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SOLIDARITY MAPPED OUT ATLAS 2014

Since 01-01-2015 the institutional reforms of the FNV have taken effect. As a result the name FNV Mondiaal has been changed into Mondiaal FNV.

CONTENTS PRECARIOUS WORK

PROGRAMME COUNTRIES 2

World Map Precarious Work

Lobbying in India

4

Precarious Work Conference

18

Peruvians to start ‘poldering’

5

Taxi drivers in Colombia given labour contract

19

World Map Programme Countries

SOLIDARITY PROJECTS

16

One vote for street vendors in Kenya

19

Snoopers in Bangladesh

20

World Map Solidarity Projects FNV Trade Unions

6

Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories

8

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Waste Pickers of Dhaka

9

World Map CSR

22

Trade Union Work in Morocco

10

Dutch Fair Bank Guide becomes export product

24

2022WC football

11

International Corporate social responsibility

25

Mondiaal FNV’s Work

26

Facts & Figures

27

TRADE UNION RIGHTS World Map Trade Union Rights

12

TUMEC Breaks Open the Trade Union Landscape

14

Writing for Osanloo

15

Cover and photo below: FNV President Ton Heerts visiting a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangaldesh, June 2014

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SOLIDARITY MAPPED OUT ATLAS 2014

PREFACE BY LEO HARTVELD

THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE CHAIN APPROACH My wife recently came home with a jersey that she’d bought for six euros – reduced from twelve euros, granted. We had a look at the label and – sure enough -: ‘Made in Bangladesh’. Bangladesh has been in the news a lot recently because of the appalling working conditions of textile sector workers. This Atlas gives prominent attention to this. It’s obvious: If you buy a jersey for six euros – or twelve euros, even, then you can be pretty well certain that somewhere along the chain something’s not right. Your jersey doesn’t feel quite so comfortable any more then, does it. Within the SER, we prepared an advisory report in 2014 on sectoral agreements: agreements on International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR). The report deals primarily with the responsibility on the part of companies, those in the textile sector for example. Companies are expected to ensure that their products have been manufactured cleanly. Not only within their own operations, but also by their suppliers and parties further down the production chain, such as sewing ateliers or home workers. Employers still display considerable resistance to the whole-chain approach. No child labour on their own premises is accepted by all of them nowadays but that they should also share responsibility for the working conditions at their suppliers’ workplaces is something they consider less self-evident. The SER report is good news in this regard. The parties in the SER are seeking to have the first ten ICSR agreements in place by 2016. Other good news is that the Dutch government – and more specifically Minister Ploumen of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation – has taken this dossier very seriously. She recognises that the Netherlands has a responsibility to ensure that goods sold here have been made under decent conditions. A number of high-risk sectors have been identified: besides the textile sector, these include electronics, agriculture/food and coal. Progress needs to be made in these sectors in the coming years. The trade unions obviously have an important role in promoting ICSR. In the Netherlands, the FNV is helping increase the pressure on companies and encourage them to accept their international responsibility. We are taking this action from within the SER and in collaboration with civil society organisations. Another essential link in the ICSR chain is provided by the trade unions in countries such as Bangladesh. These unions need to draw public attention to areas where things are going wrong. They are indispensable in achieving concrete improvements and they also have a role to play in the monitoring of agreements. The problem is frequently that the local unions are too weak and inexperienced to be able to optimally fulfil this role. This is often because they have to work in an atmosphere of repression by the government and employers. Union freedom is in many countries still a rare commodity. Alongside the international unions, Mondiaal FNV supports local unions in initiating a social dialogue with industry and government. This support is also a matter of international responsibility.


PROGRAMME COUNTRIES WORLD WIDE

PROGRAMME COUNTRIES MONDIAAL FNV Mondiaal FNV has designated nine countries as ‘programme countries’: Colombia, Peru, South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe,India (being phased out), Bangladesh, China (being phased out), Indonesia and the region East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi). In the programme countries, Mondiaal FNV has been working for an extensive period with project partners in order to jointly achieve increased results.

ICELAND

decent work, equal rights, and livelihood security

Speerpunten: Voedselzekerheid door leefbaar loon, betere sociale zekerheid voor informele en flexwerkers, uitbreiding sociale dialoog PORTUGALL voor werkers in de informele economie, gelijkheid mannenSPAIN en vrouwen, capaciteitsversterking vakbonden.

for all.

rity issues and partners displayed by programme

STATES OF AMERICA

SWE

U UNITED KINGDOM KIN IN

Ghana

equitable distribution of income and wealth, with

This world map gives a brief overview of the prio-

NORWAY

C A N A D A

These joint results will contribute to a more

country.

GERMANY FRANCE

ITALY

TUNISIA

M

MOROCCO MOROC OCCO

Partners: AALGERIA Vakcentrale TUC, vakbonden in publieke sector, mijnbouw en WESTERN SAHARA A informeel werk. Onderzoeksinstituut LPRI.

THE BAHAMAS

CO XICO

Colombia

GUATEMALA

Speerpunten: Monitoring en handhaving van vakbondsrechten en collectieve onderhandeling in vele sectoren, terugdringen flexarbeid en outsourcing.

EL SALVADOR

HAITI

JAMAICA

BELIZE

DOMINICAN REP.

MAURITANIA

HONDURAS

DOMINICA ST LUCIA ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES GRENADA

NICARAGUA

GAMBIA

BARBADOS

VENEZUELA

PANAMA

GUINEA

GUYANA SURINAME

FRENCH GUIANA

BURKINA K FASO BENIN CÔTE D'IVOIRE

SIERRA LEONE

COLOMBIA

NIGER

SENEGAL

GUINEA-BISSAU

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

COSTA RICA

MAL MALI

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ST KITTS AND NEVIS

GHANA

NIGERIA

TOGO

CAMEROON

LIBERIA

EQUAT. GUINEA

SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE

ECUADOR

Partners: Internationale vakbondsfederaties en de nationale bonden voor de publieke sector, metaal, bloementeelt, supermarkten, telecom en bouw, de vakcentrales CTC en CUT; arbeids-ngo voor vakbondsrechten.

