In Depth back to UNI In Depth home page 01/30/2003 UNI Global Organising Report 2002 - Evaluation of replies to Question 6 - Back to UNI Global organising Report 2002 -Content- Which UNI activities should be reinforced or introduced in order to support your union’s recruitment/organising efforts? UNI-Africa Angola SNEBA · We would like UNI to work together with our trade union to prepare a workshop in Angola next year to encourage other trade unions in various branches of activity to join UNI. STAD · We would like UNI to run scheduled and continuous training and specialisation activities for union leaders and staff. Botswana BPSWU · UNI should try as much as possible to train women on negotiating and on leadership as in most cases they are reluctant to fight for higher positions. Burkina Faso FESBACI · Reinforce education and training sessions for affiliates. · Connection to the Internet (bridge the digital divide). Cameroon SNEGCBEF-CAM · Workers’ education. · Publication of the newsletter. SYNACOM · UNI should make adequate computer equipment available to African unions. · UNI should recover the «obsolete» but usable computer equipment that is thrown away in Europe and send it to our unions to enable them to create Internet centres for their members. · UNI should make available or train trainers to do grass-roots education. · Focus efforts on education of members. · UNI must oversee its members and create a movement within which education sessions will be held collectively for all its affiliates in one and the same country. Chad SNPT · Education activities. · Activities to combat HIV/AIDS and to reduce poverty. · Encourage participation by leaders in higher trade union education courses. · Encourage participation by leaders in international and regional trade union meetings. Congo SNPP · Reinforce trade union information workshops through substantial financial and institutional support. Djibouti SP · Provide education courses and material assistance Ethiopia FCTP · We have not received any kind of assistance from UNI up to now with regard to organising/recruitment. Gabon SNCAI · Provide us with computer and communication equipment. · Finance education workshops for us. · Train our supervisors at the highest level. · Help us financially to establish the union throughout the country. Ghana HSWU · Education/training for institutional capacity building for members and leadership. ICU · Assistance in publishing ICU’s magazine, which will help market the union. Ivory Coast SYNAPOSTEL · Help our trade union to modernise. · Train members of our union’s office. SYNTIPCI · UNI must support on-the-job training workshops. It is the best way to stay in touch with the workers and to have rational recruitment opportunities. · Reinforce education and training sessions for affiliates. · Connection to the Internet (bridge the digital divide). Kenya KUDHEIHA · Education is the best organising tool/ UNI has assisted in this way hence our current survival · We kindly request support for 2 more years for 10 organisation activities in 2003/2004 UPTE · Continued seminars and workshops by UNI-Africa for workers’ education and financial support to facilitate organisation and recruitment. Malawi CIAWU · Organisational support through funding organising activities and local educational / training programmes. · Institutional support like UNI-Online. · Short-term support for full time staff for at least three years. Mauritania FENAPOSTEL · Necessity of moving towards awareness workshops in certain areas (West African region or sub-region) to allow an exchange of experiences and to stimulate the professional and managerial staff and other activists involved in this campaign. Mauritius TWU · Organisation of local workshops and seminars. Mozambique SNEB · Further reinforcement of union training programmes, with priority for secretaries of provincial level union committees and organisational units. Niger SNTIN · Organisation of national and regional workshops. · Organisation of study trips to make it possible to exchange experiences. · Educating activists in trade union issues. · Equipping the secretariat with computer equipment, photocopying machines and connections to the NICTs. · Equipping the documentation and communication centre with specialised books, publications, theses and dissertations on trade union issues. · Specific training courses geared to their duties at the National Centre: secretary with responsibility for: the press, education, archives, treasury, foreign relations, organisation, women’s activities. SYNATREEN · The activities we expect of UNI concern the holding of activist awareness workshops because these activities enable the union to consolidate and recruit new members. · It is also important that we should be supported in making local contact with the grass roots. Nigeria NUBIFIE · Educational intervention through the training of organisers. · Provision of information materials, campaign materials, etc. Senegal SYNTIPS · UNI should activate the financing of our local project and strive to implement the UNI On-line Project, which benefits only a few unions. It must quickly extend the project to the rest of the unions, who have been left by the wayside, with computer equipment linked up to the Internet. South Africa SASBO · Focussing on P&MS. Tanzania CHODAWU · Training courses for youth and women. · Global agreements with multinational companies. TUGHE · To support the union to produce campaign materials e.g. newsletter, cards, T-shirts, posters. · To enable the union to travel to organise in regions. Togo SYNTOPAT · Help SYNTOPAT. · An awareness campaign publicised in the media. · Education workshop. · Strengthening leadership skills. · Promotion of women and young people through education. Tunisia FGBEF · Hold more workshops on this topic. · Set up a sectoral education centre that will be useful for the banks and insurance companies and for all UNI’s