Benefits of Joining the Jamaica Household Workers Union

• We represent the interests of Household Workers like other workers, through advocacy, review of labour laws and setting of By-laws to protect Household Workers
• We Educate, Sensitize and Train about Household Workers and their labour rights, regulations and obligations among others.
• We provide training opportunities for Household Workers to achieve formal certification and also up-skill
• We help improve work conditions e.g Issuance of employment contract, support negotiations of terms and conditions, and salary/wages
• We help secure jobs through grievance handling, problem or dispute settlement/ representation.
• We identify job opportunities in domestic services, connecting Household Workers with potential employers 
• We provide 'helpline' service to assist household workers in crisis
• We provide a support network of Household Workers 

Since our inception, the JHWU through its effective activism has secured the protection of rights of Household Workers in a variety of ways. 

We have lobbied for a fair increase in the minimum wage and will continue to do so in the future. The adoption of the ILO’s C-189 protocol by the Government of Jamaica in 2016 was an important achievement in securing decent work provisions for members of a long-abused and unrecognized profession. We will continue to fight for the respect and rights of Household Workers in Jamaica!