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Whatever happened to secure full-time work?Mariaam Bhatti: Tales of a Domestic Worker I learned recently that the younger generation, my age and below, is likely to have had 20 jobs by the time they retire. I also learned that getting a mortgage is increasingly difficult for younger people, with a 20 per cent deposit often mandatory for first-time buyers in addition to holding a secure job: something that most lenders want to see and something for which the current nature of working doesn’t always provide the privilege.
Tales of a Domestic Worker: South Africa brews big storm over a coffee mugTwo weeks ago in the Sowetan, a South African newspaper I always read once a week to follow what’s happening there, I came across an article that quickly caught my eye with the headline: A mug for your maid? Outrage at Pick n Pay crockery.
Tales of a Domestic Worker: We need to talk about childcareThe news of two schools with safety issues being shut in Tyrellstown hit close to home, and that suburb in north-west Dublin was my first residence in Ireland, and also my first workplace.
Tales of a Domestic Worker: Activism on housing needs our attentionHousing has been a topic on everyone’s mind in Ireland as of late, what with the recent occupation of vacant properties in Dublin city centre by a group of housing rights activists, to highlight the plight of homelessness among families, including children.
Social storm over domestic workers‘Social media can break you faster than it makes you,” read a headline I read in the news recently, and I can only agree 100 per cent. There are many times I feel that some people have unjustly lost their jobs due to their online footprints, or simply not thinking things through before posting, or not even imagining the impact.
Tales of a Domestic Worker: What control do I have?Taking part in Building Better Futures – entrepreneurship training for migrant women facilitated by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland in collaboration with the DCU Ryan Academy – has enabled me to meet over 20 wonderful entrepreneurs whose calibre I could not have imagined existed in the migrant population, let alone among women migrants in Ireland. It is really humbling to be part of and to witness.
Tales of a Domestic Worker: We all want some job securityI’ve been reviewing my own employability against a job market that has changed to a no-strings-attached kind of work. This thought has been lodged in my head following a conversation on a boat trip one recent evening in Dun Laoghaire.
Progress for workers in Qatar...it’s being reported that Qatar has set a maximum working day of 10 hours for domestic workers, as well as a minimum of one day off a week and three weeks of paid annual leave.