GABON

PERU

CON

BRAZIL BOLIVIA

N PARAGUAY

CHILE

Peru Speerpunten: Sociale dialoog, tegengaan sectorale wetten die rechten beperken/onzeker werk, gelijkheid mannen en vrouwen, veiligheid en gezondheid. Partners: Vakcentrale CGTP, vakbonden in kleding, landbouw, voeding, overheid, huishoudelijk werk, kleine zelfstandigen; onderzoeksinstituut Plades, samenwerkende bonden op gebied van gezondheid CIS.


URUGUAY

ARGENTINA

Zuid-Afrika Speerpunten: Campagnes voor lonen boven de armoedegrens; bevordering van het recht op organisatie en onderhandeling op de werkvloer; sociale zekerheid en veiligheid & gezondheid; lobby gemeentes en regionale overheden voor verbetering van de positie van straatverkopers. Partners: Arbeids-ngo voor: training cao-onderhandelingen; media campagnes decent work; veiligheid & gezondheid; onzeker geworden werk; ondersteuning in de informele sector; vakbond voor vliegveldmedewerkers en de vakbond voor huishoudelijke hulpen.

PROGRAMME COUNTRIES WORLD WIDE

India

China

Speerpunten: Recht op organisatie en collectieve onderhandeling, inkomensgarantie, sociale zekerheid, veiligheid en gezondheid, terugdringen slavernij en kinderarbeid, gelijkheid mannen en vrouwen, informele economie.

Speerpunten: Recht op organisatie en collectieve onderhandelingen en het tegengaan van discriminatie van migranten, mannen en vrouwen met hiv/aids en Hepatitis B-geïnfecteerden. partners: Arbeids-ngo’s werkzaam met en voor arbeidsmigranten in sectoren als elektronica, kleding, mijnbouw, auto- en containerindustrie; mediaen bewustwordingsactiviteiten over arbeidsmigratie en globalisering. Internationale vakbondskantoor Hong Kong Liaison Office (IHLO).

Partners: Vakbonden voor werkenden in de informele economie: de armste werkende vrouwen; straatverkopers; vakbond voor landarbeiders en kleine boeren, internationale vakbondsfederaties voor metaal, transport en bouw en de aangesloten vakbonden voor scheepsslopers, transportwerkers, steenbakFINLAND FFIN INLAND N kers en bouwvakkers, arbeids-ngo voor kledingarbeiders.

R U S S I A N

DEN

POLAND

Bangladesh

BELARUS

KAZAKHSTANN

UKRAINE ROMANIA

GREECE

SYRIA

IRAN

IRAQ

JORDAN

LIBYA

KYRGYZSTAN

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

ERITREA

CHAD

SUDAN

BHUTAN

INDIA

YEMEN

LAOS THAILAND

SOMALIA SOMMALIA

RWANDA BURUNDI

TANZANIA ZAMBIA

ANGOLA

ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA

MALAWI

MOZAMBIQUE

BOTSWANA SWAZILAND ZIL LESOTHO

SOUTH AFRICA

PHILIPPINES

SRI LANKA

Regio Oost-Afrika: Kenia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi

KENYA

UGANDA

VIETNAM

CAMBODIA

ETHIOPIA

Partners: Arbeids-ngo’s ten behoeve van voedselzekerheid en decent work voor landarbeiders, kledingarbeiders, vuilnisrapers; de internationale vakbondsfederaties voor metaal, kleding en bouw en de aangesloten vakbonden voor scheepsslopers, kledingarbeiders en steenbakkers.

TA TAIWAN

MYANMAR ANMAR (BURMA)

DJIBOUTI

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

DEM. REP. OF CONGO

NEPAL

BANGLADESH OMAN

NGO

S. KOREA

CHINA

KASHMIR

SAUDI ARABIA

EGYPT

A

N. KOREA

TURKMENISTAN

TURKEY

Speerpunten: Voedselzekerheid door verbeterde wetgeving en bereidheid van bedrijven om een leefbaar loon te betalen; gelijkJAPANN heid mannen en vrouwen; verbeterde wetgeving over en toepassing door werkgevers van decent work met leefbaar loon, sociale zekerheid en veilige arbeidsomstandigheden; capaciteitsversterking arbeids-ngo’s en vakbonden.

MONGOLIA

UZBEKISTAN

BULGARIA

MALTA

F E D E R A T I O N

Speerpunten: Leefbaar loon in transport-, bouw-, en bloemensector; opname van decent work en sociale zekerheidclausules MADAGASCAR MADAGA ADAGASCAR in cao’s; vermindering van loonkloof tussen mannen en vrouwen in bloemensector.

BRUNEI

PALAU

MALAYSIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

INDONESIA

NAURU SOLOMON ISLANDS

EAST TIMOR

COMOROS

VANUATU

FIJI

AUSTRALIA Partners: Internationale vakbondsfederaties en de aangesloten vakbonden in de transport en bouw; arbeids-ngo en haar partners in de bloemensector; de internationale federatie voor straatverkopers Streetnet en haar aangesloten organisaties van straatverkopers en markthandelaren.

Zimbabwe

Indonesië

Speerpunten: Sociale zekerheid, verhoging minimum loon, recht op orgaNEW ZEALAND nisatie en onderhandeling, terugdringen van outsourcing Partners: Vakcentrale KSPI; de internationale vakbondsfederatie voor metaal- chemie en elektronicasector en de aangesloten vakbonden; vakbonden voor mediawerkers; publieke sector; ngo voor vakbondsrechten, dienstenbond.

Speerpunten: Vakbondsrechten binnen breed maatschappelijk kader van mensenrechten, democratie en goed bestuur. Scholing en organising zijn de belangrijkste middelen. Partners: Vakcentrale ZCTU, vakbonden in de bouwsector en de beveiliging, onderzoeksinstituut LEDRIZ.


CHIN CHINA

PROGRAMME COUNTRIES INDIA NEPALL

OMANN

INDIA

LA LAOS THAILAND

LOBBYING IN INDIA

C

SRI LANKA SR

SOCIAL SECURITY FOR INFORMAL WORKERS 2008 was, at least on paper, a historic year for people in India who work the informal economy, in other words 90% of the working population in a country with a population of 1.2 billion. This was the year that the Indian government passed an Act granting these informal workers access to social security, which had not been the case until then: any informal worker who fell ill, had an accident, was too old to work or became pregnant was simply left empty-handed.