affiliates in Tunisia. Uganda NUCCPTE · Educating the already organised with the purpose of helping in organising the potential. · To introduce or improve training programmes for retrenched union members with a purpose of not dropping such members from trade unionism completely. · To print/ produce as much literature as possible concerning trade unionism. Zambia GUZ · We suggest that workers education is one of the activities to be introduced in order to assist us in our recruitment programme. · We would also need financial support for the recruitment programme. ZATAWU · Support to reinforce recruitment. · The provision of a computer would go a long way in information dissemination. ZUFIAW · Leadership training. UNI-Americas Argentina AALARA · Enhance communication between unions in UNI’s Casinos sector, including: - The possibility of more frequent meetings, and - Change of name, as scope should not be limited to Casinos but extend to bingo and other workers. FATERYH · Stimulate the exchange of experience and information between unions in the same sector. · Increase the number of seminars and the flow of information. FATSA · Activities directly aimed at the most difficult groups to organise, such as youth and other newly engaged workers, who believe that social progress depends solely on individual effort and affected by the non-union requirements of firms and the high-level of unemployment. FOECYT · Facilitating training courses in the country - basic infrastructure available. FOEESITRA · Continue initiative of negotiating codes of conduct with multinationals such as Telefonica. Codes represent an important step forward, but have not fulfilled all the expectations placed in them. Still a need for more binding agreements. · Emphasise activities in mobile Telecoms, call centres and sub-contractors. · The presence of UNI, given the region’s current crisis, makes it easier to handle very sensitive situations with governments. SAT · Trade union training enabling affiliates to acquire new ideas and methods to develop targeted organising initiatives. SEB · Top priority: international solidarity in response to company abuses, especially multinationals. International solidarity must increase by as much as the pressure from giant company groups is growing. · Scotiabank (Canada) and Crédit Agricole (France) are examples of multinationals that subjugate the workers and despise the countries where they have subsidiaries. · Use new technologies (e.g. Internet) to constantly denounce abuses and to discredit such firms with their clients. · Warn people in the firms’ home countries that, when conditions are ripe, such firms may act at home as they do abroad. Barbados NUPW · Planning strategies on organising and recruitment and how to conduct successful organising campaigns. Brazil CNB · UNI could co-ordinate a global organising campaign on how to obtain resources, design, etc. FETIGE · Publicise specific successful experiences by trade unions as models for action. · Promote a global organising campaign with posters so as to reinforce and always make unions aware of the constant need to organise their workers. · Promote a type of consultation between affiliates on how this campaign could be run, mainly by suggesting designs to be used on T-shirts and posters, stickers and, if possible, free gifts such as hats, T-shirts, key-rings etc. FETIGRAF · Technical and financial assistance is required, with examination of the measures adopted by affiliated unions. FISENGE · To hold regional seminars to discuss changes in the trade union / professional structure. · New forms of financial support for trade unions. Canada CAW · May want to look at ways to have a depository of affiliate activities, materials, literature which could be translated and posted on a website for easy access. CUPW · Organising training. · Identify and co-ordinate organising of multinationals. · Research and information distribution on mergers, acquisitions and strategies of multinationals. · Documenting organising strategies and their levels of success Colombia ANEBRE · Stimulate and follow-up organising activities, in addition to those of the country’s UNI liaison committee and individual affiliates. · Continuous communication, arranging exchanges of experience, carrying out joint programmes – that will strengthen UNI and its affiliates. Costa Rica FECTSALUD · Technical advice and logistics. · Working groups on specific issues. · Trade union training seminars. SEBANA · Support similar to that provided through the LO-TCO programme. · Presence of UNI-Americas personnel. SINEBACCR · Financial support. · Scholarship arrangements. · Legal and technical assistance. El Salvador SITRASALUD · Finance seminars and trade union training. · Promote trade unionism via the media. · Promote concertation between trade unions, governments and firms, including multinationals. Guyana PIAWU · It is the hope of the workers’ in the printing industry that UNI could lend support because printing is now fully controlled by small investors (family owned). Panama STTAG · Unions need to organise meetings, seminars and cultural and sports activities, to which potential members are invited but that requires sufficient finance, the lack of which is often the main cause of union setbacks. Peru SAIP · Financial support as union lacks fixed, constant income, making it difficult to cover current expenses, let alone carry out organising initiatives. Trinidad & Tobago BEU · Leadership training, youth activities. · ICT training, ICT software and upgrading. USA CWA · Mobile Telecoms organizing through UNI Telecoms. SEIU · The activities led by Bob Ramsay in our security organizing have been extremely useful. All the additional support he can get to help move the key European unions, in security and sharing information on multinationals with us, to focus their recruitment strategically and through greater resource use on organizing new members