In a day's work : the fight to end sexual violence against America's most vulnerable workers /

Yeung, Bernice,

In a day's work : the fight to end sexual violence against America's most vulnerable workers / Bernice Yeung. - New York : New Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: the weight of silence -- Finding the most invisible cases -- The open secret -- Behind closed doors and without a safety net -- When only the police and the prosecutor believe you -- All that we already know -- The ways forward -- ¡Sí se pudo! Yes we did! -- Epilogue: "I survived".

Exposes the epidemic of sexual violence against women farmworkers, domestic workers, and janitorial workers, and charts their quest for justice in the workplace.



9781620973165


Sexual harassment--United States.
Women foreign workers--Crimes against--United States.
Women immigrants--Crimes against--United States.
Sexual abuse victims--United States.
Sex crimes--United States.
Violence in the workplace--United States.


Electronic Books.

HD6060 / .I533 2018