“The campaign for a living wage has taken off internationally led by cleaners, McDonald’s employees, caretakers, hospital and other workers. But will mothers and other carers be included or will we continue to be treated as ‘workless’ scroungers?”
Selma James/ Global Womens Strike/ Wages for housework
Selma James is founder of Wages for Housework Campaign, co-ordinator of Global Women's Strike; co-author of The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community; author of Sex, Race, and Class – The Perspective of Winning
“The campaign for a living wage has taken off internationally led by cleaners, McDonald’s employees, caretakers, hospital and other workers. But will mothers and other carers be included or will we continue to be treated as ‘workless’ scroungers?”