On 30 March, it is not yet one of those days that remains on the agenda and is full of political statements. It was they who spoke on the International Day of the Household Employee, the housekeepers, and they did so very clearly. Among the agents and institutions, silence predominated, as expressive as it was criticizable. But, in spite of everything, the day served to listen carefully to what these workers have to say and demand.

Disappearance of the figure of the worker inside the house; equalization with the other salaried workers, abandoning the special regime of theft of rights; recognition of the right to work safely; repeal of the law of aliens, since without civil rights you cannot cope with exploitation; protection against superiority and violence; recognition and value of the work they do... In short, an agreement that determines the hours, wages, public holidays, breaks and duties that correspond to them. They want rights.

Workers in senior housing, cleaning, social intervention, special education, home or dining services -- they're igniting conflict and fighting here and there. These are workers from sectors linked to care, mostly women, the most combative sector at the moment.

Although later on we will see the importance and value of domestic workers as part of this new phase of struggle of the working class in the Basque Country, now is the time to recognize that step. It's not their problem, and it's not just their living conditions. Care is the responsibility of all, and it is the responsibility of all to pay what is owed to caregivers, both today and before.