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Domestic Workers of the World Unite! - A Global Movement for Dignity and Human Rights (Paperback)
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Domestic Workers of the World Unite! - A Global Movement for Dignity and Human Rights (Paperback)
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From grassroots to global activism, the untold story of the world's
first domestic workers' movement. Domestic workers exist on the
margins of the world labor market. Maids, nannies, housekeepers, au
pairs, and other care workers are most often 'off the books,'
working for long hours and low pay. They are not afforded legal
protections or benefits such as union membership, health care,
vacation days, and retirement plans. Many women who perform these
jobs are migrants, and are oftentimes dependent upon their
employers for room and board as well as their immigration status,
creating an extremely vulnerable category of workers in the growing
informal global economy. Drawing on over a decade's worth of
research, plus interviews with a number of key movement leaders and
domestic workers, Jennifer N. Fish presents the compelling stories
of the pioneering women who, while struggling to fight for rights
in their own countries, mobilized transnationally to enact change.
The book takes us to Geneva, where domestic workers organized,
negotiated, and successfully received the first-ever granting of
international standards for care work protections by the United
Nations' International Labour Organization. This landmark victory
not only legitimizes the importance of these household laborers'
demands for respect and recognition, but also signals the need to
consider human rights as a central component of workers' rights.
Domestic Workers of the World Unite! chronicles how a group with so
few resources could organize and act within the world's most
powerful international structures and give voice to the wider
global plight of migrants, women, and informal workers. For anyone
with a stake in international human and workers' rights, this is a
critical and inspiring model of civil society organizing.
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