Union
A Wife’s Wage
Pallavi Polanki
Pallavi Polanki
16 Sep, 2009
Kerala housewives are demanding a minimum wage of Rs 3,000 per month from the Government, and that’s not where their demands end.
Housewives in Kerala are set to establish a state union. “Our primary demand is that housewives should be given a minimum wage of Rs 3,000 per month from the Government,” says Sulochana Ramakrishnan of Women’s Voice, an NGO spearheading the campaign. Also supporting the union is Nisa, a progressive Muslim women’s forum in Wayanad, where a housewives union has already been registered. Other demands include accident claims and pension for those over 60. The union will start with 200 members.
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