28 January 2008 Cinzia Sechi (ETUC)
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ETUC SURVEY:“Extending equality: Trade union actions to organise and promote equal rights, respect and dignity for workers regardless of their
sexual orientation or gender identity”
28 January 2008Cinzia Sechi (ETUC)
Outline
▲ Background
▲ Context
▲ Trade unions’ policies, bodies, activities
▲ Good practices
▲ Main trends
▲ Recommendations for ETUC
▲ETUC Manifesto (Seville Congress, May 2007)
▲EC Project adoption and financing (June 2007)
→ Steering committee with unions' and ILGA-Europe representatives
→ Survey launched to ETUC members (Nov-Dec 2007)
→ 44 trade union organisations replied from 21 EU countries
Background
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in your country with employers with leadershipin your
organisation
among tradeunion members
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Sexual orientation
Sexual orientation is one of the non-discrimination grounds prohibited by EU law. In your opinion, how much awareness of non discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is perceived in the following groups:
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in your country with employers with leadership inyour organisation
among trade unionmembers
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ETUC
ILGA
Sexual orientation is one of the non-discrimination grounds prohibited by EU law. In your opinion, how much awareness of non discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is perceived in the following groups:
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Sexual Orientation
Gender Identity
How easy or difficult is it to discuss discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation / gender identity:
▲ Half of trade unions responding have been active for more than 10 years
▲ Many unions aware of existing legislative framework
▲High awareness at unions' leadership level
Observations regarding sexual orientation
▼ Sexual orientation not prompted into trade unions’ discrimination policies
▼ Prejudices, cultural and religious barriers still strong
▼ Not sufficiently trigged down to membership level
Positive Negative
▼ None recorded
Observations regarding gender identity
▼ The issue of GI only came onto the trade union agenda several years after LGB issues. There remains much ignorance
▼ Concept not easily understood and sometimes confused with the notion of gender equality
▼ Difficult for members to see need / points for action
Positive Negative
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Does your tradeunion organisationhave a policy on
equality?
including sexualorientation
including genderidentity
NoR No Yes
Policies
Bodies
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Does your trade unionorganisation have a
general equality body?
which deals with sexualorientation
which deals with genderidentity
A specific equality bodyon sexual orientation?
NoR No Yes
Activities
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
self-organised groupsdealing with LGBT
rights?
e-mail network for LGBTmembers
collaboration with NGOs
NoR No Yes
Collective bargaining
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Does your trade unionprovide information to
negotiators onequality/diversity
issues?
Does collectivebargaining includeequality/diversity
issues?
sexual orientation aswell?
NoR No Yes
▲ LGBT groups specifically dealing with LGBT issues ● Ver.di (DE), CGSLB (BE), ICTU (IE), ABVAKABO (NL), CCOO Ensenanza (ES), TUC, ASLEF (UK)
▲ Unions' Website pages on discriminations based on sexual orientation and gender identity ● UGT-P, UNISON (UK)
▲ LGBT newsletter, recruitment leaflets specifically for LGBT workers ● UNISON, ASLEF (UK), ABVAKABO (NL), VER.DI (DE)
▲ Putting in place a blog on LGBT issues ● CCOO Ensenanza (ES), ATL (UK)
Some good practices
▲ Charter on diversity adopted in the bank sector; CGSLB diversity plan ● CGSLB (BE)
▲ Training on sexual orientation anti-discrimination legislation ● UATUC (HR), SAK (FI), UNISON, PROSPECT (UK), ABVAKABO (NL)
▲ Training to include LGBT issues into collective agreements ● LPSK (LT), UNISON (UK)
▲ Publications on anti-discrimination laws ● CITUB (BG), CGIL (IT)
Some good practices
▼ Gaps between those unions that have a long time involvement in LGBT issues and those that have started recently;
▼ Most respondents from confederations not aware of their unions’ policies/activities on LGBT issues;
▼ Trade unions’ surveys on LGBT issues almost non-existent;
▼ Unions based in some “new” member states seems to be less active;
▲ The legal aspect of these discrimination on the upfront ▼ Less is being done on awareness raising;▲ Some trade unions have developed a variety of
instruments and tools to help workers in dealing with LGB issues;
▲ Unions most active on LGBT issues often show strong links with NGOs
Trends that emerge from the questionnaire
▲ More help (information and training) on how to work as a trade union with these issues (ie produce an EU trade union guide on LGBT issues)
▲ Promote an exchange info & good practices among its members (websites, networks, campaigns, etc.)
▲ Be more active on these issues (lobby European Parliament, European Commission, national trade union leadership)
Support required from ETUC