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ITUC/PERC International Trade Union Women’s School Building Workers’ Power Findings from the ITUC Global Poll 2013. ITUC Global Poll 2013. Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, Spain, South Africa, UK, USA. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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.
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
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?
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?
Women
Men
46%
51%
-54%
-49%
Right Wrong
Direction your country is moving in?
7
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
8
41%
59%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
Can saveCan't saveT
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Description of personal financial situation
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
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Future generations - better or worse off?
23%
21%55%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
Better offThe sameWorse off
20%
80%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
YesNoT
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Has government effectively tackled unemployment?
13%
28%59%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
peopleneitherbusinesst
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Government economic policies - whose interest first?
36%64%
JOB SECURITYYes No
ITUC Global Poll 2013: Do laws adequately protect workers?
34%
66%
FAIR WAGES
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
In education, research and new technologies
In clean energy and environment related industries
92%
88%
8%
12%
TitleSupport Oppose.
1. Jobs: Investment
55%40%
5%
13-COUNTRY MEAN
Strongly agreeAgreeDisagree
2. Fair wages: International companies should pay workers reasonable wages
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
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
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
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
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