reading for the OP’s book club:
Alex Tizon remembers and has remorse for how is many was treated https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/ Alex Tizon struggled to write about Lola, the woman who helped raise him. He was 11 before he realized she was his family’s slave |
Is this still about husbands? Read back and see the exact quote and source. Not scientific but there isn’t a reliable science (State Dpt list includes a minority of complaints received)? |
Mmm hmm whatever. So if it’s modern day slavery tell me why the leaders of the home countries of au pairs are so willing to sell their young citizens into slavery? Don’t you think at least one world leader would be brave enough to stand up and say “no, I shall send no more of my country’s young women into bondage”? A voluntary program that one can leave at any time is not slavery. You SHOULD be ashamed of yourself for equating the two. Seriously, why don’t you survey a dozen or so American descendants of slaves and say “hey, don’t you think the au pair program is slavery? You volunteer for it, can leave any time, and your host family would be arrested for harming you in any way. They’re like totally equivalent, right?” |
There was no source. It was just utter nonsense to cover up for the initial rank misogyny. |
It wasn’t me who said it. You do sound a bit like Kim though? If we can adopt MA ruling everywhere and go back to the original intent, the program could be excellent. As it is, Bernie called it a scam. |
Bernie calls a lot of things scams. Let’s stay focused on facts, not a blustering blowhard deadbeat dad who knows nothing about raising kids. |
This is classics playbook. Find an unimportant piece, inflate it, use it to question the source, bring doubt to the main parts. That is where I got this from. Gosh, January can’t come fast enough. Maybe everyone goes back to being decent. |
Kim, it is you! Bernie was a test balloon. Just my daily MAGA sweep of DCUM. Congrats, you’ve been caught. |
The main point was a misogynistic one: only mothers benefit from the au pair program. Because childcare is the problem of women. On that point you and Bernie sure do agree! |
You’re an idiot. God I hope you aren’t my associate. I’ll have to have a good paralegal double check the cites until I’m sure. |
I didn’t hear that. Sorry if I misunderstood, your point said families but husbands benefit, not mothers but... of course all
do. The main point though is that voluntary adoption of the program ideals and the MA ruling would allow us to revive the program in the light of its intent. |
I don’t think you’re a partner. TBH |
Why not ask “your” paralegal to prepare a submission to the OAG to enact the change? Vs. fact-check DCUM (which was cited correctly indeed), which I’m sure in itself breaches a bunch of employment regs |
You are the one who said mothers. Not parents, mothers. I’m fully complaint with the MA rules. I’m not remotely afraid of reform. But I don’t even do particularly well matching, despite my low hours and well over stipend pay and above ground bedroom with private bath. Au pairs apparently don’t focus on pay and benefits as much as people seem to think. They have their own idea of what the benefits of the program are, and clearly it’s not about maximizing total compensation. Which makes me wonder how much people are trying to solve a problem that isn’t one at all. Even my au former pairs who got a fat settlement check after the lawsuit thought its premise was silly. |
Do you mean a horse and this race? Because, don’t get us started on dog fights... it’s a felony in all the states, unlike apparently paying your childminder a fraction of a minimum wage |