| Summary: | In this paper we seek to explore the struggles for dignity at work among unionized Latin American women in Spain. As activists of Sindihogar, the first independent feminist union of household and care work in Spain, we propose an interdisciplinary analysis of the current situation and the present resistance. According to the prognosis of growing aging in Spain, an increased need for dependency care is predicted. Women from Latin America are overrepresented in the household care sector. Currently, this group is sustaining the most vulnerable residents, living in the margins of European postcolonial society. To this end, from both legal and anthropological perspectives, we analyze the context of this collective's life and struggle, the legal framework in which they operate, and the strategies of resistance they are developing. Sindihogar presents itself as a privileged space for analyzing the creation of a safe space for identity-building for women marginalized by different axes of oppression: gender, race and class.
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