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Brent WILTONDeputy Secretary-General

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONOF EMPLOYERS (IOE)

PRECARIOUS WORKPRECARIOUS WORK

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TERM USED TO DESCRIBENON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT WHICH IS:

Poorly paid Unprotected Cannot support a house hold

» Wikipedia Gendered nature

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FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH:

Part-time work Self employment Fixed term work Temporary work On-call Telecommuting

» IUF

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vsSTANDARD EMPLOYMENT ie full time continuous work with one employer

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TRADE UNIONS – ALL SHARE SOME DISADVANTAGES

Low wages Few benefits Lack of collective representation Little or no job security

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4 DIMENSIONS

1. Degree of uncertainty2. Control over labour practices (absence of T.U, lack of

control over working conditions, wages and pace of work)3. Degree of regulatory protection4. Income level

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ALL GUF’S INVOLVED IN CAMPAIGNS ICEM CONTRACT AND AGENCY LABOUR NEWSLETTER (CAL)

Chile contract workers strike. May 2010 4000 subcontractors

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PERU

Petrobas (Skanska Peru) contract workers needs to be made permanent

Labour inspectorate

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66% of affiliates that responded – increase in temporary or part-time work

Increase in wage and benefit gasp 40% taking measures to avoid increases in precarious

work

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SURVEY ICEM / IMF (252 responses)

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Metal, pulp and paper, forestry, food service Nat LO union bargaining priority Some variaton but; Employers have to negotiate before turning to labour-hire companies Local level – must take into account permanent workers made

redundant and on a re-hire list. If those people qualified – must rehire financial penalties if don’t If no agreement – goes to the national level for a joint panel to decide Model for others?

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SWEDEN

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SENEGAL

Union pressures results in new law

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GARMENT INDUSTRY

69% of affiliates report increase Avoidance of O/T maternity family leave, holidays,

access to pensions OH&S

ZAMBIA

Criticism by Government over use of temporary workers to fill “traditionally” permanent positions

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IUF

Lobby to Prof. John Ruggie to explore relationship between precarious work and the realisation of Human Rights

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EUROPEAN METALWORKERS FEDERATION

Common co-ordinated collective bargaining policy againstprecarious work

UNITED KINGDOM

Equality and Human Rights Commission Report on recruitment and treatment of agency workers in meat and poultry processing

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ASIA PACIFIC GUF MEETING ON CAL 18 – 19 APRIL 2010

CAL a priority issue Co-operate in campaigning for legislation which would

make user enterprises responsible Collective bargaining to address

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COMPANIES

Rio Tinto Coca-Cola Unilever

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IFA PROVISIONS

Clause 10 .... wherever practicable employ all labour– Applies to company and subcontractors

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BWI MODEL

Uses model clause language

2005 Veidekke SA (BWI)

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Suppliers – not to impair rights of regular employment through use of subcontracting homework

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2007 Inditex (ITGLWF)

As a “main rule” employment be permanent Temps P/T receive the same relative terms

and conditions as full time

2003 Norske Skog (ICEM)

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Trying, wherever reasonably possible, to create stable employment

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2000 Telefónica (UNI)

Recognises that permanent employment is preferableto both parties

Recognition of “occasional” use of hired-in, part-timeand temporary

2008 Aker (IMF)