The NASS lobbies for the right to a pension, maternity leave and health insurance for all informal workers. And the platform is promoting the simplification of the procedures, which is necessary for the illiterate workers, who are in the majority. One result of its efforts is that 2800 Workers Facilitation Centres have already been created in the state of Karnataka: these are one-stop shops where people are shown the way through the bureaucracy of all the social security programmes. And this is not all. Bihar has now put an end to the requirement of a declaration by an employer – previously a huge obstacle in qualifying for the programme. In addition, domestic workers have been added to the list of 88 informal professions; negotiations on the waste pickers are still in progress. In the state of Hyderabad, the NASS has secured a Supreme Court ruling giving a representative of the informal workers a seat on the Welfare Board, the state government agency responsible for the implementation of the social security programme. Successes achieved in one state serve as precedents in other Women rural workers in India got health insurence cards with the help of trade union APVVU

states. ‘This is exactly the power of a platform that brings together organisations from different federal states,’ says Roos. In December 2014, interested parties from the entire subcontinent

As is the custom in India, the federal authorities were responsi-

– representatives of informal workers, politicians, academics, etc.

ble for the implementation of the new law and, putting it mildly,

– came to New Delhi for a two-day conference organised by the

it proved a tough challenge to design a programme for hundreds

NASS. The discussions focused on how the social security provi-

of millions of people. ‘To entice the federal authorities into

sion policy for informal workers, as well as its implementation,

taking action, it’s crucial to have a powerful lobby’ says Wilma

could be improved. The Minister of Labour and Employment in

Roos. For this reason, Mondiaal FNV supports the National

the government in New Delhi underlined the urgency of this.

Alliance on Social Security (NASS), a unique platform of six orga-

The NASS has meanwhile even received requests from

nisations, all six of which are partners of Mondiaal, and which for

Bangladesh and Hong Kong to share its experience: social secu-

many years have campaigned for the rights of informal workers.

rity provision for informal workers is becoming an increasingly

In five states they have a combined membership of over 2.5 mil-

more prominent theme on the political agenda throughout South

lion people – making them a good-sized lobbying body.

Asia.


THE BAHAMAS

ME MEXICO

PROGRAMME COUNTRIES PERU

BEL BE ELIZE L GUATEMALAA GUATEM

ST KITTS AND NEVIS

HONDURA HONDURAS RA NICARRAGUA

EL SALVADOR

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA


BARBADOS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

COSTA RICA

GUUY A GGUYANA

PERUVIANS TO START ‘POLDERING’

BO BOLIVIA

THE PROMISE OF SOCIAL DIALOGUE ‘The first important hurdle will have been taken if they actually get on the plane together,’ predicted Astrid Kaag, policy advisor with Mondiaal FNV. In October 2014 she supervised and accompanied 13 Peruvian representatives of employees and employers visiting the Netherlands for a crash course on ‘social dialogue’. The atmosphere between what traditionally were sworn enemies continued to improve as the week went on. Carmela Sifuentes, president of the largest Peruvian federation CGTP, was a member of the delegation, as was Luis Salazar, president of the largest employers’ organisation SNI. Salazar concluded: ‘It’s no longer about whether we want dialogue but about how.’

Luis Salazar (left), president of the largest employers’ organisation in Peru SNI, and Carmela Sifuentes, president of the largest Peruvian trade union federation CGTP, visiting the FNV.

In 2011, the leftist politician Ollanta Humala was elected presi-

‘providing we have common goals. We have to focus on what

dent, with help from the unions. Expectations were high, but

unites us, which is the development of our country.’ Salazar

election promises have not been kept. Employers are also

adds: ‘And we’ve learned that we’re the ones who have to take

increasingly being ignored by government, indicating why the

the initiative. Everything is possible, even without the govern-

time now seems ripe for the two parties to move closer

ment.’

together. Back in Peru they were highly enthusiastic and immediately Peru is going through a period of great economic growth but

made a start on setting up an organisation similar to that of the

only a comparatively small group is reaping the benefits. Salazar

Dutch Labour Foundation (Stichting van de Arbeid). However,

says: ‘We believe there is a need for greater diversity, more

their enthusiasm for the Dutch polder model (reaching consen-

technology in production, and more added value in raw material

sus without conflict) still has to be sold to the rank and file.

processing to stimulate employment. 70% of the Peruvians work

Kaag adds, ‘My message to them was one of our sayings: “Trust

outside the formal economy. Here lies a huge challenge.’

comes on foot but leaves on horseback” (which means: Trust can

Sifuentes emphasises that it is high time for a redistribution of

take years to build, but only a second to shatter),particularly in a

the economic growth across all the sectors: ‘Decent wages, pen-

country where the relations have been tense for so long.’

sions and attention to health and safety must be used to ensure

Salazar is optimistic: ‘We are the biggest employers’ organisa-

that the growth in our country is for the social development of

tion and if we and the CGTP together take the lead, then in the

all of the people.’

long term there’s no doubt that we’ll be joined by other employers and employees.’

‘We’ve seen very clearly how social dialogue can bring about benefits both for employees and employers,’ says Sifuentes,


FRENCH GUIANA FRE

SOLIDARITY PROJECTS FNV TRADE UNIONS

SOLIDARITY PROJECTS FNV TRADE UNIONS The trade unions affi liated to the FNV - FNV Bondgenoten, ABVAKABO FNV, FNV Bouw and the General EducationUnion (AOb) – all have their FNV BONDGENOTEN

own solidarity funds which, jointly with Mondiaal

» TIE « Uitwisseling tussen kaderleden uit de cacaoverwerkende industrie in Nederland en Ghana

FNV, they allocate to a variety of countries. The projects focus, among other things, on the direct exchange of knowledge and experience between

ICELAND

members and union executives here and in the country concerned, setting up trade union net-

NORWAY NOR

C A N A D A

works, the provision of training in conducting

UNITED KINGDOM

social dialogue or working in accordance with

IRELAND GERMANY

health and safety regulations, and the eradication

FRANCE

of child labour. This world atlas displays the solidarity projects supported by the FNV unions that were in progress in 2014.

