Care Work and Class: Domestic Workers’ Struggle for Equal Rights in Latin America

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Index Page numbers followed by “t” refer to tables; those followed by “n” refer to notes, with note number. absent parenting, in immigrant domestic workers, 15 Acción Democrática Nacional (ADN), 85 Acosta, Rosita, 59, 96, 97, 98, 101, 104 ACTRAV. See Bureau for Workers’ Activities ADN. See Acción Democrática Nacional agenda-setting, visibility of issue and, 40, 56–57, 59–60, 64, 131–32, 136 in Bolivia, 86–90 in Chile, 122–27 in Costa Rica, 96–103 in Uruguay, 109–16 age of domestic workers, 25–26. See also children as domestic workers Alianza de Mujeres Costarricenses, 97 Alianza por Chile, 120 Allende, Salvador, 120 allies of domestic workers’ organizations in Bolivia, 86–90 in Chile, 122–27 in Costa Rica, 96–103 and enforcement of labor laws, 78 as key to success, 56, 131–32 potential allies, 59–64 strategies for, 63–67 in Uruguay, 109–16 amenities and household spaces, restrictions for domestic workers, 19 ANECAP. See Asociación Nacional de Empleadas de Casa Particular Argentina enforcement of labor laws in, 76, 138 exploitative working conditions for domestic workers in, 74 immigrant domestic workers in, 13, 25 laws on domestic worker rights, 3, 31, 32t legal reform efforts, 42, 42t, 43–44, 57, 130 executive support, 43–44, 55, 79 ILO convention and, 135 immigrant workers and, 62 political context, 54, 55 women’s rights organizations and, 60 live-in domestic workers, percentage of, 27 maternity leave laws, 31 minimum wage laws, 31 percentage of women employed in domestic work, 24, 24t social security enrollment for domestic workers, 70, 71t, 72–73 vacation days for domestic workers, 30 workday length laws, 29–30, 29t, 43–44 Arias, Óscar, 93, 96, 102, 103 Asociación Nacional de Empleadas de Casa Particular (ANECAP), 109–10, 122, 124–25, 126 Associación de Trabajadoras Domésticos (ASTRADOMES), 96, 97, 98 Aylwin, Patricio, 121 Bachelet, Michelle, 55, 80, 121, 125, 126, 127, 128 Barahona Streber, Oscar, 21–22 basic univeralism, in Uruguay, 106, 152 n. 1 Batlle y Ordóñez, José, 108 benefits. See laws on domestic work Birgin, Haydee, 76 Black February, 89–90 Blanco Party, 108 Bolivia, 83–92 and case selection criteria, 47–49 domestic workers’ organizations, activism of, 59, 85, 86–90, 104–5 172 Index Bolivia (continued) enforcement of labor laws, 86, 90–92, 105 exploitative working conditions for domestic workers in, 74, 84 income inequality in, 12, 48t, 49, 83 indigenous majority in, 83 as domestic workers, 84 marginalization of, 83, 84 political power, rise of, 85, 87 solidarity in, 86 laws on domestic worker rights, 3, 32t, 84 legal reform efforts, 41, 42, 42t, 43, 48t, 57, 145 n. 4 as bottom-up reforms, 133 economic context, 83 framing of issue, 61, 89, 104–5, 132 as legislative effort, 65, 66 obstacles to, 80 opposition to, 51, 56, 88–89, 89–90 political context, 54, 55, 83, 84–85, 86, 91 political process, 84–86 social context, 83 success of, 83–84, 90 women’s rights organizations and, 60 live-in domestic workers, percentage of, 27 minimum wage laws, 30–31 number of domestic workers in, 84 percentage of women employed in domestic work, 24t restrictions on domestic workers in, 19 social security enrollment for domestic workers, 70 sociodemographic and political data, 48t, 49 state capacity in, 90, 105 vacation days for domestic workers, 30 workday length laws, 28, 29t, 30, 84, 85 Brazil children as domestic workers in, 25 domestic work in, history of, 21 enforcement of labor laws in, 79, 138 exploitative working conditions for domestic workers in, 74 income inequality in, 12 laws on domestic worker rights, 3, 28–29, 32t legal reform efforts, 42, 42t, 44 executive support, 55, 79 political context, 54, 55 minimum wage laws, 30–31 percentage of women employed in domestic work, 24, 24t social security enrollment for domestic workers, 70, 71t, 72 taxation in, 13 vacation days for domestic workers, 30 workday length laws, 28–29, 29t, 44 Brezzo, Luis, 111–13 Brockman, Erika, 89 Bunster, Ximena, 19, 22, 23 Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), 63, 134 CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement), 102 Calderón, Felipe, 82 Calderón, Ronaldo, 122 Cárdenas, Victor Hugo, 85, 87 Cardoso, Fernando Enrique, 79 care work, private, traditional undervaluation of, 10 Carnes, Matthew Edward, 28, 52–53, 63 case selections, criteria for, 47–49 Castro, Mary Garcia, 5 Catari, Basilia, 59, 86 Catholic Church, and domestic workers’ organizations , 22, 58, 96, 122, 124...