This month au pairs and other live-in domestic workers in the UK won a historic victory: the overturning of an exemption which makes it legal to pay so-called ‘family workers’ as little as £1 an hour. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Whilst offering material support and advice to vulnerable domestic workers – such as not to smile in pictures with your employers like they’re your family (“they can use it against you someday”, she explains) – the group’s approach is to foreground the importance of collective action.
the families that hire these au pairs as indentured servants are repulsive, and don't treat these people they traffic hire as human
the families that hire these au pairs as indentured servants are repulsive, and don't treat these people they
traffichire as human