ALGEMENE ONDERWIJSBOND

» SNE « ONDERWIJSBOND Train the trainers: hoe voorkom je schooluitval, Marokko.

FNV BONDGENOTEN

»STATES « EFO OF AMERICA ARBEIDERSVORMINGSSCHOOL Verbeteren veiligheid en gezondheid op de werkvloer, Venezuela CO CO XICO GUATEMALA

FNV Bondgenoten

Evaluatie en afronding Tanzania-activiteiten door WIS Handel & Dienst Tanzania en Nederland

ZCTU Steun aan de ZCTU en aan het sterker maken van vakbonden door training in organising, scholing, onderhandelen; leiderschapstraining voor vrouwen; lobby en campagne voeren voor decent work en vakbondsrechten / Zimbabwe

FOS Betere arbeidsvoorwaarden in de bloemensector / Ecuador

IndustriALL Vakbondsopbouw bij multinationals Indonesië

GAMBIA

BARBADOS

VENEZUELA

PANAMA

GUYANA

COLOMBIA

SURINAME

AGFA en FNSAUMT Scholingsproject voor kaderleden van Landbouwvakbond FNSA-UMT, opbouw sociale dialoog, scholing over veilige


NIGER

BURKINAA FASO BENIN CÔTE D'IVOIRE

GHANA

CAMEROON

ECUADOR

GABON

PERU

BRAZIL BOLIVIA PARAGUAY

» PSI « Gelijke kansen voor LGBT (lesbiennes, homo’s, bi’s en transgenders) op de werkvloer, Brazilië

URUGUAY

ARGENTINA

IndustriALL

TIE

EFO, Arbeidersvormingsschool Veiligheid en gezondheid op de werkvloer / Venezuela

Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation Organisatie van vuilnisrapers, verbetering van hun arbeidsomstandigheden en arbeidsrechten / Bangladesh

IndustriALL Bestrijding hiv/aids op de werkvloer Tanzania, Zimbabwe

CON

ABVAKABO FNV

CHILE

IndustriALL

Versterken van de onafhankelijke vakbonden, opbouwen vrouwen en jongerennetwerk / Wit-Rusland

EQUAT. GUINEA


NUCIW

Organisatie van arbeiders op de scheepssloopwerven in Zuid-Azie India, Bangladesh, Pakistan

NIGERIA

TOGO

LIBERIA

FRENCH GUIANA

Capaciteitsversterking van de leden en ledenwerving / Zambia

TIE Uitwisseling tussen kaderleden uit de cacaoverwerkende industrie in NL en Ghana

MMALI

GUINEA

SIERRA LEONE

TIE Vakbondsorganisatie in praktijk en kaderopbouw Rusland

M

SENEGAL

GUINEA-BISSAU

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

IndustriALL Shipbreaking film India, Bangladesh, Pakistan

MAURITANIA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA


NICARAGUA

arbeidsomstandigheden / Marokko

TUNISIA

MOROCCO

DOMINICAN REP. ST KITTS AND NEVIS

COSTA RICA COSTARICA

FNV Bondgenoten

HAITI

HONDURAS

EL SALVADOR

SPAIN SPA

ALGERIA

JAMAICA

BELIZE

PORTUGAL

ITALY

WESTERN SAHARA

THE BAHAMAS

Vrouwen duurzaam betrekken bij het ontwikkelingsproces van de vakbond Marokko

SWE

Capaciteitsversterking en organisatie van nieuwe leden van TUMEC, vakbond voor werknemers in de mijnbouw-, energie- en chemiesector / Democratische Republiek Congo

The Workers Advice Center Organisatie en training van vrachtwagenchauffeurs en leraren en bijstaan van meest kwetsbare deel van de werknemers: werkloze Arabische vrouwen in de landbouw en werkloze Palestijnen in OostJerusalem / Israël

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SOLIDARITY PROJECTS FNV TRADE UNIONS

FNV Bouw en FNV Bondgenoten FNV BONDGENOTEN

» TIE « Versterken van de onafhankelijke vakbonden, opbouwen vrouwenen jongerennetwerk, Wit-Rusland

FNV projecten

FNV BONDGENOTEN

ABVAKABO

» APVVU « Opkomen voor positie en arbeidsomstandigheden van landarbeiders en kleine boeren, India

TIE Eerste ervaringsuitwisseling tussen kaderleden van de landbouwbond FNSA en ABVKABO FNV / Marokko en Nederland

FINLAND

R U S S I A N

DEN

POLAND

FNV BOUW

» BWI « Organisatie van werknemers en bestrijding van kinderarbeid in de steenbakkerijen, India, Nepal, Bangladesh

BELARUS

KAZAKHSTAN

UKRAINE ROMANIA

GREECE

SYRIA

SSAUDI ARABIA

EGYPT

NEPAL

KLO

JAPAN

S. KOREA

CHINAA

KASHMIR

PAKISTAN

PSI In kaart brengen van alle bonden in de water- en energiesector voor strategische planning en versterking / Indonesië

N. KOREA

TAJIKISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

IRAN

IRAQ

JJORDAN

Capaciteitsopbouw van ambtenaren bij het Palestijnse ministerie van arbeid over arbeidsrechten Palestijnse werknemers van Israëlische werkgevers / Palestina

BHUTAN

BANGLADESH

FNV BONDGENOTEN

» FAIR WEAR « FOUNDATION YEMEN verbeteren sociale dialoog in SUDAN DJIBOUTI kledingfabrieken, Turkije

CHAD

KYRGYZSTAN

TURKMENISTAN

TURKEY

LIBYA

MONGOLIA

UZBEKISTAN

BULGARIA

MALTA

FNV BONDGENOTEN EN

F E D E R A T I O N

INDIA

OMAN OMA

MYANMAR (BURMA)

TAIWAN

TIE

LAOS THAILAND

Versterking van de zelf-organisatie van vrouwelijke werknemers in precaire werkomstandigheden in de publieke sector / Turkije

