Proceedings of the 15th International Academic Conference, Rome

POURING SWEAT FOR THE SAKE OF CLEAN HOUSES, HAPPY BABIES,HEALTHY ELDERS AND GREEN GARDENS: DOMESTIC WORKERS AND TRADE UNION STRUGGLE/STRATEGIES FOR THEM

CEYHUN GÜLER

Abstract:

In the process of globalization,many pre-existing problems have became more acute as well as emergence of many new problems. Domestic workers and their working standards have been one of the important issues of globalization with their growing problems. According to data from the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are about 53 million domestic workers all over the world. Beside domestic workers not having a clear job definition, we could see them as charlady, baby-sitter, patient care, gardener or anything else. The problems of domestic workers like precarity, low wages, long working hours, uncertainty job definition have risen in direct proportion to their growing number. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), trade unions, goverments, institutes and others are seeking for solution methods and struggle strategies to solve all these problems. Trade union solidarity, trade union strategies/compaigns and domestic workers being organized are vital tools for solving domestic workers problems. Therefore domestic workers should be organize in trade union struggle and trade unions should produce effective policies on behalf of decent life and decent work for domestic workers. In this study, the importance of trade union struggle in the solution of domestic workers problems will be discussed while drawn attention to their various problems. Also different campaigns and policies will be proposed for the implementation of the trade unions related to domestic workers.

Keywords: Domestic Workers, Trade Union Struggle, Trade Union Strategies, Decent Work for Domestic Workers

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2015.015.066

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