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2
April
2013

Constitutional Amendment 72 extends labor rights to domestic workers

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📅 2 April 2013 📍 Brazil

Constitutional Amendment 72 expanded domestic workers’ constitutional labor rights, addressing a long-standing gap between domestic service and other forms of employment. The change followed organizing by domestic workers and allies; it was not simply a state concession. The amendment marked formal legal progress while leaving enforcement and informality as continuing issues.

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Domestic workers

labor organizers

legislators

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National Congress

domestic workers’ organizations