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Recap of 28 February. Workers Right Situations in Asia and Pacefiic - DPA Naidu. Only four counties ratified the core conventions After globalisation more and more violations ( Eg. Philippines,Malaysia) Decreased utilisation of ILO supervisory Mechanism. Reasons for not reporting/complaining.
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Workers Right Situations in Asia and Pacefiic - DPA Naidu • Only four counties ratified the core conventions • After globalisation more and more violations ( Eg. Philippines,Malaysia) • Decreased utilisation of ILO supervisory Mechanism
Reasons for not reporting/complaining • Multiplicity of TUs • Lack of awareness on ILO Mechanisms • Sometimes don’t want to take up at international level
Challenges in New Areas • EPZs • ITES Difficult to organise ( Bangladesh EPZ advertising on No labour rights)
Constraints of TUs • On Organising in the EPZs • Difficult to enter EPZ • Victimisation if unionised • Made to sign on blank paper • Workers in IT sector not interested to join unions
Constraints of TUs • Informalisation of workforce • Decreasing membership • Financial constraints • Lack of full time officials • Lack of transparency • No second level leadership
New Strategies ‘ National interest’ Vs Workers Rights May harm the prospect of having more FDI What can be the strategy ?
Best Practices of Utilisation of ILO Mechanisms • Example TUCP project on EPZs
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Migrant Workers Right • Migration not ‘export’ Labour is not a commodity • Undocumented not ‘illegal’ Situations in different countries- Problems of Migration
Rights provided in Conventions and Recommendations • Convention 97 • Recommendation 100 • Convention 143 • Recommendation 151 • For plantation workers Convention 110
Protection • Before leaving and During Travel • On Arrival • During employment- Social and civil rights • Repatriation
Who is a Migrant Worker “MIGRANT WORKER” means “ A person who migrants or who has migrated from one country to another with a view to being employed otherwise than on his own account and includes any person regularly admitted as a migrant for employment”
Exclusions • Frontier workers • Artists and members of liberal profession who comes for short visit • Seafarers • Self employed persons • Persons come for training and education • Persons come for Specific short term assignment • Workers stay illegally
Applicable Rights • Information • Recruitment • Contract • Facilities on departure • Medical attention • Free travel • Customs exemption • Assistance in Finding job
Rights contd… • During employment • Wages and working condition • Equality • Job security • Health and safety • TU Rights • Access to court • Social and Civil Rights
Rights contd… • Transfer of funds to the home country • Family reunification visits • Excemption on customs duties Special protection in Plantation
Ratifications • Only 42 countries • Many provisions outdated • Declaration in 2004
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