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[quote=Anonymous]SB 804 is sponsored by Jennifer McClellan, shown pictured in this article touting the large sums of money given to her campaign by Care in Action:

https://www.wvtf.org/post/group-representing-home-healthcare-workers-donates-300k-female-candidates-color#stream/0

Is it any surprise that there is still NO AU PAIR EXEMPTION in the bill given the positions laid out by the National Domestic Workers Alliance and it’s lobbying arm, Care in Action here (mainly that the Massachusetts case should apply to au pairs in Virginia, and there should be NO AU PAIR EXEMPTION, and should follow what happened in Massachusetts):

https://bluevirginia.us/2020/02/strike-all-exemptions-from-the-minimum-wage

This was never just about helping domestic workers or increasing the minimum wage. How many people on this forum have paid money to a nanny placement agency? Do you really think that domestic workers are funding this advocacy? Care.com reports $161 million dollars in revenue and is based in, wait for it....Massachusetts. Huh. How about that?

For every legislator who says “oh this isn’t Massachusetts” or “we don’t need the exemption in this bill, it is in the minimum wage bill” I have this question for you - do you work for your constituents, or the 501(c)(4) that is funded by big companies that stand to profit from killing a federal cultural exchange program with over reach at the state level?
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