VIETNAM

CAMBODIA

PHILIPPINES ABVAKABO FNV


ETHIOPIA

A

KENYA

UGANDA

DEM. REP. OF CONGO

NGO

» SEWA « BRUNEI kinderopvangcentra om werk en MALAYSIA A inkomsten mogelijk te maken voor de armste vrouwen, India

SRI LANKA

SOMALIA

RWANDA BURUNDI

ZAMBIA

COMOROS

MALAWI

MADAGASCAR ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA

MOZAMBIQUE

BOTSWANA

» ITF « versterken van de transportbonden langs de Oost-Afrikaanse transportcorridor, Kenia, Tanzania, Oeganda, Rwanda, Burundi

Versterking van de sociale diaoloog Moldavië

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

FNV BONDGENOTEN

TANZANIA ANGOLA

PSI

PALAU

NAURU SOLOMON ISLANDS

PSI

Opbouw beleid en capaciteitsversterking van vakbonden in de watersector, samenwerking VANUATU met andere maatschappelijke organisaties op waterbeleid en organisatiestrategie om aantal FIJI vrouwelijke leden te vergroten / Kenia

EAST TIMOR

AUSTRALIA

SWAZILAND ZILAND

ZCTU & Fos

LESOTHO

SOUTH AFRICA

Algemene Onderwijsbond projecten

ABVAKABO FNV

VAKCENTRALE » ZCTU « Ondersteuning van The Worker, het maandblad van de vakcentrale ZCTU, Zimbabwe

TIE Vakbondsorganisatie en kaderopbouw in Wit-Rusland

TIE APVVU Opkomen voor positie en arbeidsomstandigheden van landarbeiders en kleine boeren / India

SAVE Opkomen voor de arbeidsrechten van en hulplijn voor kledingarbeiders in Tirupur India

Uitwisseling kaderleden LIDL van FNV Bondgenoten en kaderleden van Wall Mart in Chili Nederland/Chili

TIE Zelforganisatie van werknemers in Nederland en Brazilië bij DAF (Paccar) door uitwisseling van ervaringen en kennis over vakbondswerk en vakbondsopbouw Nederland / Brazilië

SNE onderwijsbond Train de trainers: voorkomen van schooluitval / Marokko

Bond van Leraren Oprichting van de Vakbondsacademie, een scholingscentrum voor training in en voorlichting van leden over hun rechtspositie en van onderwijs(ontwikkeling) Suriname

EI Studiereis naar Marokko over aanpak kinderarbeid door onderwijsbonden Albanië, Marokko, Turkije, Nicaragua

Steun aan ZCTU om op te komen voor decent work / Zimbabwe NEW ZEALAND

LEDRIZ & Fos Advies en onderzoek ten behoeve van vakbonden om op te komen voor decent work / Zimbabwe

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SOLIDARITY PROJECTS PALESTINIAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES “The high wall that puts everything in the shadow”

ROMANIA BULGA GARIA

MALTA

TURKEY

GGREECE ECE

SYRIA YRIA

JOR JO ORDAN AN

LIBYA

EGYPT

IRAQQ SAUDI ARABIA

In February 2014, a delegation of the FNV and of the ABVAKABO FNV visited Israel and the Palestine Territories. A report by George de Roos (ABVAKABO FNV):

The six-metre high wall between Israel and the Occupied Territories.

“When you talk to Palestinians inside their houses, you are

At the same time, we are trying to persuade investors to invest

struck by their friendliness and openness, but once outside,

their money instead in building the Palestinian economy. This is

then everything is coloured by the grim atmosphere. The six-

still very difficult to achieve. Obstacles are put in the way of the

metre high wall between Israel and the Occupied Territories

economic development of the Palestinian Territories. For

puts everything in the shadow. I remember the time when we

example, there are huge restrictions on importing raw materials.

visited the Dutch representative in East Jerusalem. We were to

It is also virtually impossible for Palestinians to obtain a con-

take the President of the trade union federation PGFTU, Shaher

struction licence. As a result, there are few sound companies

Sa’ed, with us. It soon became clear, however, that Shaher would

there to invest in. Palestinian labourers mostly have no other

not be given a permit to enter East Jerusalem. The strange

choice than to work in the settlements or in Israel, where they

thing was that he displayed such a resigned attitude.

suffer exploitation. The FNV accordingly focuses its efforts

Palestinians are of course used to not being able to travel freely.

locally on the capacity building of organisations and unions that

You know that, but when you experience it at close quarters it’s

fight for the rights of Palestinians, such as the federation

still confrontational.

PGFTU and the ‘Workers Hotline’. During the visit, the decision was taken to support a project training Palestinian officials at

One of the objectives of our trip was to assess the extent to

the Ministry of Labour in Israeli labour legislation, so that they

which our Palestine policy needed to be modified. A Palestine

are able to put complaints by Palestinian workers to their Israeli

policy does not come about easily. It remains a sensitive issue. A

colleagues. Our Palestinian colleagues ask for our solidarity in

boycott of Israel is for the FNV not an option. Instead, the FNV

their fight against the ongoing violation of international law. We

focuses on divestment. We ask institutional investors – such as

promise them this support.”

the pension funds – not to invest in companies that benefit from the occupation. One of the large pension funds, PFZW (the Dutch pension fund for the care and welfare sector) recently decided to reduce its investments in a number of Israeli banks. This is a fine result. We are also trying to persuade the ABP to do the same. But this takes quite some doing.


