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.
1958an, emakume baserritarrek Donostiako Erdialdea hartu zuten, esnea saltzea galarazi zitzaiela salatu, eta baserritarren eskubideak aldarrikatzeko. Administrazioak esnearen esklusibotasuna Gurelesa enpresari eman zion, eta baserritarrek Bretxan saltzeari utzi behar izan... [+]
Equality, like pregnancy, exists or does not exist. When there is no equality, there is a difference, that is what you can measure and value. Perhaps the consequences of equality may be unfair to some, but this would place the debate on the consequences, not at all on equality... [+]
Errenteria (Gipuzkoa), 1892. In the caves of Aizpitarte the first archaeological excavations of Gipuzkoa were carried out, at the hand of the group led by Count Lersundi. Eleven years later, in 1903, the king of Spain, Alfonso XIII, visited the site and with this excuse... [+]
I don't know if you've noticed, but lately, reactionary and conservative messages are spreading across social media. One of them is the trend of the tradwife. That word is the abbreviation of the traditional concept of wifi, that is, the traditional wife. This movement proposes to... [+]
