Quote Originally Posted by jakewise View Post
You are correct in your observation that labanderas are very demanding that is why most would rather buy their own washing machines to do their own laundry or go to laundromats. A friend who has a family of four said his labandera who does all their laundry and iron them charges them php 400/day with free lunch
For a day's worth of work one should get a day's worth of wages.

If your labandera comes over once a week, that's a pretty fair exchange.

It isn't that people are becoming more demanding, it is simply that they are more aware of their rights and that there really are economic realities that drive up the price of labor.