On International Domestic Workers’ Day, a lookback at the ghastly conditions they are subjected to in India

The International Labour Organisation has adopted Convention 189 to ensure decent work for domestic workers. India’s failure to ratify it manifests the perils of a flawed system. While trade unions are hard at work on the issue, the government’s cold shoulder sets them back to square one. 
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Kiran Moghe is a Marxist politician, trade unionist and social worker.

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