Myrtle Witbooi, a pioneering leader of the domestic worker movement, died on 16 January in Cape Town at the age of 75. During apartheid, she began to organise women in her employer’s garage and went on to become the president of the first global union led by women.
As part of its continued efforts to formalize the Household Worker sector across the island; the Jamaica Household Workers Union (JHWU) launched an official handbook to educate and guide domestic service providers and their employers on the rights an