'We matter', say Filipino domestic workers
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- World of Work : the magazine of the ILO
- Magazine Year
- 2006
- Magazine Number
- 58
- Creator
- Casco, Ricardo R.
- Thesaurus
- huishoudsters, recht, inkomen, organisaties, Filipijnen
- Description
- Domestic workers in the Philippines are united in SUMAPI, the only workers' organization in the country for this sector. Though domestic work has become a highly sought-after service, compensation for it as defined by present legislated standards in the Philippines is not appropriate to it.