Group behind ‘Mums and Maids’ video addresses flak

Making a point: A screengrab from the ‘Mums and Maids’ video showing the difference between how much a mother knows about her child compared to a maid. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network

Workers’ rights group Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) acknowledged the flak over a video urging employers to give their maids weekly days off by showing maids who knew their wards better than their parents did.

Describing the Mums and Maids video as “provocative”, TWC2 president Noorashikin Abdul Rahman said that while there were many people who liked the film and thought it was effective in bringing attention to the issue of domestic workers’ right to a weekly day off, there were others who did not take a shine to the video.