Bangalore: You might not be able to avail
services of your domestic help till July 31st this month, as the
National Platform for Domestic Workers (NPDW) has called the nationwide
strike from June 15 and rally to Delhi by July 31.
The association is demanding legislation to regulate employment and
setting up a board to oversee conditions of work and provide social
protection. On June 15, the unions and organizations are rallying from
Banappa Park to town hall.
The national care team member in NPDW. She said that the nationwide
campaign is supported by 50-60 unions and NGOs who work for the
betterment of domestic helpers.
International Labour Organisation (ILO) conceived convention 189 on
June 16 which ensures decent work for domestic work and giving equal
rights; hence the strike. In India, for name sake there are
laws-Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act (2008) and Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act (2013).
Even a national policy on domestic helpers with the objective of
regulation and extension of welfare measures has been formulated by the
ministry of labour but it is yet to be notified.
The activists of the NPDW slammed the government of having failed
in enforcing any of the laws to ensure social and legal securities of
domestic workers.
Lack of decent wages, work conditions and defined work time,
violence, abuse, sexual harassment at workplace, victimization at the
hands of traffickers or placement agencies, forced migration, lack of
welfare measures and lack of skill development avenues resulting in
stagnation are major issues that are responsible for their present
condition.
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