NDWA campaign poster. Used with permission.
Members of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and their allies organised “an action of power, love, and humour” on 6 February, as NDWA’s Irene Jor put it, to protest the nomination of Mick Mulvaney for director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Their complaint stems from Mulvaney’s admission that he failed to pay $15,000 in payroll taxes for his triplets’ nanny from 2000-2004, an “oversight” he attributed to viewing her as a “babysitter” rather than as a household employee. They were also protesting against his support for budget cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
To express their displeasure, NDWA delivered thousands of pacifiers to Mulvaney’s office, demanded he withdraw his nomination, and publicly apologise for the disrespect he showed to his former nanny. They carried banners that read: “Mulvaney: You don’t value care work, you are unfit to lead OMB!” and “You won’t pacify us!”
