4th Conference on Regulating for Decent Work
Session on Domestic Workers' Organizing
This session gives a comparative overview of domestic workers' organizing around the world and provides case studies on Italy and Czech Republic. It also showcases the methodology and results from a study realized in the Netherlands and South Africa on the social security needs of domestic workers, in which domestic workers themselves were empowered as part of the research team.
Speakers
- C. Hobden and H. Schwenken: "Session on domestic worker organizing models and strategies: a comparative study”
- R. Maioni and R. Sarti: “Drawing power from past struggles: the case of Italy”
- L.M. Heimeshoff: “Historical Legacies: Post-communism, trade unions and organizing domestic workers in the Czech Republic”
- J.N. Fish: “We want to be the protagonists of our own stories: Domestic Workers as Researchers"
- Chair: A. Biondi