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Netherlands: Solidarity Action with the Cleaners and Domestic Workers in The Netherlands

Netherlands: Solidarity Action with the Cleaners and Domestic Workers in The Netherlands

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by IDWFED published Feb 20, 2012 12:00 AM
In The Netherlands the domestic workers are also part of the cleaners industry. At the moment they are walking together with the cleaners in the streets for a new collective agreement. They are also covered by it, but only domestic workers under agencies, this time they want to cover also domestic workers under individual employers which is the majority in The Netherlands, Rebeca Pabon reports.

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In The Netherlands the domestic workers are also part of the cleaners industry. At the moment they are walking together with the cleaners in the streets for a new collective agreement. They are also covered by it, but only domestic workers under agencies, this time they want to cover also domestic workers under individual employers which is the majority in The Netherlands, Rebeca Pabon reports.


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Their demands are:

  1. To be fully recognized as workers: In The Netherlands domestic workers are perceived as freelancers without right to access social security like pensions, sick or vacations days.
  2. Ratification of the Convention 189: So far, with the participation in the strike and in the union, domestic workers have been recognized as workers by the national cleaning employers association. Therefore, they are included in the collective agreement. However, they want the ratification of the convention in order to fully change the law and win full workers rights.

For further information find some links for you interest. Most of the news are in Dutch which make it difficult to follow, we know! But maybe you can make use of an automated translator, it works some time.

Follow the latest strike updates via: http://www.schoongenoeg.nu/afdeling/domestic-workers/

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