Resources
The Safe and Just Cleaners Study develops educational materials for household cleaners to reduce their exposure to harmful chemicals found in cleaning and disinfecting products.
We also include resources related to mental health, worker rights, and about COVID-19 to empower them as women in and out of their workplace.
Protect Yourself
Safety Tips for Cleaners
Cleaning during COVID-19
Returning to work
After cleaning
Disinfecting product use
Protect yourself
Mental health care
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Safe and Just Cleaning:
A Training Curriculum to Promote Safer Work Practices for Household Cleaners
Our partnership co-developed a 3-hr training curriculum in Spanish, (soon in English), with the National Domestic Workers Alliance NYC Chapter in Winter 2020.
Workers were trained to deliver this content to other cleaners:
- Introduction to the process of cleaning
- Hazard, body, and life mapping exercises
- Introduction to cleaning chemicals and hazards of commercial cleaning products
- Chemical types: Volatile Organic Compounds and Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
- Hierarchy of controls
- Working during COVID-19
- Communicating with clients
Powerpoint Slides
English Version
Powerpoint SlidesFacilitation Guide
English Version
Facilitation GuidesPowerpoint en Español
Guia en Español
Training Sessions
Please contact the NYC office of the National Domestic Workers Alliance at (646) 360-5806.
Access COVID-19 resources
Journal for Household Cleaners
Document your experiences as a household cleaner by using this journal.
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