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Mode 4 and Trade Union Concerns

PSI and Global Union Federations

•The different sectors of the economy.

•PSI works closely with a number of NGOs.

•GATS, development, TRIPS and workers’ rights.

•The fluidity of the policy context at present.

The context

• Only Mode 4• Other GATS concerns not dealt with• Not reflective of other NGO perspecives

necessarily

The Services of Interest

• Professional services: UNI and PSI in MNEs and independent contracting professionals

• Health and education professionals - normally employed: PSI and EI

• Construction workers: IFBWW

Professional services

•Mainly not unionised

•Often employed by MNEs

•Extent of employment not known

Health and Education workers

•Mainly employed by public authorities but also by private operators

•Some numbers known: e.g. UK but not much useful data

•Agency problems (see below)

Construction Workers

•Often mobile workers on World Bank projects

•Problems of discrimination, health and safety and accommodation

•Social concerns (see below)

Union and NGO Concerns

•General concerns (Indian Govt paper): visas, social security and economic necessity

•Labour rights: discrimination, harassment and union rights. Comparative advantage retained

Union and NGO Concerns (cont.)

•Environmental and social values on construction projects

•Development and brain drain issues: training costs; key personnel; labour market and wage issues

•Recruitment agencies

Some solutions

•The obvious issues

•Immigration and visas

•ILO Declaration

•Ethical recruitment

•Employment and industry policies