JORDAN- Results of the ILO round table study “Cooperating Out of Isolation: The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers in Jordan Kuwait and Lebanon 14th &15th of December 2014, Amman” attended by regional and international stakeholders to study the possibility of establishing cooperatives for migrant domestic workers in the Middle East.
The meeting reviewed successful international models in establishing cooperatives for migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, Philippines, India, Spain and USA.
Arab Trade unionists and human rights activists expressed their support for any initiative that will provide decent work for domestic workers and implementation of principles and provisions of ILO Convention existed in No. 189 for the same subject. They stressed on the importance of continuing domestic workers struggle in a bid to establish their own trade unions and leadership. They assured on the need to consider priorities that precede the establishment of cooperatives, including the complete abolishment of the sponsorship system which is one of the biggest challenges faced by migrant workers in their quest for their rights, as well as the need for inclusion of domestic migrant workers in domestic law systems and entitling them with rights and duties on equal footing with local workers. Arab Trade unionists and human rights activists pointed out that failure of domestic workers to get a day off, for example, will deprive them from effectively participating in meetings held by the cooperatives.
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