It seems like international awareness and pressure can make changes to the service industry in major cities around the world. Stay informed, and push for change where there is obvious injustice. DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates, criticized globally for its treatment of migrant workers, issued a law on Tuesday to combat abuse of…
If you think service workers have it rough in the USA, check out the scene overseas. Basic legal protections are just beginning, like getting paid on time and retaining your own passport! DUBAI // Diplomats described a draft law on domestic staff rights passed by the Federal National Council as “pro-worker” and recommended firm implementation…
Just read this. Be happy about your working conditions. Expose injustice if you see it. An estimated, 8.5 million domestic workers are paid a pittance to mollycoddle Pakistan’s elite and upper middle class. Services include, but are not limited to cooking, cleaning, guarding and driving. Working conditions, responsibilities, pay scale, vacations, allowances, health benefits and…
As our industry gains more recognition, the focus on employee rights will increase. Hopefully. As Friday slid toward Saturday, four Brazilian women in identical black T-shirts hugged, giggled and blinked back tears in the otherwise sedate gallery of the Connecticut Senate. Their grinning lobbyist, Bobby Shea, shushed them, without conviction.Sen. Eric Coleman, D-Bloomfield, the co-chair…
Please keep an eye out for any abuses in our Private Service community. The only time it makes sense to get into anyone else’s personal business is to make sure they are safe and protected. This is shameful and hopefully the “slave” mentality of abusive employers will die off in the next generation. A Qatari…
No matter what we endure with bad employment situations in the USA, we have it so much better than the majority of the world’s domestic workers. Hopefully equal rights will continue to spread throughout the nations. For many people around the world, new rules to protect rights of migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia may seem…