Sacrifice a million miles from home
Paola Totaro; 21/6/08
We met Annie not long after moving into our new home in London. She came recommended via word-of-mouth as so many migrant domestic workers do. On day one, she arrived early and I found her waiting politely outside on the street ready to start work when the clock struck 9am.We had a cup of tea together before she began work and despite palpable shyness - had nobody asked her to talk about herself before? - she said she’d come to London in 2002 and had worked six days a week ever since as a cleaner, a housekeeper, an all-round helper with a number of families to maximise her earnings.
See: http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/sacrifice-a-million-miles-from-home/2008/06/20/1213770920998.html
Tags: Global, The Philippines, UK, Workers