Domestic Workers of the World Unite! : A Global Movement for Dignity and Human Rights / / Jennifer N. Fish
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| Autore: |
Fish Jennifer N.
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| Titolo: |
Domestic Workers of the World Unite! : A Global Movement for Dignity and Human Rights / / Jennifer N. Fish
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| Pubblicazione: | 2017 |
| New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2017] | |
| ©2017 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 331.881164 |
| Soggetto topico: | Household employees - Labor unions - International cooperation |
| Household employees - Civil rights | |
| Classificazione: | SOC026000SOC032000 |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. “Look Deep in Your Hearts” -- 2. “Dignity Overdue” -- 3. Getting “on the Map” -- 4. “First to Work; Last to Sleep” -- 5. “My Mother Was a Kitchen Girl” -- 6. “Put Yourself in Her Shoes” -- 7. “A Little Bit of Liberation” -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From grassroots to global activism, the untold story of the world's first domestic workers' movement. Domestic workers exist on the margins of the world labor market. Maids, nannies, housekeepers, au pairs, and other care workers are most often 'off the books,' working for long hours and low pay. They are not afforded legal protections or benefits such as union membership, health care, vacation days, and retirement plans. Many women who perform these jobs are migrants, and are oftentimes dependent upon their employers for room and board as well as their immigration status, creating an extremely vulnerable category of workers in the growing informal global economy. Drawing on over a decade's worth of research, Jennifer N. Fish presents the compelling stories of the pioneering women who, while struggling to fight for rights in their own countries, mobilized transnationally to enact change. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Domestic Workers of the World Unite |
| ISBN: | 1-4798-2744-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910955721903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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