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

Includes 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".

Yeung takes readers on a journey across the country, introducing us to women who came to America to escape grinding poverty only to encounter sexual violence in the United States. In a Day{u2019}s Work exposes the underbelly of economies filled with employers who take advantage of immigrant women{u2019}s need to earn a basic living. When these women find the courage to speak up, Yeung reveals, they are too often met by apathetic bosses and underresourced government agencies. But In a Day{u2019}s Work also tells a story of resistance, introducing a group of courageous allies who challenge dangerous and discriminatory workplace conditions alongside aggrieved workers{u2014}and win. Moving and inspiring, this book will change our understanding of the lives of immigrant women. -- Goodreads.

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