DOMESTIC WORKERS’ UNION.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Some time ago Dr M'Millan, M.P., said that domestic work was the most sweated profession in the Dominion, and countless times I have had this statement called! to mind w;hen I have actually seen the work that some of these girls have to do and the hours they have to work. “ Sincerity ” states that most domestic workers are, unless socially trained, too busy finding a husband or going to dances or pictures to go to union meetings. No matter how much social training a girl may have, it will not abolish the sex instinct. The real reason why there has been no union was simply lack of organisation, but I am sure the union that has been formed will be a great success. “ Sincerity ” has been in several homes where the maid has had two hours off four afternoons a week. Well, as “ Sincerity ” suggests, most domestic workers’ minds are preoccupied with “boys” and marriage, but what awkward l hours to try to find a husband!—l am, etc., Domestic. November 15.
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Evening Star, Issue 22806, 15 November 1937, Page 3
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