One thing I've learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for.

In 2010 Domestic Workers United was instrumental in New York state passing the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights into law; this law was the first in the United States to guarantee domestic workers overtime pay three days’ paid leave and legal protections from harassment and discrimination. In 2010 the Feminist Press recognized her in their "40 Under 40" awards. Ai-jen Poo is an American activist.

Ai-jen Poo is an American activist. She has received the Open Society Institute Community Fellowship the Union Square Award the Leadership for a Changing World Award the Ernest de Maio Award from the Labor Research Association the Woman of Vision Award from Ms. She is also co-director of Caring Across Generations a national coalition of 200 advocacy organizations advocating for home care workers and patients as well as the lead organizer and founder of Domestic Workers United an organization of Caribbean Latina and African nannies housekeepers and elderly caregivers in New York organizing for "power respect and fair labor standards".