Veronica Deutsch
@verondeu1
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Researcher | childcare + ey, feminised work, migration | @SPAISBristol @RadHRorg | ex @nannysolidarity ✍️ @novaramedia @oxfamgbpolicy @slate @NEF @TheSocReview
London, UK
Joined September 2019
Me for Vittles, out today. Really loved writing this and am so grateful to all the childcare workers who shared their stories.
‘One day, she came home with a metronome for me to eat in time with’ Today's essay is about how food is used as a tool of control by employers of au pairs, live-in nannies and domestic workers. By Veronica Deutsch, with accounts from workers affected.
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RT @BarbaraOrth: A little passion project finally out 🥳 In our new OA paper w/ Franziska Baum we take a deep dive into researching ‘hidden’…
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RT @nannysolidarity: Our beloved friend Vanessa, a Brazilian nanny and member of NSN, has unexpectedly lost her fiancé. Besides her loss sh…
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RT @oxfamgbpolicy: Why are care workers missing from the conversation about the gig economy in the UK? In a blog for the #InternationalDayO…
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Belatedly sharing this - a total joy to write this for @oxfamgbpolicy and be given space to reflect on the UK’s care platform landscape
Why are care workers missing from the conversation about the gig economy in the UK? 🤔 In a blog for the #InternationalDayOfCareAndSupport, @verondeu1 explains how to support the carers who are now central to the precarious UK gig economy. #RightToCare
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RT @w_stronge: This is a great piece from @verondeu1, linking up nicely with @HelenHester's recent paper for @Autonomy_Inst: https://t.co/…
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RT @jeremycorbyn: We don't need a taskforce to know that the two child benefits cap is profoundly immoral. Why not just scrap it now? htt…
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RT @pheenywhits: Very welcome to hear the Govt announce a new taskforce to lead its work on reducing child poverty. Now we need to make sur…
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RT @magpieprojectuk: URGENT: A lovely twin-mama came for the first time today. She has no buggy at all. She was wearing one twin and her so…
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RT @minnierahman: Migrant children whose parents are not allowed access to the public safety net are pushed into poverty. Not only should N…
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RT @bethmichaelfox: Absolutely cracking paper from @_danielnewton - a few highlights below 👇 - definitely going to follow up on so much of…
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RT @magpieprojectuk: 'At least they won't remember' mum says on child's period of horrific housing. No, it will be hardwired in to their b…
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RT @zaranosaur: A report which I coauthored with Tanya Osborne and @DocPhoenix for the UCU on experiences of PGRs with “hidden” disabilitie…
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This is such an vital and illuminating report - am so grateful to the authors for making these experiences visible
New report highlights shocking injustice in Post Graduate Researchers 🚨 Shining light on the issues non-visibly disabled PGRs face it's finding show universities have a long way to go to fully support them. Read more 👇
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RT @ukdecrimnow: We all want to be safe, and sex workers are no exception. The laws on sex work in the U.K. put sex workers in danger. If…
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RT @magpieprojectuk: WE ARE RECRUITING: Our charity is growing and we've created two new jobs to keep up. If you are our new Finance and Op…
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RT @swunion_uk: On International Workers Day we send our solidarity to all workers. Particularly the workers, who like sex workers, are sti…
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