With no legislation to protect them, the 125,000 domestic workers in Sri
Lanka are among the most exploited in the country. The National Workers’
Congress (NWC), affiliated to the ITUC, has decided to organise and fight
alongside them.

Each year, over 200,000 Sri Lankans set off to work abroad, hoping to find a
decent job to help their families. All too often, however, they encounter
exploitation and humiliation. Thirty-one migrant associations organised by
the trade union NWC are working to prevent such bad experiences.

Read more about it in the new ITUC document (pages 10-11 and 13)
http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article2498