Are your cleaning products making your house sick?
Many products on the market can adversely affect the health of your family, pets, and the workers who clean your home. We've collaborated with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to train our members to protect you and themselves from chemical hazards.
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the San Francisco Department of Environment's Safe Home Cleaning Methods Fact Sheet.
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La Colectiva isn't like other cleaning services
--we're a worker run collective, committed to empowering women and supporting a healthy work environment. Our employer handbook helps facilitate communication between La Colectiva workers and the people who hire them. It features an illustrated guide to common household tasks with captions in English and Spanish; a guide to green cleaners; information about our pricing structure; and an explanation of why we do things the way we do.
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our Employer Handbook.
La Raza Centrol Legal released and distributed the report:
Behind Closed Doors:
Working Conditions of California Household Workers
Having the same La Colectiva member clean your home on a regular basis
enables you to focus on other things important to your life. There are
benefits to an ongoing working relationship, and responsibilities too.
Sample work agreement will help you establish your working relationship
with the La Colectiva member.
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a sample work agreement.
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Other
Resources about cleaning and health impacts
(Household Hazards report,
asthma, reproductive harm, tips)
Toxics Use Reduction Institute:
- Natural Cleaning
- Alternatives
- Green Building Power point
- 10 tips for a pesticide free lawn
- 10 ways to find safer cleaners
- 10 tips to improve indoor air quality
Call us now to make an appointment (415) 252-5376!