IDWF - Key Persons

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• GENERAL SECRETARY
• Member of the Executive Committee
• Latin America Regional Coordinator

"I feel deeply humbled and honoured for the dozens of nominations made by domestic workers' unions from 5 out of the 7 regions in IDWF. I feel committed to co-lead this powerful movement with integrity, love and respect along with domestic workers' leaders until we materialize their vision of justice and dignity for every domestic worker in every corner of this world. I am aware that I am walking into the path of brave and visionary souls who, almost 100 years ago, opened up this beautiful struggle for us to continue with their vision. Amandla! | ¡Si Se puede! | Su Su Su! » Adriana Paz has been the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) regional coordinator for Latin America since 2017, where she has been able to implement her experience as a field organizer, educator, facilitator, campaigner, fundraiser, and advisor. Adriana's high-level advocacy support to IDWF's affiliates with national governments in 15 countries has been essential during negotiations to implement ILO Convention 189, in labour reforms and the creation of new national legislation for domestic workers. In her role, Adriana has been able to raise funds to support 25 domestic workers' unions in 15 countries with a proven record in building solidarity and a network of national and regional strategic alliances (with feminist NGOs, academics, national trade unions, ILO, UN Women, WIEGO, CEPAL and philanthropic organizations) while strengthening IDWF affiliates' organizational capacities and membership. Working in collaboration with allies and partners, Adriana successfully raised funds to implement LUNA (Leadership, Unity, reNewal, Amplification), a multi-year project to build, renew and amplify domestic workers' leadership through a life-changing transformative program with a movement building perspective. Under Adriana's leadership and project activities, the region has grown to represent 37,000 additional domestic workers, 3,000 new leaders, and 80 graduates in 2019 and 2023. Today, ninety per cent of the new leaders occupy positions in the executive committees of their organizations, national trade unions, and regional domestic workers confederations such as the CONLACTRAHO (Latin America and Caribbean Confederation of Domestic Workers).

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee
• Founder of the National Commission of Private Houses
• Lawyer

Carmen Britez is a lawyer, an activist and a trade union leader with over 35 years of experience in the fight for domestic workers' rights. She is also the Director of Medical Benefits of her Union's Social Work, a Professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and holds the position of Acting President of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF). In Argentina, Carmen is the founder of the National Commission of Private Houses and a member of the Women's Table Fuerza Sindical (Union's Strength), characterized by its work for the rights of working women and the fight against gender violence and child labor. Carmen actively participates in the negotiations of the International Labor Organization, and together with allies and the government, she has managed to promote the ratification of Convention 189, which entered into force in 2014 and Convention 190, which entered into force in 2021 in Argentina. She has also achieved projects at the local and national level, such as the inauguration of a Women's Center in 2022 to manage cases of violence and harassment in the workplace. That same year, together with the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity and the Ministry of Labor, she launched the Program Registradas to promote access, registration and the continuation of employment for domestic workers. UPACP joined the IDWF in 2013 and Carmen was elected Vice-President during the second Congress. Since then, she has been invited to give talks and advice at the international level, where she can share the Argentine experience before the ILO, UN Women, OECD and different agencies, forums and international organizations. In 2022 she was elected to the Board of Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). Carmen is a strong and pragmatic leader, under whose direction UPACO has achieved significant accomplishments for domestic workers in Argentina in terms of regulations, salary, formalization, inspection, access to justice, social protection and state benefits. Under her tutelage, the UPACP offers a job bank with an easily accessible digital platform and ten free training schools for professional development in different areas of the sector, for example, cleaning, child and elderly care, gardening, sexuality, violence and harassment in the world of work.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Executive Committee
• Executive Director - the United Domestic Workers of America, USA
• Executive Director of the United Domestic Workers of America
• International Vice President of the American Federation of State

