LABOUR Undocumented domestic workers in Brussels go on first-ever strike On 16 June, International Domestic Workers' Day, a delegation of undocumented domestic workers in Brussels, Belgium, led their first-ever strike to protest the exploitation they endure daily, and demand decent working conditions and regularisation. Several dozen undocumented domestic workers have been organising for the past years within the League of Domestic Workers of the Belgian trade union Confédération des Syndicats chrétiens, with the support of the Mouvement Ouvrier Chrétien. As part of this self-organising, they have organised exhibitions, produced a documentary, mobilised other care workers, and met with politicians. Health and safety at work becomes new fundamental right for all workers The International Labour Conference reached a decision on 10 June 2022 to recognise occupational health and safety as the fifth fundamental principle and right at work, adding to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of forced labour, the abolition of child labour and the elimination of discrimination at work. This decision is one of the most significant extensions of the fundamental human rights of workers across the globe in recent years. With this decision, occupational health and safety principles and rights apply for all workers, including those who are undocumented, in all 187 countries which are members of the ILO, whether or not they have ratified the relevant ILO Conventions. Spain ratifies the ILO Domestic Workers’ Convention As a result of years of campaigning by domestic and care workers, Spain ratified the ILO Convention no. 189 - Domestic Workers Convention (2011) on 9 June 2022. The Convention includes rights such as daily and weekly rest periods, the minimum wage, and equality regarding social security protection. The latter is particularly relevant following a judgement of the European Court of Justice in February, which found that Spain’s exclusion of domestic workers from access to social security benefits (the particular case concerned access to unemployment subsidies) amounts to indirect discrimination based on sex as domestic workers are overwhelmingly women. The Spanish government has 12 months following ratification of ILO Convention 189 to amend its legislation to be in line with the Convention.