Domestic work and collective rights. Some reflections to the thread of RD 1620/2011 and ILO Convention 189

Abstract

the precariousness of many of the labor relations that support the service of the family home hinders union activity. In this article, it is analyzed the role assumed by majority traditional trade union (CCOO and UGT) to asumme the employee representation in the social dialogue process. In the C189- Domestic Works Convention, the article 3 says that “Each Member shall, in relation to domestic workers, take the measures set out in this Convention to respect, promote and realize the fundamental principles and rights at work, namely:   (a) freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining and taking measures to ensure that domestic workers and employers of domestic workers enjoy freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, Members shall protect the right of domestic workers and employers of domestic workers to establish and, subject to the rules of the organization concerned, to join organizations, federations and confederations of their own choosing.