Approximately 58,000 domestic workers across Jamaica now have a union to represent them, after the launch of the Jamaica Household Workers Union on Mar 15. The union aims to protect the rights of, and provide skills training for domestic workers. Details Read the original article in full: Domestic workers now have their own union | Jamaica […]
Hong Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Workers' Unions (FADWU), as one of the important labour force in Hong Kong, joins May Day Rally today and hopes to convey a message that, no matter migrant workers and local workers, should be treated with justice and equal rights. Details "NO DISCRIMINATION!! EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL!!" MAY DAY […]
Domestic workers around the world mobilized on the International Labour Day! Details GUINEA The SYNTRAD Guinea participated massively in Internationnale Labour Day rally which was held at the Palace of the People. Photo Album: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50764246@N06/sets/72157633392190323/ HONG KONG The FADWU Hong Kong joined the May Day Rally and hoped to convey a message that, no matter migrant […]
On 16 June 2013 the Africa Domestic Workers’ Network (AfDWN) was launched in Cape Town, South Africa, exactly two years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers’ Convention (C189) and at the very time when a diplomatic bag containing South African Government documents ratifying C189 was en route to Geneva for official lodging at the […]
The Domestic Workers Union, jointly with other unions and women’s movement, launched a public signature campaign in Colombo on June 16 2013, International Domestic Workers’ Day. It is a campaign to get support from the public to press the government to establish a domestic workers act. Several signature collection points were set up in Colombo: […]
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are 53-100 million domestic workers worldwide, 83 per cent of whom are women. They represent 4 to 10 per cent of the labour force in developing countries and about 2 per cent in developed countries. Their work is an important contribution to economic and social development. Still, […]
“Yes we did it!”, a statement that best captures the jubilant mood on the last day of the Founding Congress of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) in 2013. It is also the title of a new book launched at that Congress, which tells the story of how domestic workers organised to win the Domestic […]
The IUF Regional Secretariat for Latin America, or the UITA, based in Montevideo will be the organizer of the IDWN Founding Congress in October. In May, it interviewed Elizabeth Tang as she visited the country to prepare the Congress. Details Read the original article in Spanish: Con Elizabeth Tang Paso a Paso Hacia el Primer Congreso […]
IDWF Regional Coordinator for Latin America, Marcelina receives on Monday, March 31 2014, the Mexican National Award for Equality and No Discrimination (Premio por la Igualdad y la No Discriminación 2013) by Conapred (National Council to Prevent Discrimination). This is a big award and recognition of her work with domestic workers in Mexico. IDWF truly […]
More than half of all work carried out by the world's population is domestic care work. So this International Workers Day on 1 May, maybe it's a good time to ask: why do domestic workers have so few rights? And why is no one speaking up about it? Details More than half of all work […]
Domestic Workers' Union, Sri Lanka, protested against the rape by Supreme Court Judge Sarath De Abrew. On 2 July 2015, In Solidarity with other unions and organizations, they handed in petition letter to the Chairman of Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. Details 2 July 2014 Press release Domestic Workers’ Union protests against the rape of a […]
Employment agencies (EA) in Singapore were reminded by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to refrain from commodifying domestic workers in their marketing strategies. According to a report in The Straits Times, MOM's advisory, released Wednesday, told EAs not to include words such as "cheap fees" or "promotional rates" in their campaigns. It also instructed agencies […]
