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32 ((making it hard to organizing)) unfortunately Braz. labor leg. of little assistance since domestic workers expressly excluded from list of professions allowed to unionize & register w/ Ministry of Labor altho law modified 10 yrs ago to allow employers to pay soc. security, paid vaca- tions, etc, many maids & employers ignorant of these changes those maids who are aware of their its fear dismissal in Brazil 1st efforts to organize maids date from mid 40's & 1st prof. associations from early 60's (the above mentioned grantees) - founded orig. w/ Church assist. but now depend and membership controls taking on tasks of organizing & recruiting in their limited free time the associations seek to inform workers & public about discriminatory laws & practices; also to improve working conditions and meet some of the educational need of workers both grantee assoc's have established courses for their members in labor leg, wage policy & women's rts. , as well as professional. courses in cooking, sewing & home econ - also recreational activities both have also provided limited legal ass. to their members, thru pro bono lawyers to help in disputes w/ employers in add. several national meetings have been held to promote prof. identification & bring the problems of the domestic workerst to the public raised own travel funds thru bake sales, dinners, raffles little follow up on resolution passed, however, due to lack of resources grans proposed would provide core support & partial support for hired consultants (organizers), social workers & lawyers would also allow as series of regional meetings, publication of pamphlets & educ. mats, professional courses, & core support for a national steering committee hope that the grantees also increase contacts w/ other groups working on problems of discrim against women & Afro-Brazilians (cont. page 37)