Hundreds of domestic workers marched in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand the government increase the monthly wage for their 354,000 fellow workers by 24.6% to HK$5,500 (US$700).
Up to 300 domestic workers from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Nepal and Sir Lanka gathered at Statue Square in Central on Hong Kong Island and marched to government headquarters in Admiralty to demand an increase of their monthly wages as well as a food allowance, the Oriental Daily reported.
The workers wore red T-shirts, held banners chanted “we are workers, we are not slaves” along the way.
The Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body (AMCB) proposed a 24.6% pay rise for the minimum allowed wage to HK$5,500 a month and lifting the food allowance from HK$1,053 to HK$2,500.
The group also proposed the government include 11 hours of rest per day with meal times for domestic workers, as well as clean and comfortable accommodation. These items should be included on the employment contract, they said.
The organization collected 18,000 signatures from domestic workers and sent it to government representatives.
Spokesperson Sringatin said she was not satisfied with conditions for domestic workers in Hong Kong. She said some do not get enough rest. She added that some employers wake their maids at midnight and ask them to do the housework, while some sleep in kitchens or corridors.
Sringatin described the living standard in Hong Kong as too high and said a monthly wage of HK$5,500 was only a living wage.
By the end of September, the government will announce the yearly assessment of the minimum allowable wage for domestic workers in Hong Kong.
Magpapadasal ako pag naaprubahan to 😀
Food allowance nga di maibigay increase pa kaya sa sahod? MG!
Bwa ha ha,, melagro kpag naaprubahan nyan,,baka 100 lng ang idagdag,pang insulto nla
D bale d dagdagan ang sahod ang workings. Hrs lang 9 to 5 pag tapus ng 5 lakwatsa ka o kahit ano gawin mo pag tapus ng hrs mo yan ang d best
Dapat ang Long Service ay ibigay ng employer kung ikaw ang kusa aalis o employer ang aayaw na.
Un din sana ang hilingin ntin sa Hongkong Government.
maganda sana yang gusto mo ,dh din ako pero hindi ba masyado nmng madami ang demands mo? hinay hinay lang kabayan katulong tau bk nkakalimutan mo.
Sa halip na magreklamo makuntento nalang tayo kung anung meron ngayon wagnang ipilit kung dpasila handa magbigay ng ganun kalaki.Kahit naman gaanu pa kalaki ang sahod kung wala kang FINANCIAL LITERACY ubos din yan magka utang2 parin c ofw.Better to learn financial literacy first ng makaipon,remember its not about how much u will earn it’s about how much you will save.????
Bakit hindi LONG SERVICE ang e rally nyo.
Na Mandatory IBIGAY SA HELPER ANG LS na umabot ng 5yrs up helper man o employer ang umayaw.
ok sana kung working hours, no curfew at automatic na severance at long service fee hindi lagi ang pagtaas ng sahod.. thats my opinion
Long service din sana ilaban bka sakali maaprub. Khit na imposible yang 5,500 n yan sana magkatotoo!????
You don’t like it leave. it isn’t a skilled position. I trained chimp or a robot can do your job
because you all have no morals
Steve Goodlay excuse me if you don’t understand my opinion much better to shut up!
so good for you if your helper is a trained chimp or robot not human..
Steve Goodlay and one last thing isn’t a skilled posistion? then why most employers hired a skilled worker and atleast graduated in levels and why we became a mechanic, a sewer, a teacher, a nanny, a cook, etc. and you tell that we are not skilled? yes, it’s our main duties as a helper but still we have skilled to do everything. thats all thank.you and god blessed????
Steve Goodlay haters gonna hate whatever good or bad they say eh?go get a robot now!lets see if you can ask it to do the marketing clean your toilet and send the children to school, man!hahahha
Don’t like the job a new one.you do a job a robot or trained chimp can do. I do not see you lining up to go home? most of you selling your bodies on your day off anyway , which is why you don’t leave
why does it matter.
Liza Ramos words from a loser that is a screw up and hates to be called. clean your toilets and let people with a brain comment. keep pumping out more kids. old coroner’s need young pussy so provide like you have for all of history