Keep up pressure on governments for the ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention

http://www.ituc-csi.org/keep-up-pressure-on-governments.html 15 June 2012: On the first anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, trade unions around the world are stepping up their campaign to get 12 ratifications by the end of 2012. The goal is challenging, yet achievable.

One year on from the historical adoption of the ILO Convention 189 at the International Labour Conference (ILC) on 16 June 2011, the ITUC is intensifying the campaign to get at least 12 ratifications by the end of 2012 and to strengthen domestic workers’ unions.
The adoption of a Convention and of a Recommendation, which are aimed at extending fundamental labour rights to an estimated 50 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide, represents a landmark step in the fight against discrimination and abuses. However, that fight is still far from over, since governments need to ratify Convention 189 and to modify their national labour laws accordingly.
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