Filipino Maids for Export
'Always be Punctual and Don't Count the Work You are Doing'

http://mondediplo.com/2011/10/12maids
Date Written:  2011-10-01
Publisher:  Le Monde diplomatique
Year Published:  2011
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX16049

Twelve percent of the Philippines’ GDP comes as remittances from nationals abroad. Many of those are maids, sent all over the world into domestic service to support their children back home. The Philippines government is even training them in servitude.

Subject Headings

• Cleaners
• Cleaning Services
• Domestic Labour
• Exploitation
• Exploitation of Labour-Power by Capital
• Philippines