Facing Common Struggles, Domestic Workers Mobilize Across Borders - Huffington Post (blog)

Facing Common Struggles, Domestic Workers Mobilize Across Borders
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Abuse and enslavement of migrant and domestic workers from Asia and Africa has become epidemic in the Middle East. In the wake of the suicide of an abused Ethiopian worker, Alem Dechasa-Desisa, whose story helped galvanize migrant rights campaigns, ...

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Protesters March To Timothy Geithner's Door - Huffington Post

Protesters March To Timothy Geithner's Door
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The protesters from National People's Action and the National Domestic Workers Alliance tried to deliver a letter to Geithner demanding a financial transactions tax, principal reductions for underwater homeowners and an investigation of the bankers who ...

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Domestic workers want implementation of Centre's schemes - Times of India

Domestic workers want implementation of Centre's schemes
Times of India
NASHIK: Domestic workers across the district on Saturday staged agitations in front of the Nashik district collectorate, demanding implementation of registration and other laws governing them. A delegation of the Nashik district domestic workers' ...

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African and European Experts Agree to Further Protect the Rights of Female ... - AllAfrica.com

African and European Experts Agree to Further Protect the Rights of Female ...
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Nairobi hosted a technical meeting on Migrants' Rights: Female migrants and Domestic workers. The experts from African and European States, civil society and international organisations, shared their views and best practices on migrants' rights, ...

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Nepalese Domestic Worker Murdered in Desert - Migrant Rights

Nepalese Domestic Worker Murdered in Desert
Migrant Rights
Early this week, an anonymous person discovered the remains of a Nepalese domestic worker in Kuwait's Mina Abdullah desert. Her employer, a “military man,” confessed to the murder and is currently awaiting trial. The employer claims the maid's ...

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Eastern Alliance Insurance Group Introduces ecovery Program and Return to ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Eastern Alliance Insurance Group Introduces ecovery Program and Return to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
EAIG is a domestic casualty insurance group specializing in workers' compensation insurance products and services. In conjunction with the launch of the ecovery program, Sarah Tayts has been appointed as EAIG's Return to Wellness Specialist, ...

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Domestic worker wages versus Cosatu's attack on the DA - News24

Domestic worker wages versus Cosatu's attack on the DA
News24
My colleagues, all highly qualified black nurses, also employ domestic workers and gardeners. They pay their employees between R8-R15 per hour. No annual increases. (Discussions with them revealed these figures, and revealed their astonishmet at the ...

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After suspending worker who defended pregnant woman, Safeway faces public wrath - Inside Bay Area


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After suspending worker who defended pregnant woman, Safeway faces public wrath
Inside Bay Area
He was also ordered to attend a 52-week domestic violence class and stay away from his victim after pleading no contest to misdemeanor battery. Tran was arrested April 21 after Young, a meat clerk at the Del Rey Oaks Safeway, intervened as Tran was ...
Safeway picketed over suspension of Monterey County clerk who came to aid of ... The Republic

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Amathila Vows to Protect Children in Domestic Industry - AllAfrica.com

Amathila Vows to Protect Children in Domestic Industry
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Windhoek — The first-ever Wages Commission for Domestic Workers was inaugurated at a lodge outside the capital on Monday. Domestic workers include housekeepers, child-minders, elderly caregivers, drivers and gardeners, as well as general workers ...

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In Indiana, domestic violence can pose dilemma for employers - Indianapolis Star

In Indiana, domestic violence can pose dilemma for employers
Indianapolis Star
"I don't fault the company for being concerned about their workers," said Lynn Hecht Schafran, senior vice president at Legal Momentum, a New York-based legal defense organization for women and children. "This is a concern for companies everywhere.
Ind. woman reaches informal settlement over suit alleging protective order led ... Greenfield Daily Reporter

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