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SOLIDARITY PROJECTS BANGLADESH

CHIN CHINA

AFGHANISTAN PPAKISTAN A

OMANN

THE WASTE PICKERS OF DHAKA

SRI LANKA SR

ORGANISING GIVES A VOICE TO THOSE WITHOUT ANY RIGHTS

No fewer than a thousand people go scavenging every day for glass, PET bottles, cattle bones, paper and rubber on the huge landfill site of Mutuail just outside the capital city of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Their profession is that of waste picker. By collecting and selling recyclable waste, they earn at the most two euros a day. The work is filthy and dangerous. Trucks drive in and out with the domestic waste from the megacity. Grab cranes on caterpillar tracks spread the waste. ‘The clothes of the workers take on the colour of the waste,’ says Wilma Roos, ‘which often makes them literally invisible.’ FNV president Ton Heerts, who visited the landfill site in June 2014, spoke to a boy who had lost his lower left leg because a reversing crane had failed to spot him. His older sister now wears an orange fluorescent jacket when she enters the landfill site. These jackets are handed out by OSHE, Mondiaal FNV’s local partner. OSHE (Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation) has also provided boots, shoes and prickers to reduce the health hazards. There is now a mobile toilet and a tank with drinking water. And for the youngest children, who used to potter around in amongst the waste while their parents were working, there is now a small school with two classrooms. But the most important result is that the OSHE has managed to get the people organised. Roos explains: On the occasion of my first visit to the landfill site in 2010, there was no form of organisation whatsoever. It was every man for himself. The waste pickers belong to the lowest social class, everyone looks down on them. Although the municipal authorities allow them to do

Waste pickers of the landfill site Mutuail.

their work, strictly speaking waste picking is illegal. These people have no rights at all. By becoming organised, they are given a voice.’ Mondiaal FNV launched the project to organise the waste pickers by way of solidarity contributions deriving from the plastic and rubber solidarity labour agreements, which in the meantime have been extended to a number of other labour agreements. Since the start of the project, the workers on the Mutuail landfill site have formed five self-help groups with 350 members. The leaders receive training on how to negotiate with the municipal council on better working conditions. In addition, in each group people are trained as health and safety officers. In 2014, the self-help groups became members of the union, the Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress. In a country where it is extraordinarily difficult to organise informal workers, this is a truly remarkable achievement.


SOLIDARITY PROJECTS MAROKKO

PORTUGALL

MORO ROCCO ALGERIA WESTERN SAHARAA

TRADE UNION WORK IN MOROCCO PORT CITY OF SAFI STEP-BY-STEP CHILD LABOUR-FREE

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Former child labourer, 14 year old Zakaria (left) is going to school again. His mother (right) is happy: “If he goes to school now he can take care of himself in the future.

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dropped out of school in 2013-2014. What is more, forty working boys and girls were got back into school and are now following lessons in special intake classes. This remarkable result has been achieved by the team of union members who go out into the neighbourhoods to ‘recruit’ child workers. They talk to boys working in the many garage workshops, and in shops they speak to girls who they suspect are being employed as domestic

In the coastal town of Safi in Morocco, children are at work eve-

workers. ‘Most of the children are keen to go back to school,’

rywhere: in the harbours, in the markets, in the potteries and

teacher Meryem Doublal tells us, ‘nowadays, they’re aware that

garage workshops. If it were up to the Moroccan teachers’ union

school is better than working and they don’t want to miss out on

SNE, in a few years’ time this will be a thing of the past. With

a second chance.’ For this step to be actually taken, then of

the support of the General Education Union (AOb), the SNE has

course it has to be discussed with employers and parents.

for many years worked on simultaneously reducing school dropout rates and child labour in different regions in Morocco. Every

‘The involvement of teachers is most impressive,’ says Trudy

effort is being made to make schools attractive: teachers are

Kerperien, international secretary of the AOb, who visited the

retrained, support lessons are given, eye inspections are, where

project in Safi in 2014. In order to make their efforts and those

necessary, followed up by the issuing of glasses as poor vision

of the trade union more sustainable, thirty teachers from four

often leads to school drop-outs, classrooms and sanitary facili-

regions are currently following a course to become teacher trai-

ties are refurbished, sporting activities are organised and the

ners, with financial support from the AOb. They are broadening

parents are actively involved in school life. This successful

their knowledge on reducing school drop-outs and at the same

approach is also the guiding principal in the project ‘Omar’s

time are learning training skills. In the future, they will be upskil-

Dream’ which was launched in 2013 with the support of the

ling colleagues all over the country and helping them to set up a

Dutch Postal Code Lottery. The ambition of this project is to

care system to keep children in the classroom and out of work.

make Safi a child labour-free zone.

The union itself is also growing as a result of all its efforts in the area of child labour – not only in membership numbers, but also

Collaboration gives strength: the SNE has managed to achieve

in organisation and lobbying power. Kerperien says: ‘The SNE

consensus between the local authorities, the Education

has acquired a stronger image in Morocco and now has more to

Inspectorate, the regional Ministry of Education, schools and

contribute to social dialogue. This is a further benefi t of huge

NGOs. In twelve schools throughout the city, not a single child

importance to us.’


SOLIDARITY PROJECTS QATAR

AFGHANISTAN

IRAN

Q

PPAKISTAN A

BIA OMANN

2022WC FOOTBALL

YEMEN

RESULTS IN THE HEAT OF QATAR Not many people will have failed to notice that the 2022 WC football will be held in the Gulf State of Qatar. Controversial because of the impossible footballing conditions, with temperatures rising to way above 40 degrees, which is not exactly fun for the supporters either.

Thanks to worldwide protest, more is now known about the con-

on strike against the poor working conditions and the low

ditions under which the WC infrastructure (stadiums, hotels,

wages. Says Baars: “100 people were at once deported, but it is

roads etc.) is being built. The work is being done by migrants

nevertheless a sign that things are changing. In Qatar the

from countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, India, the Philippines and

migrants are in the majority: there are 1.2 million ‘migrant wor-

Vietnam. Via a system of gangmasters the workers work inhu-

kers’ as opposed to 300,000 Qataris. Once the workers get that

manely long hours in the blazing sun for low wages and some-

into their heads, then exploitation will soon be a thing of the

times in perilous conditions. In 2014, every two days a worker

past!”

lost his life. Trade unions are banned and anyone who complains is dismissed on the spot. With the support of the FNV, the international building union BWI is endeavouring to do something about the living and working conditions of the migrants. Significant successes have been achieved, says Ruud Baars, General Secretary of the FNV. Baars visited Qatar in November 2014. Baars continues: “I’ve seen them, the slums where the workers are crammed together in a few square metres. Sheds where we wouldn’t house cattle, with WCs that are too filthy for words.” After pressure had been brought to bear, a number of construction companies improved the workers’ living quarters. The new accommodation is frugal, but clean and much more spacious and with better amenities, says Baars. “This is a huge step forwards. Unfortunately the new accommodation is as yet only for a minority.” Another result is that the so-called ‘sponsor legislation’ is to be amended. Without a sponsor you can do nothing as migrant worker; the sponsor even decides whether and when you are allowed to leave the country again. The result is that many workers are in fact living in conditions of slavery: totally at the mercy of the wishes of their ‘owner’. Following great pressure from the international trade union movement, this legislation is soon to be amended. Workers take a break in the financial district in Doha, Qatar.

