Following recent media reports on severe exploitation, human-rights violations, and preventable deaths of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. The accounts of deception by recruitment agencies, confiscation of passports, unpaid wages, violent abuse, and a pattern of uninvestigated deaths constitute nothing less than a humanitarian crisis affecting thousands of Kenyan women. For years, our union…

In 2011, the International Labour Organization adopted Convention No. 189 and Convention No. 190, landmark international treaties that set global labor standards for domestic and other vulnerable workers. Convention 189 recognizes domestic work as real work and guarantees protections such as fair wages, rest days, social security, and freedom from abuse and discrimination. For too…

The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, CS Dr. Alfred Mutua Holds Crucial Talks with COTU’s Francis Atwoli to Foster Dialogue and Harmony in Labour Sector. Our Secretary General, Bro. Albert Njeru was in attendance.