SACRA

SACRA SM ABR (Argentina) =Sindicato de Amas de Casa de la República Argentina

SACRA

Founded in 1984, SACRA, or the Sindicato de Amas de Casa de la República Argentina, was the world's first trade union for housewives. One of its main aims has been to redefine housework as employment and to obtain for its members the salaries, pensions and health benefits traditionally associated with union membership. It has developed an educational programme designed to improve women's job opportunities, organized cheap holidays for housewives and obtained free medical treatment for its members. While union membership has allowed thousands of women to take part in public affairs, critics believe that the idea that housewives should have salaries simply reaffirms the stereotypical view that women function best in the home and, in the long run, may encourage non-participation outside.