Lebanon Migrant Domestic Workers Hope for Union to End Abuse
Written by Najib

 

Subjected to beatings and rape, and often driven to suicide, migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are trying to form a labor union in what would be a first for the Arab world.

"We want to be treated like human beings, like real workers," said Leticia, a Filipina who was assaulted and raped by her employer several years ago.

"With this union, I will no longer feel alone in the face of abuse," she told Agence France Presse.

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