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Organizing domestic workers
Talking to trade unions/ affiliates/ members about domestic work
This guide, developed in conjunction with the ASEAN Trade Union Council, equips advocates and champions to answer the questions often heard when talking to trade unions and trade union members about organizing more domestic workers and working alongside domestic workers’ unions. It also gives the facts to back up these arguments.
Want to ensure trade unions are organizing and supporting domestic workers?
This guide, developed in conjunction with the ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC), equips advocates and champions to answer the questions often heard when talking to trade unions and trade union members about organizing more domestic workers and working alongside domestic workers’ unions. It also gives the facts to back up these arguments.
If you’re going to have conversation about how trade unions can – and should - better support and organize domestic workers, and think you’ll face some resistance, this guide is for you!
This booklet is published by the ILO and ATUC. ATUC unites 18 national labor centers and confederations from ASEAN member states, excluding Brunei but including Timor Leste, advocating for the voices and interests of workers without distinction within ASEAN processes.