Doug Moore is the International Vice President of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. He was appointed to the California Task Force on Family Caregiving in 2017, the Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Prevention and Preparedness in 2019, and to the California Master Plan for Aging stakeholder committee in 2021. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the International Domestic Workers Federation, where his focus is on worker solidarity and domestic workers' rights globally. Doug Moore is the Executive Director of the United Domestic Workers of America (UDW/AFSCME 3930) which represents more than 140,000 in-home care providers and family child care providers throughout California. He also serves as International Vice President of AFSCME, helping to coordinate the International Union's actions on major national issues such as privatization, fair taxes, and health care. He was appointed to the California Task Force on Family Caregiving in 2017, to the Governor's Task Force on Alzheimer's Prevention and Preparedness in 2019, and to the California Long Term Care Insurance Task Force in 2021. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Solidarity Center (AFL-CIO) as well as the Executive Committee of the International Domestic Workers Federation, where his focus is on worker solidarity and domestic workers' rights globally. Born in Long Beach and raised in Compton, California, Moore began his labor career in 1980 with the Communication Workers of America (CWA) while working for phone company GTE. He became a CWA shop steward with a knack for internal organizing and eventually became president of CWA Local 9586 in Santa Fe Springs, CA. He subsequently worked for SEIU as an international representative before becoming Ohio State Director for the national AFL-CIO, where he was responsible for AFL-CIO programs for more than one million members. After being recruited by AFSCME and serving as Regional Field Administrator and Assistant Regional Director, Doug assisted in negotiating an agreement and helped build a 20,000-strong, member-driven union - AFSCME Local 3299. He also created the first statewide Executive Board structure and developed a strong member activist program for the new local. In 2005, Moore was appointed Deputy Administrator of UDW, tasked with restructuring the union, a successful tenure which led the UDW Executive Board to appoint Doug Moore in February 2008 as Executive Director, with full responsibility for managing UDW activities, budget and staff. In his acceptance speech to the UDW Executive Board, Doug said: "From county board to county board, we will send a clear message that home care providers' matter. We demand to be treated with dignity and respect! We are not second-class citizens and we will fight to end the classism, sexism and racism that we see every day from those elected board in our counties… We will do this the old-fashioned way: Organize, organize, and organize! Because when we fight, we win!" Thanks to Moore's vision of social justice, strong political and legislative advocacy, aggressive and innovative organizing campaigns, and helping members grow and succeed in their own lives and communities, UDW has grown to become the largest AFSCME local in California. In 2009 he was selected as Labor Leader of the Year by the San Diego/Imperial Counties Labor Council. In selecting Moore for its top award, the Labor Council made particular note of his efforts to reach out to and engage hundreds of diverse community leaders and groups throughout San Diego County. "He has created bridges to community partners for the entire labor movement, providing a conduit for organizing and political success," they said. In 2010, Moore was one of the key labor leaders in the historic "March for California's Future," a 48-day, 350-mile march from Bakersfield to the State Capitol in Sacramento designed to show public support for quality public education and public service for every Californian, a government and economy that serves all citizens, and a fair tax system to fund California's future. He also led the campaign to place term limits on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, a ballot measure that passed with over 70% approval by voters. Moore has long recognized the importance of viewing the labor movement as a part of a broader movement for social change and economic justice. In 2014, he traveled to Ferguson, Missouri to march with the community and stand up against racism and oppression in the wake of Mike Brown's death. He also urged the labor community to do the same, saying, "In this moment we must decide whether we'll watch from a distance and make an official statement, or get on the ground and get to work. None of us can afford to sit this one out." When Moore was honored by the Orange County Labor Federation as Labor Leader of the Year in 2015, he urged his fellow labor leaders to get involved in the broader social justice movement.

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• Member of the Executive Committee
• President of the Jamaica Household Workers Union - Jamaica

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

June Barret has been an active member leader and current chair at the Miami Workers Center since 2012. At NDWA, they support with the development of media and technology by providing domestic worker specific user and audience input, as well as expert advice to aid the development of policy and philanthropy initiatives. June Barret received multiple trainings, including at the "We Dream in Black Organizing Institute" (2019), "Digital Organizing Training" (2020), "Feminist Organizing School, Grassroots Global Justice" (2020), and "Midwest Academy: Strategic Campaign Development Training" (2021). June are a Fellow of Futures Without Violence (2022-2023). As part of this commitment, they build a nurturing, inclusive community and a meaningful connection among survivors. They also work on developing policy advocacy skills to promote health care systems and improvements for prevention and survivors' health. As a Dorothy Bolden Fellow (2019-2021), they organized and facilitated popular education sessions online about domestic worker history and other issues impacting domestic workers. They have also recruited and connected with over 100 domestic workers and built relationships with workers to bring them into the organization and movement. "I know what care work is, as I provide care and support to elderly patients who suffer from dementia, as well as companion care and assistance with daily activities to elderly patients. I monitor patient conditions by observing their physical and mental health. And I also provide care to children: maintaining children's daily schedule, feeding, bathing, changing diapers, putting children down for naps, and ensuring their well-being and health. I know our sector inside and out, and I will do my best to ensure that our demands are heard at the highest level."

