Solidarity Center Report: Domestic Workers Worldwide Covered by Labor Laws
Sunday, September 8, 2013(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Millions of
domestic workers worldwide now have basic labor
rights, as the International Labor Organization
(ILO) Domestic Workers Convention officially
came into force last week. When it passed in
June 2011, Convention 189 marked a major
milestone, signaling the global community’s
recognition that the 53 million workers who
labor in households, often in isolation and at
risk of exploitation and abuse, deserve full
protection of labor laws. The historic action
pointed to the recognition that domestic
workers, 83 percent of whom are women, perform
work—and that entails rights equal to all
other wage earners. Read more at
the Solidarity Center.