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WOMEN
Organising Globally, Building Unions Locally
Diana HollandChair ITUC Women’s Committee
What has international organisation got to do with me???
• Working for a multi-national company• Working as a migrant worker• Job threatened with outsourcing to
another country• Solidarity wanted for a workplace struggle• Standing up against Anti-union and
human rights abuses, violence against women
• Union organisation internationally can make the difference
1.2 BILLION
WOMEN IN THE WORLD TODAY
ARE IN WORK
40% of world employment
AND yet, …
• Women are 60% of the world’s poor and working poor
• Women earn 12-60% less than men co-workers
• Over 60% of working women are in “informal” work
Women internationally• A shared agenda• Different priorities eg maternity rights
– Longer paid maternity leave in UK– No forced pregnancy test for job in airline in India– Introduction of legal maternity rights in USA– Hiding pregnancy in male-dominated work in South
Africa
• Recognition and valuing of work women do in all regions of the world
• Sisterhood, Solidarity, Support• Inspiration
ITUC Report Gender Pay Gap stuck at 16%
worldwide
The ITUC• Represents 168 million workers
• 40% of them women
• In 55 countries and 4 regions Africas Americas Asia-Pacific Pan-European
• Is made up of 311 national affiliates – trade union centres
ITUC Women’s Committee and Conference
• Trade union women elected from all regions of the world
• Works for gender parity (50:50) in all decision-making and negotiating bodies
• Promotes international solidarity between women trade unionists
• First ITUC World Women’s Conference October 2009 Brussels
Unions4womenwomen4Unions
• ITUC Campaign to organise working women
• Targeting women and issues important to women INCREASES MEMBERSHIP RATES BY UP TO 150%
• Organising and campaigning together– Discrimination - Maternity - Pay Equity– Childcare - Protection from Sexual Harassment
ITUC Women’s Committee work programme
• ITUC Action Programme on achieving Gender Equality in Trade Unions
• ITUC Charter Rights of Working Women• Guide on Sexual Harassment• UN Beijing Platform for Action• ILO Gender and Domestic Workers • Action on International Women’s Day• DECENT WORK, DECENT LIFE FOR
WOMEN CAMPAIGN
As birds are bornto fly
so are women bornto be free