Organisation of the workers is also slowly beginning to take shape. The BWI is recruiting union representatives in the country of origin, who then report on the working conditions and try to organise the workers in Qatar. This is illegal and dangerous, emphasises Baars, but it works. “Philippine workers, for example, meet secretly in the basement of a Meeting Centre. There they discuss what, if anything, they can do.” Not long ago, the first strike actually broke out. Eight hundred migrants went


TRADE UNION RIGHTS WORLD WIDE

TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN DE KLEM Supporting trade unions in their work is of ongoing importance. At the basis of this is their internationally recognised right to organise and to collective bargaining, with the associated freedom to strike. In many countries, it is diffi cult for working people to organise and to fi ght for betINTERNATIONALE FEDERATIE

ter working conditions without running the risk

VOOR DE BLOEMENSECTOR

of dismissal, imprisonment or even murder. In

» IUF « Vakbondsrechten in de bloemensector in Colombia: Bijdragen aan de organisatieverD sterking A van vakbonden, het recht op organisatie en cao-onderhandeling, verbeteren werkomstandigheden en bevorderen sociale dialoog in de bloemensector. Colombia

that respect, Colombia is still the most dangerous country in the world. However, without these basic human rights, people are unable to have

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their voices heard or their situation improved. FNV supports projects to help trade unions safeguard these rights, at international, national, company and individual level. FNV protests to governments and companies where trade union rights are being violated. This world atlas dis-

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plays the projects whose primary theme in 2014 was ‘trade union rights’ as well as the protest actions in which the FNV participated, in conjunction with the FNV Writers’ Network.

THE BAHAMAS

CO CO XICO GUATEMALA

NORWAY

» UNI « UNITED KINGDOM Monitoren en verdedigen van IRELAND AND (internationale) mensen- en vakbondsrechten van lidbonden FRANCE van UNI in Colombia bij drie beeldbepalende multinationale bePORTUGALL drijven: Carrefour, Kimberly Clark SSPAIN en Telefónica; volledige naleving van de mondiale overeenkomsten MOROCCO MOROC OCCO die UNI met deze bedrijven heeft ALGERIA afgesloten. WESTERN SAHARAA Colombia

GAMBIA

BADOS BARBADOS

MALI

GUYANA SURINAME

FRENCH GUIANA

ITALY

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NIGER

BURKINA FASO

GUINEA

BENIN CÔTE D'IVOIRE

SIERRA LEONE

COLOMBIA

GERMANY

SENEGAL

GUINEA-BISSAU

VENEZUELA UELA

SWE

SECTOREN

MAURITANIA

TRINID TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

PANAMA

ICELAND ELAND

GRAFISCHE EN INDUSTRIËLE

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA


NICARAGUA


VOOR WERKNEMERS IN O . A . COMMERCIËLE , FINANCIËLE ,


HONDURAS

EL SALVADOR

Union leaders murdered in Colombia in 2014

HA HAITI

JAMAICA

BELIZE

INTERNATIONALE FEDERATIE

GHANA

NIGERIA

TOGO

CAMEROON

LIBERIA

EQUAT. GUINEA

SÃO TTOMÉ AND PRINCIPE

ECUADOR

GABON

CON

LANDARBEIDERSBOND

Marin Rolong Ever Luis † 04-Ene-14

ZIMBABWE

PERU

BRAZIL

Goyeneche Gomez Manuel Ignacio † 06-Ene-14 Salazar Jose Julian † 13-Ene-14

BOLIVIA

Namundia Queragama Liz Menia † 23-Ene-14 Palacios Arquimedes † 04-Abr-14 Quinto Jesus Adan

PARAGUAY

† 09-Abr-14

Solorzano Arenas Wilson Javier † 29-Abr-14 Rodriguez Cantillo Tomas † 09-May-14 Aponte Bedoya Pablo Emilio † 16-May-14 Acanamejoy Jose Antonio † 17-May-14 Esterilla Jose Yiner † 17-May-14 Lopez Ortega Deivi † 17-May-14 Yatacue Secue Brayan † 17-May-14 Avendaño Arango Jose Arlex † 16-Jun-14 Osorio Ochoa Diego † 03-Jul-14 Santos Jimenez Edith Del Consuelo † 29-Ago-14

VAKCENTRALE

» CGTP « Campagne met de vakbonden voor textiel, export landbouw, overheid en huishoudelijk personeel tegen speciale wetten die rechten verminderen en organisatie in vakbonden belemmeren; versterking campagne-capaciteiten en organising in deze sectoren. Peru

CHILEE URUGUAY

ARGENTINA

NGO ESCUELA NACIONAL SINDICAL IN TERNATIONALE

Uribe Jhon Jairo † 16-Sep-14

FEDERATIE VOOR DE

Jimenez Portilla Alvaro Andres † 20-Sep-14 Hincapie Arenas Jorge Elias † 23-Sep-14 Medina Ortega Nelson † 17-Oct-14

SOCIALE MAATSTAF


» GAPWUZ « Organisatieversterking: organiseren en recruteren, heropzetten of vernieuwd opzetten van structuren; communicatie met de leden; belangenbehartiging en loononderhandelingen. Ghana

PUBLIEKE SECTOR

» PSI « Recht op onderhandelen in publieke sector. Colombia

» ENS « Steun bij versterking vakbeweging – 2013 De ENS levert de noodzakelijke informatie voor de vakcentrales CUT en CTC om campagne te voeren tegen de schending van vakbondsrechten. Colombia

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TRADE UNION RIGHTS WORLD WIDE

Protest letters and letter campaigns 2014 January Cambodia – FNV letter FNV Vice-President Catelene Passchier sent a letter on behalf of the FNV to the Prime Minister of Cambodia, protesting against the violence used by the police and soldiers against demonstrating garment workers. The garment workers had downed tools to demonstrate for higher wages. Four garment workers were killed, 39 wounded and over 23 arrested.

