Trade Union actions to protect and to promote the inclusion of Workers in Vulnerable Employment Situations for Arab States
Hademine AMAR VALL
The course on protection and empowerment of vulnerable workers is aimed at promoting inclusiveness in trade union organizations. The course will provide the trade unions with the tools to strengthen the voice and visibility to the most vulnerable workers and make the unions more democratic, participatory, inclusive, and responsive for all the workers. The course will particularly focus on migrant workers, with a strong gender dimension.
OBJECTIVES
The course will contribute to the development of sound trade union strategies that are inclusive of vulnerable workers. In specific, the course will enable participants to better assess and develop the following:
Effective mainstreaming of gender equity in trade unions action and policies.
Trade Unions’ involvement in the integration of migrant workers in the labour market and exchange of good practices at national, sectorial and company level.
New organizing strategies to outreach most vulnerable groups.
The course will pay special attention to the current regional formalization strategies and its assessment.
CONTENT
Week 1: Vulnerable workers typology and regional situation
Week 2: Labour market, social protection and industrial relations policies for formalization, integration and protection
Week 3: TU transformation, special attention to migrant workers.
Week 4: Formalization and Course Wrap up and final evaluation.