With a smile on the lips

Documentary film about an undocumented domestic worker from Peru. Her employers make her work 365 days a year and force her to be available all day long. They take away her passport and do not pay her any wage. After finding supporters, the woman goes to the labor court against the employers, supported by the Arbeitskreis Undokumentierte Arbeit (task force undocumented labor) of the union ver.di in Hamburg, Germany.


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Task Force Undocumented Labor, ver.di Hamburg (German)Task Force Undocumented Labor, ver.di Berlin-Brandenburg (German)Article in Spanish on the labor rights of people without legal residency

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