will be the most helpful. · We are organising in the building service industry where there are major concentrations of immigrant workers (many undocumented) and are interested in working with unions in other countries in fighting discrimination against these workers, protecting their rights to organize where there are similar issues. · UNI can help us and has helped to bring us together and providing leadership in this important global worker issue. WGA-E · A well planned, forward thinking, strategic organising program that addresses current and future issues. · System to better co-ordinate coalition organising. UNI-Asia & Pacific Australia ASU · Maintain “organising” as central to UNI’s program. · Solidarity as a means of awareness raising as well as achieving the stated purpose of each call for solidarity. · Apart from a few of our industries / employers (e.g. Airlines) international co-ordination of activities between affiliates is very rare, and in many cases difficult because of Australia’s and other country’s legislation structures on solidarity activities of a direct kind. SDA · Regular reports to affiliates on global retailers. · Mutual assistance by unions with global retailers, especially in recruitment efforts. India KFAWT · Vocational training. Japan FNIU · Promote organising workers in multinational companies and provide opportunities for information exchange. JSD · Global synchronised organising campaign targeted on a specific multinational company. · Reinforce commerce sector, especially in Asia & Pacific, for organising. ZENSEN · Collect and provide information on multinational companies, especially retailers. Malaysia NUBE · Organising / recruitment seminars focusing on women. · Leadership skills for women and youth. NUTE · Reward scheme for top recruiters. · Sustained programme such as specialised workshops to train recruiters. New Zealand FINSEC The kind of activities we would like to UNI more supportive of are: · More support (both financial and moral) being given to affiliates being able to learn from other unions experiences. For example, more support for officials who have lead successful organising campaigns visiting countries and sharing their experiences with other unions who have not or who are struggling. · More facilitation of unions across the globe working together on common employer campaigns or issues. · Better engagement with and support national union movements leadership bodies · UNI actively facilitating better sharing of resources / ideas / objectives across affiliate unions · More support for women’s participation in UNI Philippines ALU · Promote organising in the informal sector. NUBE · Activities on workers’ job security as adverse impact of globalisation. Singapore SMMWU · Web-based network of affiliates to exchange organising experiences. · Web-based global organising library. · Initiate an accreditation scheme for organisers to benchmark their professional standards. Sri Lanka FMETU · Whenever opportunity present themselves the membership is afforded the opportunity to take part in the workshops on organisational activities; to improve this position lack of funds is becoming a formidable impediment. UNI-Europa Albania FSTBSH · Seminars and training programmes in banking, commerce and private services sectors. Austria DUP · Focusing campaigns and events on atypical forms of work. GPA · Increased access to data on multinational companies. · Exchange of experience regarding organisation and multinational companies. HGPD · Strengthening workers in the social dialogue. · Europe-wide education systems. HTV · Regularly making available posters with international trade union themes for further distribution in plants so that workers can visualize our international work better. · Regularly providing new audio- and video material. KMSfB · Creation of electronic networks. Belgium CGSP · See practical implementation of the offer to supply low-cost computer equipment to the members of the unions grouped together within UNI. This would enable each person affiliated to a union to benefit from an e-mail address, would speed up communication and would be an excellent tool for recruitment. · Poster campaign on a global scale to publicise UNI in companies. · Publicise among the wage earners the measures advocated by UNI in connection with globalisation. LBC-NVK · The direct impact of UNI initiatives on the issue of recruitment seems to be rather small. May be a seminar on specific initiatives taken by different unions could have an effect (best practices). Bosnia & Herzegovina SSTBH · Support organising in multinational companies by creating a good “atmosphere” with these companies abroad. Croatia Sindikat Graficara · Information concerning successful work of other unions and how they reached it (exchange of experience). · Education (seminars) regarding organising of new union members. · Organising of special international meeting dealing with this subject. UNI, as an international organisation, should get more attention, so that the workers are made aware that they are included not only in the national, but also in an international union organisation. · Facilitate the provision of credit and insurance coverage to union members through international bank and insurance companies with branches in different countries, with co-financing through radio or TV programmes. Czech Republic OSPO · More information exchange between workers’ reps in multinational companies. · Frequent meetings with workers’ reps in multinational companies + management. Denmark DFL · Better press material concerning the role of UNI in bargaining concerning salaries and conditions within the EU. FAF · Top priority to European activities with a strong presence and necessary resources in the Brussels Office. Finland PAM · UNI should better take care of multinationals. Finland SMKJ · Co-ordinate exchange of information and success stories on recruiting among