"NOTHING FOR US WITHOUT US"

The historical political struggle of domestic workers in Brazil and the "PEC of domestic workers" from 2013

Authors

  • Yasmin Mussalem Haddad UFRJ
  • Margarita Olivera UFRJ

Abstract

The article discusses the history of access to labor rights and the struggle for access to them by Brazilian domestic workers since the 1930s, culminating in the approval of Constitutional Amendment No. 72/2013 (domestic worker’ s “PEC”). In
addition, it seeks to put forward three key reasons for its approval during 2013: the domestic worker’s movement growth in Brazil, the international movement led by the International Labor Organization (ILO) during the 2010s and the favorable economic and political scenario in the country at the time. Finally, it discusses the positive and negative points of the Constitutional Amendment.

Keywords: Domestic work. Domestic worker’s “PEC”. Labor rights. Unionism.

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Author Biographies

Yasmin Mussalem Haddad, UFRJ

Mestre em Economia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (PPGE/UFRJ) e pesquisadora do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas de Economia e Feminismos (NuEFem/IE/UFRJ).

Margarita Olivera, UFRJ

Professora do Instituto de Economia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IE/UFRJ) e coordenadora do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas de Economia e Feminismos (NuEFem/IE/UFRJ).

Published

2026-06-11 — Updated on 2026-07-12

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Mussalem Haddad, Y., & Olivera, M. . (2026). "NOTHING FOR US WITHOUT US": The historical political struggle of domestic workers in Brazil and the "PEC of domestic workers" from 2013. Política & Trabalho: Revista De Ciências Sociais, (61). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/politicaetrabalho/article/view/68830 (Original work published June 11, 2026)

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N° 61 DESAFIOS CONTEMPORÂNEOS DO TRABALHO: ENTRE REGULAÇÕES GLOBAIS E A PRECARIZAÇÃO DE PLATAFORMA