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ILO Convention C 189 A good start for protection of domestic workers

Critical Labour StudiesThe struggle for domestic workers‘ rights

Macnhester, 19 Febr. 2012 Karin Pape

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UN Assembly Hall – 16 June 2011

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Looking back Looking back • International Conference of domestic workers’ and support organization –

November 2006 Amsterdam

• Decision of ILO (March 2008) to place standard setting process on the agenda for ILC 2010 and 2011 for domestic workers

• Meeting in Geneva September 2008

• Meeting in Geneva June 2009 – (Provisional) Founding IDWN; ILO process as an organizing tool;

• International Labour Conference (ILC) 2010, Geneva: First reading of an international instrument to protect domestic workers – committee decision in favour of a Convention!

• June 2011 – ILC 2011: Second reading – Voting in the Plenary on the Instrument on 16 June 2011

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Voting ResultVoting Result

Government against: Zwaziland

Governments abstentions: El Salvador, Malysia, Panama, UK, Singapour, Sudan, Czech Republique, Thailand

In Favour: 396Against: 16Abstentions: 63

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Main important outcome

• C 189 stipulates that all domestic workers (in an employment relationship and if carried out as a means of a living) are WORKERS

• Inclusion in national labour and related laws (i.e. Access to existing social protection schemes)

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Content of the ConventionDefinitions and scopeFreedom of association and collective bargaining,Child labourProtection against abuse, harassment and violenceInformation on terms and conditions, written contractsWorking time and RemunerationOccupational safety and healthSocial securityProtection for particular groupsPrivate employment agenciesAccess to court, compliance and enforcement

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Why a successful outcome (1)

• Domestic Workers‘ Organizations aimed to influence the process at every stage – for example:- influencing the questions of the ILO questionnaire of the

„law and practice report“- Influencing the recommended answers by ITUC- Influencing the answers by national trade union centres,

governments and where possible employers assocications- Lobbying the trade union centres to be included into the

national delegations to the ILCs in 2010 and 2011

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Why a successful outcome (2) • The organized domestic workers had a „vehicle“, the IDWN• IUF gave IDWN an organizational base and therefore enabled access to

the internatonal trade union movement (ITUC)• WIEGO supported IUF (IDWN) by seconding a person who was nominated

as the internatonal coordinator and by raising funds and providing expertise. WIEGO is part of the technical support team. GLI Geneva supported by an advisory function in various ways, for example work on the web-site, drafting rules etc.

• IUF/IDWN worked in a collaborative way with the relevant official trade union structures (i.e. Trade union centres, ITUC, ILO ACTRAV) as well as with official ILO structures, governments representatives, support NGOs (Human Rights Watch, Anti Slavery International, MFA, church organizations, women‘s groups etc.

• The Steering Committee of IDWN decided

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Why a successful outcome (3)

• Domestic Workers‘ delegates at ILC 2010: 11

• Domestic Workers‘ delegates at ILC 2011: 35 *

• Plus each year: inclusion of additional dw reps into the IUF and ITUC delegation = full members of the workers‘ group of the Committee

* 4 dw reps spoke on behalf of their national trade union centre in the Plenary session of ILC + Asian regional coordinator spoke on behalf of IUF in the Plenary. In the committee a US dw spoke on behalf of IUF

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Way ahead (1)

• IDWN will use C 189 as a means to improve working and living conditions of domestic workers – by:

→ Identifying target countries for ratification and continue the lobby process from before June 2011

→ Take provsions of C 189 and R 201 to take up specific lobby issues

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Way ahead (2)

• IDWN will strengthen its structures by moving towards a Federation of Domestic Workers‘ Organizations, with a planned

• Founding Congress in 2013


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