affiliates. SUORA · We are developing new strategies and see the need for benchmarking. So all information we can get from different countries on their campaigns is useful. France CFDT · Creation of a joint presentation brochure on the passport to improve mobility in Europe. CFDT Cadres · Forward-looking consideration of mutualisation of members’ services between the affiliated member organisations so as to benefit the largest number of wage-earners concerned. CFDT-PSTE · Revitalise the social protection sector. CGT Société d’études · Help with establishing contacts with the other European trade union organisations with a view to true co-operation. FUPT-CFDT · Resume work on call centres for first time since 1999. · Continue the mobile telephony campaign and conduct cross-border exchanges. · Use the European works councils for exchanges on development. · Support the EWC’s. Greece OASE · Information on UNI (documents, meetings). · European Works Councils for some multinational companies. Hungary KasZ · Recognition of trade union rights by the management of multinational companies Lebanon FSBL · We leave it to your discretion to choose the activities that could reinforce or support the necessary recruitment drives. Netherlands FNV Bondgenoten, Financial Services · The Netherlands has a relatively closed labour market. We feel that UNI support would have very little impact. However we are interested in any initiatives taken in the field of member recruitment in other countries. · To support other organisations in need of help, for example, about specific companies, UNI could provide a bank of experiences. For example, the result of this questionnaire. Norway Postkom · How to use web for organising. · Working groups. · Training in organising for elected officers. Portugal SBC · Greater co-operation at collective bargaining level, particularly in trying to improve the European framework, introducing the principle of a sectoral bargaining agreement at the level of some EU countries and reinforcing our involvement in European social dialogue for social issues. SBSI · Holding of meetings of the UNI affiliates on the specific topic, by facilitating the definition of a strategy on this topic. SINDETELCO · Condemnation and combating of employer and government repression and attacks on trade union freedom against union leaders and workplace union representatives and unionised workers. · Action to consolidate, reinforce and expand trade union rights with international bodies/organisations such as the UN, ILO, European Commission, European Parliament, governments and other authorities in various countries. · Condemnation and combating of disrespect for and attacks on employment and social rights, long hours, poverty and misery. · Demands for better conditions and quality of life for workers. · Sector-specific and company-specific recruitment/unionisation campaigns. Slovakia OZPOCR · Meetings with the management of multinational companies in the retail trade sector Spain COMFIA-CCOO · Action within multinationals. · A joint data base covering, for each UNI affiliate, its membership, the types of workers it represents, the firms in its sector and the union representatives in each one, the details of union officers (especially e-mail addresses), etc. Too little is done for inter-affiliate communication. COM-UGT · Any action aimed at reducing the incidence of precarious and temporary employment. FCT-CCOO · Initiatives like the UNI passport and the UNI organising campaign for mobile Telecoms are interesting. · Such UNI campaigns could be extended to other sectors, like satellite TV, cable TV, etc. · Important to hold international trade union training seminars for new union members. FECOHT-CCOO · Activities relating to multinationals; i.e. recognition of trade unions, effective exercise of trade union rights, discussion of and negotiation on global problems, and support for national affiliates – these should be UNI’s central tasks. FETCHTJ-UGT · Oppose the recognition of “yellow” unions and minority organisations. · Support the activities of national unions (collective bargaining, meetings, trade union elections). Sweden FSU · Put recruitment on the agenda of every seminar and conference. Handels · UNI should realise and reinforce the importance of job enlargement in the work of recruiting and keeping members, as this is a determining factor for union survival in the commerce sector in the future. JUSEK · UNI to organise further unions that organise university graduates. Switzerland SBPV · Working groups on recruitment of members Syndicat de la Communication · It is absolutely essential to convince the parent company of multinationals to open the doors of their branches abroad to UNI unions. · Failing this, it would be necessary to have exchanges of information on wages and working conditions between the unions concerned. Unia · Information files on companies · Information by e-mail and telephone Turkey Basin-IS · Initiate formation of national UNI affiliated organising committees. · Training for activists and organisers. UK CWU · Consideration should be given to the introduction of an information system, which should be used by individual affiliates to inform other unions of their activities. The main purpose of the system will be to avoid inter union rivalry. · The work mentioned in question 5 might result in ideas that are relevant for specific UNI activities as well. GPMU · Our campaigns are built on local issues and probably the best support UNI could give would be by delivering letters of support from workers in organised plants, in other countries. PCS · Better cohesion across multinational companies; help to connect reps and EWC’s. Unifi · More concentration on youth work and youth organising initiatives. Back to UNI Global organising Report 2002 -Content- ______________________ Union Network International http://www.union-network.org - contact@union-network.org