[WSF-Discuss] domestic workers and the WSF

[subhash lomte]

Dear Marina,

We are trying to organise  Domestic workers here in India since last 20 - 30
years .At present there is not a single legislation to protect them from day
to day exploitation. And so no minimum wages fixed, no service hours and
service conditions applicable to this section of the workforce.No housing
rights and no old age pension schemes are applicable to them.

We are fighting with central as well as state Govts to protect Domestic
workers by a comprehensive legislation ...............and partially we could
succsside.

Govt.of India had enacted a legislation to protect the interest of
 unorganised /unprotected/informal workers ,but it is in a very diluted
form.......again we are fighting to make it comprehensive.

OUR DEMANDS ARE :1. Govt.should enact a comprehensive legislation for
Domestic workers which includ Right of Employment , Fixation of Minimum
wages , Social security like Provident Fund - Insurance - etc

                                   2.  Right of Housing facilities

                                   3. Free and compulsory education to each
and every ward or dependant

                                 4.Free medical facilities to all dependants

                                  5. Right of Oldage pension

        On these demands we are organising domestic workers at national
level and also pressurising elected parlimentarians for such legislation.

 As I am also  part of the WSF process,and we dicussed the issues and
priblems faced by the Unprotected / informal workforce at Global level in
general and India in perticular.

I am always ready to help in this respect.

Lets keep in touch

Regards

Subhash Lomte / National Convenor
National campaign committee for Rural workers, India

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Marina Karides <mkarides at fau.edu> wrote:

>  Hello,
>
> If anyone has any information on domestic workers using the WSF as a
> platform to organize, could you please pass it along? The 1st US Social
> Forum helped to organize the National Domestic Workers Alliance and I am
> looking for other examples.
>
> I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> best regards,
>
> Marina
>
>
>  Marina Karides, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Department of Sociology
> 2912 College Avenue
> Florida Atlantic University
> Davie, FL 33314
> tel. 954-236-1053
> fax. 954-236-1150
> mkarides at fau.edu
>
>
>
>
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