Human Rights Day: Fighting for Domestic Workers
Today, International Human Rights Day, the National Domestic Worker Alliance is joining with domestic workers around the world to launch a campaign to call for improved labor standards for their industry.
Domestic work, which includes housecleaning, child-care and elder care, is not covered by many basic labor laws, leaving those who perform this work extremely vulnerable to abuse and exploitation on the job. Domestic workers across the globe are demanding the creation of international labor standards for domestic work through the passage of an International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention on Domestic Work. They also are proposing policy changes at the state and national levels to ensure basic labor protections for domestic workers.
