A Public Statement of the International Domestic Workers Network (IDWN), 26th February, 2012.
As domestic workers gather at the various “Be The Help Oscar Night Viewing Parties” across the United States today, the International Domestic Workers Network (IDWN) will make an on-line submission to the Department of Labor of the U.S. government in support of the newly proposed regulations to bring overtime and minimum-wage protections to two million home-care workers in the country, and to provide basic record-keeping protections for live-in domestic workers. In addition, the IDWN called upon the California government to pass the CA Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (AB 899) in order to extend the basic labor protections to domestic workers.
This manual aims to assist the leaders of domestic worker groups to come out of a powerless situation by “embracing the strength of the domestic worker organisation or trade union”, particularly in the context of the campaign for the ILO Convention on domestic workers in 2010-11. It was the initiative of the Asian Domestic Workers’ Network and the Committee for Asian Women, and based on the outcomes of a ‘Domestic Workers Organising Strategy Workshop’ held in 2007. The manual specifically draws experiences from Indonesia, Hong Kong and India, and concentrates on the means of building solidarity and strong organisation at national, regional and international levels.
This series of six booklets is a generic set of materials for organisers with some activities. It could be adapted by educators for domestic workers. The booklets are available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. Best place to access them is: 
The ITUC Action Guide aims to provide you with useful information on how trade unions can work for and with domestic workers: 
A comprehensive collection of educational resources and a lot of publication links: 
The International Domestic Workers Network (IDWN) is watching with great interest the events in the Netherlands. For the second year, the cleaners and domestic workers have to go on strike in order to achieve an acceptable collective agreement for the industry. We are very proud that the Dutch domestic workers are part of this important struggle!
PowerPoint presentation (4.55 MB) by Karin Pape, Global Labour Institute, at Critical Labour Studies "The struggle for domestic workers' rights", Manchester (UK)
by Dan Gallin, Global Labour Institute
IDWN Africa Regional Workshop. Nairobi, Kenya
The launch of The Caribbean Domestic Workers Network came out of a two-day meeting, 13-14 November 2011 at the Barbados Workers’ Union Labour College, and builds on the determined efforts of the National Union of Domestic Employees (NUDE) of Trinidad and Tobago and the Jamaica Household Workers’ Association (JHWA) who have long lobbied for a comprehensive improvement in the treatment of domestic workers.