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ITUC/PERC International Trade Union Women’s School
Building Workers’ PowerFindings from the ITUC Global Poll 2013
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ITUC Global Poll 2013
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, Spain, South Africa, UK, USA
Represents the views of 3.7 billion people, half the world popn.
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51%49%
Question: Unemployed or reduced working hours in last two years ?
No Yes T
ITUC Global Poll 2013: One in two working families dir-ectly impacted by loss of job or reduction of hours
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37%
62%
13-COUNTRY MEAN65% Women rate national economy as bad
Good Bad
T
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Describe the economic situation of your country?
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49%51%
13-COUNTRY MEAN54% Women say country going in wrong
direction
RightWrongT
Direction your country is moving in? ITUC Global Poll 2013: Direction your country is moving in?
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Women
Men
46%
51%
-54%
-49%
Right Wrong
Direction your country is moving in?
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13%
29%58%
13-COUNTRY MEAN Only 12% of women say incomes have gone up
with cost of living compared with 14% men
Gone up
Stayed even
Fallen behind
Description of personal financial situationFamily income against cost of living in the last two yearsDescription of personal financial situationITUC Global Poll 2013: Family income vs. cost of living in last two years
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41%
59%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
Can saveCan't saveT
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Description of personal financial situation
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INDIARUSSIA
USUK
JAPANGERMANY
CANADAFRANCEBRAZIL
13-COUNTRY MEANBELGIUM
SPAINCHINA
SOUTH AFRICA
6%7%
10%10%10%
11%11%11%11%
12%15%
18%19%19%
Not enough for essentialsPersonal financial situation: Not enough for essen-tials. Globally one in eight can’t pay bills
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ITUC Global Poll 2013: Future generations - better or worse off?
23%
21%55%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
Better offThe sameWorse off
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20%
80%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
YesNoT
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Has government effectively tackled unemployment?
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13%
28%59%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
peopleneitherbusinesst
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Government economic policies - whose interest first?
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36%64%
JOB SECURITYYes No
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Do laws adequately protect workers?
34%
66%
FAIR WAGES
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68%
32%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
AgreeDisagree
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Workplaces with unions have better wages, conditions and safety
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The Road Forward
A five point plan for jobs, decent wages and social protection
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In education, research and new technologies
In clean energy and environment related industries
92%
88%
8%
12%
TitleSupport Oppose.
1. Jobs: Investment
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55%40%
5%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
Strongly agreeAgreeDisagree
2. Fair wages: International companies should pay workers reasonable wages
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Right to strike
Minimum ...
Right to col...
Right to joi...
-1%
-4%
-10%
-9%
24%
28%
44%
47%
75%
68%
47%
44%
Title
oppose somewhat favour strongly favour Series4
3. Strong Labour Laws
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Affordable health care
Affordable education
Retirement income
Affordable childcare
Unemployment benefits
-3%
-3%
-4%
-7%
-11%
21%
25%
22%
34%
39%
76%
72%
74%
58%
49%
Title
Oppose Somewhat favour Strongly favour t
4. A Social Protection Floor
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Women more strong in support of social protection floor
• 76 % strong support decent retirement incomes
• 78 % strongly support access to health care• 73 % strongly support access to education and • 62% strongly support affordable access to
childcare vs 54% of men who support affordable access to childcare
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Stop big business avoiding tax
Increase taxes on big business
Reduce taxes on big business
86%
80%
24%
14%
20%
76%
TitleSupport Oppose t 5. Companies pay their taxes
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Has access to union39%
No access to a union, but access easy to achieve
(unions good for workers
11%
No access to a union, but access easy to achieve,
(don't know about unions)
14%
No access to a union, and diffi-cult to achieve
(unions good for workers)
9%
No access to a union, and dif -ficult to achieve
(don't know about unions)
17%
No access to a unions (unions
are bad for workers)
7%
Don't know about access to union,
3%
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Two thirds of workers have access to a union or consider access easy to achieve