Based on twenty-one months of participant observation research and interviews in three countries,... more Based on twenty-one months of participant observation research and interviews in three countries, this article explores the dynamics of struggles for domestic worker legislation and the resultant consequences in Guatemala City; the San Francisco Bay Area, California; and Lima, Peru. In this cross-country comparison of three different stages in the struggle for legislation, each group of marginalized domestic workers present challenges to long-standing hierarchies of power, class, race, and gender. Their actions shed insights on the process and consequences of worker organizing across the United States and Latin America.
Taking place in Hong Kong from 27-29 April 2014, the International Domestic Workers Federation (I... more Taking place in Hong Kong from 27-29 April 2014, the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), in cooperation with the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a visioning event for its members in Hong Kong SAR. These included domestic workers and organizers from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Africa, South Korea, Tanzania, and Thailand. The visioning event was organized under the ILO PROMOTE Project ‘Strengthening domestic workers organizations to end child domestic work’ which is supported by the US Department of Labor (DOL). This report details the visioning event, which served to jointly develop and strengthen the network and outreach of IDWF members from Asia by electronic means, and this was the first attempt of its kind to establish a Community of Practice for domestic workers.
Based on twenty-one months of participant observation research and interviews in three countries,... more Based on twenty-one months of participant observation research and interviews in three countries, this article explores the dynamics of struggles for domestic worker legislation and the resultant consequences in Guatemala City; the San Francisco Bay Area, California; and Lima, Peru. In this cross-country comparison of three different stages in the struggle for legislation, each group of marginalized domestic workers present challenges to long-standing hierarchies of power, class, race, and gender. Their actions shed insights on the process and consequences of worker organizing across the United States and Latin America.
Taking place in Hong Kong from 27-29 April 2014, the International Domestic Workers Federation (I... more Taking place in Hong Kong from 27-29 April 2014, the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), in cooperation with the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a visioning event for its members in Hong Kong SAR. These included domestic workers and organizers from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Africa, South Korea, Tanzania, and Thailand. The visioning event was organized under the ILO PROMOTE Project ‘Strengthening domestic workers organizations to end child domestic work’ which is supported by the US Department of Labor (DOL). This report details the visioning event, which served to jointly develop and strengthen the network and outreach of IDWF members from Asia by electronic means, and this was the first attempt of its kind to establish a Community of Practice for domestic workers.
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