Fighting for Justice: 2012 - today: Fatima
Fatima My name is Fatima. I am from Morocco. We are a poor family. My father is very cruel to my mother. He takes any money she earns...
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Domestic Workers are not Slaves, Servants, Maids or Family Members
WE ARE WORKERS
ABOUT US
Waling-Waling (WW) fought and won a campaign from 1984 – 1997 gaining basic rights for Migrant Domestic Workers. We have reconvened in 2017 to Reclaim our Rights.
In April 2012, Teresa May, then Home Secretary in the coalition government, stripped migrant domestic workers of these rights. She said they would be ‘protected’ under the Modern Slavery Act.
We now have workers without rights but with a promise of ‘protection’ thereby creating ‘victims’ of us workers. Our experience over the years since 2012 shows clearly that there is no protection for us under the Modern Slavery Act.
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