caitlin henderson is a senior researcher at oxfam, fighting poverty and injustice where she studies howt workers and working families. thanks for being here. why have domestic workers historically been excluded from these sorts of protections? >> unfortunately, it reflects a long history of sexual and racial discrimination in this country. where black women were excluded from labor protections in 1930's . unfortunately when we are creating the social safety net that still exists today, a lot of southern senators were neighbors about including black workers in frameworks of minimum wages, overtime protections, and the right to organize. beyond the exclusions, why is it these workers are so vulnerable to mistreatment? >> domestic workers are excluded from the occupational safety and act, which means a lot of protections most workers have for workplace does not extend to domestic workers because usually it means people's homes. they are exposed to issues of this termination and harassment. domestic workers are not included in the civil rights act from 1960's. so they are uniquely exposed t