Trabalho e cuidado no Direito: perspectivas de sindicatos e movimentos feministas

Abstract

The legal treatment of care in Brazil and the public policies aimed to socialize activities related to social reproduction fall way behind the social demands. Labor Law, which historically ignored or neglected domestic work, paid or unpaid, was improved in the past few years, with, for instance, Constitutional Amendment 72/2013 and the ratification of ILO Convention 189. However, it currently endures a labor reform that threatens hard-earned rights for domestic workers. The voices of members of feminist movements and domestic workers’ organizations reveal segmentation between their struggle for women’s rights or labor rights and the need to rethink the disciplinary division of Law. At the same time, they also reveal political concern with potential legal setbacks and demand expressive protection of social rights.