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Organising and recruitment in CEE region: Tendencies, problems and prospects

Organising and recruitment in CEE region: Tendencies, problems and prospects. Sergejus Glovackas, ICFTU CEE Unit . Problems which are the main obstacles for membership growth:. Lack of experience in this field; There are no professional organisers;

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Organising and recruitment in CEE region: Tendencies, problems and prospects

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  1. Organising and recruitment in CEE region:Tendencies, problems and prospects Sergejus Glovackas, ICFTU CEE Unit

  2. Problems which are the main obstacles for membership growth: • Lack of experience in this field; • There are no professional organisers; • Existing TU structures are not fit to organising; • Financing; • There is no strategic planning. ORGANISING AND RECRUITMENT IN CEE REGION

  3. Problems which are the main obstacles for membership growth: • Youth; • New economy sectors and informal economy; • Illusions of applicant countries; • The lack of basic knowledge about trade union rights and ILO Conventions. ORGANISING AND RECRUITMENT IN CEE REGION

  4. 4 key factors of successful organising • It is necessary to remember and use daily 4 key factors of successful organising: • to allot and attract more financial means for organising; • to involve good professionals; • to prepare and realise the strategic plan; • to mobilise all union members for organising activities. ORGANISING AND RECRUITMENT IN CEE REGION

  5. RECOMMENDATIONS Having summarised ICFTU experience in CEE region and analysed problems, there are the following recommendations how to make recruitment more efficient: ORGANISING AND RECRUITMENT IN CEE REGION

  6. RECOMMENDATIONS • It is necessary to prepare a long-term realistic strategic plan and the mechanism of its realisation; • Structural reforms and changes are necessary to adapt existing TU structures to organising; • It is necessary to foresee a long-term financing including this to yearly TU budgets as a separate budget-line, confirming it on the highest TU decision level; ORGANISING AND RECRUITMENT IN CEE REGION

  7. RECOMMENDATIONS • Youth activities should not end with the creation of a formal structure; • Professional selection and preparation of organisers, formation of a good organisers’ team; • IT should be used as efficiently as possible; • It is necessary to develop closer co-operation with other TU departments; ORGANISING AND RECRUITMENT IN CEE REGION

  8. RECOMMENDATIONS • Organising campaigns in new economy fields and informal economy; • Work with migrants; • Use of international information and experience; • Basic education and information on TU rights and main ILO Conventions, promotion of the code of conduct. ORGANISING AND RECRUITMENT IN CEE REGION

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