Trade Union actions to protect and to promote the inclusion of Workers in Vulnerable Employment Situations for Americas
Desiree Leslie-Ann Saunders
The course aimed to promote inclusion in trade union organisations. The course provided trade unions with the tools to strengthen the voice and visibility of the most vulnerable workers and to make trade unions more democratic, participatory, inclusive and responsive to all workers. The course has particularly focused on indigenous peoples, rural workers, migrant workers, LGBTIQ+ workers and workers with disabilities.
OBJECTIVES
The course contributed to the development of strong trade union strategies to respond to the following challenges:
Effective integration of diversity in trade union action and policies.
Involvement of trade unions in the integration of migrant workers in the labour market.
Identification of new organisational strategies to reach out to the most vulnerable groups in the rural sector.
Tackling new affiliates, especially young workers.
CONTENT
Week 1: Typology of vulnerable workers and regional situation.
Week 2: Labour market, social protection and labour relations policies for formalisation, integration and protection.
Week 3: Transformation of trade union organisations, with special attention to women and migrant workers.
Week 4: Formalisation of work plan and final evaluation.