Aurelia Aguilar
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Maria Esther Bolaños
Maria Esther Bolaños is a domestic worker and member of the Latino Union. Having worked hard to provide for her family, she has taken on jobs that pay as little as $4 an hour, barely enough to make ends meet. As a nanny, she has even had to pay for the food of the children she cared for out of pocket, losing money that would feed her own family in the process. She travelled to Springfield to advocate on behalf of The Illinois Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, and is proud to be a part of the movement to bring respect and dignity to thousands of Illinois domestic workers like her.
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Isabel Escobar Mendez
Isabel Mendez is on the Board of Directors at Arise Chicago. She first came to Arise after being fired as a domestic worker, and owed $10,000 in unpaid wages. In addition to leading her own wage theft campaign, which included delegations and press conferences, Isabel has traveled to Springfield multiple times to advocate for an increase in state minimum wage and for passage of the Illinois Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. Had the Bill of Rights been in place at the time of Isabel’s case, she would have had an avenue of state support to help recover her stolen wages.
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Magdalena Zylinski
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The Domestic Workers Coalition passed a Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights in Illinois to ensure that domestic workers - those who care for our homes, our children, the disabled, and the elderly - are given the respect, dignity, and protection they deserve as equal members of our state's workforce.
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