It's time for domestic workers to have rights

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You likely have heard that June is Pride Month and that June 19 is Juneteenth, but there is another day of celebration this month that is often overlooked: June 16, International Domestic Workers' Day.

The day was first marked in 2011, when the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, also called Convention 189, which requires promotion and protection of the human rights of all domestic workers. To date, 22 countries in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa have adopted Convention 189, but the United States has not, in spite of being an ILO member nation.

Most domestic workers in the U.S. have few rights

These men and women clean our houses, tend our gardens, care for our children, aging parents and those with disabilities, but are still routinely subject to unfair labor practices, abuse and even human trafficking. Consider these facts:

Live-in housekeepers and nannies are still excluded from The Fair Labor Standards Act (even after it was revised in the 1970s), the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Occupational Health and Safety Act

Domestic workers don't fall under overtime, workers' compensation or unemployment benefits laws and cannot unionize

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-s-time-for-domestic-workers-to-have-rights/ar-AAL7eSO

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1. Absolutely, thanks for posting.

K/R Domestic workers support families, homes, communities and more which is vital to any healthy, functioning society.