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• 2nd Vice President
• Member of the Executive Committee
• Worker

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee
• Director of the Specialized Center for Training
• President of FENAMUTRA
• President of FENAMUTRA, Dominican Republic

Ruth Diaz is born on July 9, 1978 in the City of Santo Domingo, sheis the mother other of two daughters and two sons, wife of Mr. Jordan Medina, and the firstborn child of Mrs. Brígida Medrano and Victor Diaz. She has one sister only, Vicky. Ruth Diaz is the president of FENAMUTRA, founded in 2008, as a trade union federation responsible for organizing, defending and training women, so that they can comprehensively contributecriteria, proposals and solutions that have a positive impact on the country's public policies,seeking equity and a gender perspective in all processes. FENAMUTRA currently has morethan ten thousand affiliates nationwide. Thanks to the achievements of the federation over the years, it has acquired recognition, for the achievements, as well as for the contributions in terms of training, promotion and defense of the rights of citizens, especially in labor issues. Ruth Diaz is also the director of the Specialized Center for Training in Domestic Services (CEFESD). The center was founded in 2009 with the aim of providing domestic and care workers with a platform of knowledge and practices that allow the strengthening, qualification and formalization of their work. In addition to the above, Ruth Diaz is the Deputy Secretary General of the National Union Fenamutra Domestic Workers (UNFETRAH), which wasfounded in 2013 to promote training, equity and human rights for the benefit of domestic workers in the Dominican Republic. Currently counting with ten thousand and seven general affiliates. Together with other domestic workers' unions, the union has pursued equality and equity in the conditions of the sector in terms of integral rights with other Dominican workers, until achieving in 2022 the formalization of domestic work, with resolution 14-2022. Ruth Diaz was also the president of the electoral commission of the Health Workers National Union (SINATRASALUD) which is an institution with the constant objective of defending the rights and equal benefits for workers in the Health Sector, founded in 2013. Part of the union's achievements is the recognition of administrative personnel as part of the entire Health Sector, and Decree No. 782-22 through which 1,794 pensions were granted to the health sector for old age and disability, including 103 people within the National Federation of Working Women (FENAMUTRA) and the National Union of Health Workers (SINATRASALUD). She is also the founder of the youth committee of Fenamutra, FENAMJOVEN which is led by a team of young people who train and support the members of the Union and the Cooperative in the area of communication and marketing. FENAMJOVEN works so that the rights of young workers are fulfilled and improve their working conditions, believing in their potential and capacity. Furthermore, she is the Founder and president of COOPFENAMUTRA created in 2021, which emerged as a strategy to face the situation that the pandemic imposed on the domestic sector. It offers savings services, loans, advice, loan fairs, life insurance, etc. The cooperative has more than 400 members so far. And it has managed to encourage entrepreneurship, savings habits and cooperative education of members and affiliates. The above is not the full list. Ruth Diaz also developed projects for a Textile Warehouse, an exclusive haute couture project for women's underwear, including design, clothing and nationwide marketing, training women through workshops and courses. The project plans to impact around 500 women in Santo Domingo and 17 other provinces to start their own businesses. She also started a bakery (PANACER), another project of self-sustainability and entrepreneurship that seeks to guarantee a service that did not exist in the community of Nuevo Renacer, to provide a high-quality bread and pastry product at affordable prices to a population of different standards. This initiative aims to enrich the gastronomic offer of the demarcation, through direct sales to the community, port workers and other institutions, tourist areas, etc. Ruth Diaz is also working on a center designed to train caregivers with a vocation for care, with practical and theoretical professional management of everything that has to do with the area of care of older adults and children.

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• Member of the Executive Committee

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• Member of the Executive Committee
• National Vice President of SEWA

Sonia George is the National Vice President of SEWA, a national union of informal workers with 2.5million membership. She comes from a long background of organizing, which started with the student movement, as it inspired her to join the struggle of the marginalized communities. Ever since, she has been in a continuous search for spaces where she can service women movements, supporting the struggle of those who are in the lower strata of society, never in a one-sided empowerment approach. Sonia George obtained her Ph.D in International Relations which provided her with a learning process to work with more clarity and vision in SEWA and beyond. The combination of her political, practical, and theoretical experience proved to pay off as Sonia George has made consistent contributions to international decision-making spaces that moved governments, employers, and allies to act in favor of the workers of informal economy. "Domestic workers form one of our important constituents with more than 1,000,000 memberships. I am the key responsible person for coordinating the domestic workers trade committee and other activities with regard to domestic workers. We have formed a national platform of domestic workers constituting unions and membership-based organizations of domestic workers to advocate for comprehensive national legislation for domestic workers and ratifying C 189. SEWA is playing an active role in the platform and has initiated many campaigns to bring this law into the mainstream discussions of the parliament and other decision-making bodies. We were able to campaign for domestic workers rights in different states of India and now 17 states have minimum wages for domestic workers and 10 states have welfare boards where domestic workers are included. The state of Kerala is going to announce a law for domestic workers soon. We have been actively campaigning for the law for a long time. I have been involved in the work for the last 23 years."

Job Titles:

• Member of the Executive Committee