1 / 7

Regional Agenda for GUFs in the East Asia and Pacific

Regional Agenda for GUFs in the East Asia and Pacific. 1. Introducing new areas of labor, e.g. informal and women sectors. Activities/Campaigns: Joint research on the situation (input from GUFs), profile case studies Education campaigns and programs

temira
Download Presentation

Regional Agenda for GUFs in the East Asia and Pacific

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Regional Agenda for GUFs in the East Asia and Pacific

  2. 1. Introducing new areas of labor, e.g. informal and women sectors Activities/Campaigns: • Joint research on the situation (input from GUFs), profile case studies • Education campaigns and programs • making handouts on organizing the informal sector • seminars on specific issues (e.g. women, part-time workers) • workshops on new ways of organizing workers • training trainers/co-ordinators

  3. 1. Introducing new areas of labor, e.g. informal and women sectors Difficulties • Union assumptions of the “full-time male worker” model • Reaching the informal workers (how?) and addressing specific concerns • Transforming the concept of the trade union movement

  4. 2. Supporting unions in solidarity, e.g. union-busting, union making and the Freedom of Association issue Activities/Campaigns • Utilizing Framework Agreements/ILSs where appropriate • Create dialogue with GUFs and the employers’ associations • Making solidarity/support networks nationally and regionally • Resource centers on FAs and ILSs (advising and training in countries) • Workshops for unions organizing in difficult sectors/circumstances Difficulties • Creating a joint forum (why would employers want to work GUFs?) • Getting the right perspective

  5. 3. Organizing the Pacific (where the labor force is small and resources scarce) Activities/Campaigns • Getting agreement among the GUFs on how to organize the unions • Activities to support development and strengthening new unions (e.g. workshops, developing resources) Difficulties • Union rivalries, geographical difficulties (logistically and on solidarity among unions)

  6. 4. Child rights and managing Child Labor Activities/Campaigns • Setting joint guidelines on work for children (safe environment, education and working conditions that do not convene with the UNCRC) • Technical co-operation for understanding and implementation of guidelines • Joint research aiming to hear children’s voices and to incorporate children’s views in agreements and guidelines • Joint campaigns for the implementation of UNCRC (e.g. education, media) • Developing strategies on working with employers to address the issue in different countries Difficulties • Cultural/Economical difficulties (changing the community attitude) • Making a holistic approach (e.g. poverty)

  7. 5. HIV/AIDS and workers campaign Activities/Campaigns • Rising awareness among workers (prevention) • Education programs on STDs (producing resources) • Workshops on safe sex • Supporting workers with HIV/AIDS (social stigma) • Framework Agreements including social security clauses for workers with HIV/AIDS • Establishing regional guidelines with employer associations • Education campaigns targeted to unions Difficulties • Fighting with prejudice

More Related