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Service not Servitude: Protecting the Human Rights of Domestic Workers

Posted on: October 27th, 2011 by Julia

Julia Harris, Managing Director of the Manchester based company, The Childcare Recruitment Company, one of the largest suppliers of home based domestic staff in the UK, spoke on Monday 17th October 2011, at the House of Commons, for the launch of a pamphlet entitled ‘Service not Servitude: Protecting the Human Rights of Domestic Workers’ written […]

The Camerons, their Nepalese nanny and a very special visa

Posted on: October 27th, 2011 by Julia

By Martin Delgado Mail on Sunday 16th October 2011. David and Samantha Cameron’s nanny is a Nepalese woman who was recruited from a charity, which offers help and advice to immigrants seeking to escape abusive employers. Gita Lima has been working for the Prime Minister and his wife for several years and helped to care […]

How Camerons plucked their Nepalese nanny from slavery in London

Posted on: October 27th, 2011 by Julia

By Rebecca Evans and Sanjay Jha 21st October 2011 The Prime Minister’s Nepalese nanny was a virtual slave for the family of a foreign diplomat in London before being rescued by the Camerons, the Mail can reveal. Samantha Cameron recruited Gita Lama from a charity that helps abused domestic workers after she had fled the […]

Domestic workers demonstrate over UK visa changes

Posted on: October 26th, 2011 by Julia

BBC News UK 4 September 2011 The proposals include limiting the maximum length of visas for overseas domestic workers to 12 months. Hundreds of migrant domestic workers have demonstrated outside Parliament against proposed changes to their UK visa conditions. Current rules allow them to change jobs and move to a different household without losing their […]

Julia Harris spoke at a Parliamentary event on the future of the domestic worker visa 17.10.11

Posted on: October 18th, 2011 by Julia

REC Childcare brings the campaign to retain the Domestic Workers Visa to Parliament. Released on 17 October 2011 The REC today spoke at a Parliamentary event on the domestic workers visa, highlighting recruiters concerns about the proposals for it to be scrapped. The event, organised by Fiona McTaggart MP, looked at the implications of the […]