![]() When trying to establish contracts with minimum wages and work hours, employers stated that they wanted the NCHE to understand that the relationship between the employer and employee was a personal one and therefore did not want the NCHE to get “too scientific” when setting standards (Palmer, 117). The NCHE held several conferences throughout the years to advocate for domestic workers and as a result, they experienced resistance from employers a lot of the time. ![]() While the conference in 1928 consisted of mainly housewives’ organizations, Carner made a point to invite one worker representative from the YWCA to their first conference and then more to their other conferences. The NCHE is not a part of the YWCA but an organization made up of several groups, including the YWCA. ![]() The National Committee on Household Employment (NCHE) was founded in October of 1928 during a conference organized by Lucy Carner, executive director of the YWCA’s industrial division and former teacher at the Bryn Mawr summer school for women workers. ![]()
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