Workers union demand recognition of their work as 'real work'

[Informalisation and Labour Rights - Related News]

We are made to clean their toilets, but when we want to use it, even in emergency situations, they don't let us. Being treated like untouchables, we're offered food in separate plates and tumblers. Those who are 'maddi' (orthodox) don't even allow us to touch the clothes that we ourselves have washed," says Pushpa, a domestic worker from Jayanagar.