Call on Congress to Pass the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Domestic workers in the US do not receive overtime pay or a minimum wage. They are not even protected from sexual harassment. Urge Congress to change that.
International Rescue Committee - Belgium
http://www.rescue-be.org/Volunteer Opportunities: Yes
Mission
"The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. IRC teams provide health care, infrastructure, learning and economic support to people in 40 countries, with special programs designed for women and children. Every year, the IRC resettles thousands of refugees in 22 U.S. cities.”
- Contact Information:
- Place de la Vieille Halle aux Blés 16, 1000
- Brussels,
- Belgium
- Active In: Globally
- Forms of Abolition:
- Rescue, Aftercare, Empowerment
- Forms of Slavery:
- Domestic Servitude, Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor, Bonded Labor, Child Labor, Forced Marriage
- Tel: +32 (0) 2 511 43 00
- Email: infobrussels@rescue.org
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