Uruguay: The National Day of Domestic Workers is Celebrated
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URUGUAY -
In November 2006, the Uruguayan legislature passed Law 18.065, which regulated domestic work, thus constituting a breakthrough for more than 100,000 domestic workers in the country.
However, they were unable to achieve collective bargaining until they were summoned by the wage councils on 19 August 2008. Ever since, the Day of the Domestic Workers is celebrated in Uruguay on that date. The celebration is accompanied by a paid holiday for the sector.
The Latin American Regional Secretariat of the IUF, saluted all domestic workers on this day in Uruguay, while calling the appropriate authorities to expedite the ratification of Convention 189 and Recommendation 201 of the ILO recently adopted at the 100th International Labour Conference.
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