About 100 domestic workers rallied in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand a salary increase and mandated rest hours. The Asia Migrants’ Coordinating Body (AMCB) joined the annual July 1 pro-democracy rally, demanding a pay rise to HK$5,500 (US$701) from the present HK$4,410 per month.
They also called for the standard employment contract to be amended to include a provision for 11 hours of uninterrupted rest, the Apple Daily reported.
Group spokesperson Eman Villanueva said a survey showed that about 500 workers in the city were living in unsuitable accommodation, with things like poor toilets and kitchens, and added that the group demanded the government list unsuitable accommodation on employment contracts.
Annebelle, who has been working in Hong Kong since 1998, said she joined the rally almost every year, calling for the government to raise workers’ minimum wages.
Law Chi-kwong, the secretary for Labour and Welfare, said on his blog that the number of domestic workers in the city will increase to 600,000 in 30 years, accounting for 15% of the total labor force by then, and it was the government’s responsibility to better protect workers’ rights and welfare, Wen Wei Po reported.
Law said the government will increase resources to monitor and check the operation of employment agencies. A 24-hour hotline with interpretation services would be launched this year for domestic workers to call if they have any questions about their rights or other enquiries, he said.
SHAME!! salary in hk is way better than ,macau,malaysia, stop complaining bunch of idiots holding a tarp in the midle of streets, Rally? Go back to philippines and see what would happen to your lives,
korek.ugaling pinoy kahit saan hilig magrally
Dapat igiit nila working hour d Palagi salary increase
Thanks mga kabayan sa lakas ng loob. Di nman msama pinag rarally nyo. Buti p ang secretary for labour na intsik nakakaintindi. It’s not easy to work 16 to 20 hours a day and no proper meal time sana lng bigyan tayo ng working hours. Ok na sahod huwag lng tau maging zombie.
I didn’t see anything wrong to what they are doing ,I’m proud to them cos they are fighting for what we deserve to get for the long hour work,less rest less food.
Jane Landayao kung wala kang Mala sakit sa iyong kapwa maagi pay wag ka ng magcomment kasama ka sa I pinag rarally nila.
Any way sino kaba dito sa Hongkong?
Sky Yhish LOL! jan nmn kayu magaling, dnyu alam nahihiya mga ibang pinoy sa kagagawan nyu
ZeravLa L. Nib Geh-geh Hindi kahihiyan sa may ginagawa nila,anu bang alam mo sa kalagayan ng mga ofw dito ,ipinaglalaban lang ang karapatdapat dahil sa may local na iba mapagsamantala ,hanapin mong agtrabaho ng 16 to 20 hours everyday.dont feel shame to what they are doing.you shouldn’t see that to our kababayan.