ARBEIDS - NGO

» KAV LAOVED « Capaciteit ambtenaren van het Palestijnse Ministerie van Arbeid verbeteren om schendingen van de rechten van Palestijnse arbeiders door Israëlische werkgevers aan te pakken. Palestina

ARBEIDS - NGO

» BLF « Organisatie + bewustwording van rechten en gezondheid/veiligheid op werkplek van werknemers leerlooierijen. Bangladesh

Colombia – FNV letter Mondiaal FNV President Leo Hartveld sent a protest letter on behalf of the FNV to the President of Colombia in connection with the murder of Pedro Alejandrino Camperos and Carlos Carcia Herreros of the public service union FENASER. Turkey – FNV letter FNV President Ton Heerts sent a letter on behalf of the FNV to Prime Minister Erdogan, protesting against the suppression and violence used by the police against members of the public sector union KESK.

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POLAND

BELARUS

KAZAKHSTAN

UKRAINE INE ROMANIA

GREECE

SYRIA

IRAN

IRAQ

JORDAN

LIBYA

KYRGYZSTAN

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

SAUDI ARABIA

EGYPT

ERITREA

CHAD

SUDAN

INDIA

MYANMAR (BURMA)

SOMALIA

SRI LANKA

BRUNEI

KENYA

MALAWI

COMOROS

MOZAMBIQUE

» ZCTU « INDONESIA D Versterking vakbeweging: training van scholingsmedewerkers en leden bij vakbonden in vakbondsrechten; ledenwerving; mobilisatie. Zimbabwe

SOLOMON ISLANDS

LESOTHO

SOUTH AFRICA I

AUSTRALIA VAKBOND VOOR BEVEILIGINGSPERSONEEL

» ZISEGU « Opbouw en versterking van de vakbond. Zimbabwe

ONDERZOEKSINSTITUUT

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN CAPE

Opzetten kennis- en informatiebank ter bevordering van de naleving van de regelgeving voor flexwerk; erkenning rechten flexwerkers, organising. Zuid-Afrika

» NALEDI « Democratische organisatie en erkenning van rechten op de werkplek, ook voor de meest kwetsbare werknemers. Zuid-Afrika

NAURU

September EAST TIMOR

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Bangladesh – Writers’ Network Solidarity action to encourage and support the garment workers in Bangladesh. The Writers’ Network signed action postcards with the words “Snoopers wanted” making it clear that they were being watched closely over the shoulders of the trade unions in the garment factories in Bangladesh. In June, Ton Heerts visited the unions in Bangladesh and handed over 626 action postcards PALAU to Nazrul Islam Khan, the President of the trade union federation IndustriALL in Bangladesh. PAPUA NEW GUINEA

VAKCENTRALE

MADAGASCAR MADAGA DAGASCAR ZIMBABWE

PHILIPPINES

MALAYSIA

TANZANIA ZAMBIA

VIETNAM

CAMBODIA

BURUNDI

NAMIBIA

TAIWAN

LAOS THAILAND

RWANDA

ANGOLA

May

BHUTAN

YEMEN

ETHIOPIA UGANDA

DEM. REP. OF CONGO

NEPAL

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CHINA

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Colombia – FNV letter Mondiaal FNV President Leo Hartveld sent a letter on behalf of the FNV to the President and the Minister of Labour of Colombia, because of the murder of trade union leader Luis Marin Ever JAPAN Rolong and the death threats against Gamboa Rafael Maldonado, President of the trade union SINALTRACEBA.

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UZBEKISTAN

BULGARIA

MALTA

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Colombia – Letter to the President and the Minister of Labour of Colombia in VANUATU which FNV and CNV express their deep concern about the trade union and human rights situation in Colombia in general and the FIJI increase in the number of threats against trade unionists in particular. FNV and CNV urged the government of Colombia to take effective measures to ensure the safety of the trade unionists and to respect the international ILO labour conventions.

October

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Swaziland – Writers’ Network The Writers’ Network wrote in support of the unions in Swaziland. The government of Swaziland announced an immediate ban on all employees’ and employers’ organisations. This means a gross violation of ILO convention 87, guaranteeing the right to freedom of organisation for employees and employers, which is a universally recognised right.

December Bangladesh – Urgent Action Network The Urgent Action Network added its support to the campaign launched by the Clean Clothes Campaign to compel Benetton to pay damages to the thousands of victims and dependents of the Bengalese Rana Plaza factory disaster. The Italian fashion giant is the only international label that continues to refuse to contribute to the fund that has been established to compensate the victims and family members.


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COMOROS

ANGOLA

MADAGA ADAGASCAR Z ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA

TUMEC BREAKS OPEN THE TRADE UNION LANDSCAPE” IN THE DRC

BOTSWANA SWA SW WAZILAND WAZ AZ LESE LESOTHO LESO

SOUTH AFRICA

DIDIER OKONDA’S DREAM The Democratic Republic of the Congo –DRC for short – is a ‘small country’ as far as Mondiaal FNV is concerned. This is of course odd, as the country is the size of entire Western Europe. The position of the trade union, however, makes it diffi cult to be active in the DRC to good effect. In 2010, Mondiaal FNV staff member Tuur Elzinga travelled to the former Belgian colony. “At that time, there was little for us to lend our support to: the Congolese trade union movement was hopelessly divided.” During his visit, Elzinga was told that there were no fewer than five hundred trade union federations in the Congo! The fragmentation was a direct consequence of the system that focuses on organisation ‘from the top down’. In theory, anyone may register a federation in the DRC and all centrally registered federations may participate in union elections, which are held every four years. Once elected as union representatives, these union leaders receive money from employers for their representation. Most of the unions are set up specifically with this remuneration in mind, as a money spinner for the founder-cum-representative – though only for as long as they keep the workers quiet. Worker representation is virtually non-existent. Elzinga: “These federations therefore have no programme: they win elections chiefly via beer and T-shirt handouts.” TUMEC, a new A representative of the union TUMEC addressing the workers

federation in the mining and industry sectors, has recently broken this pattern. TUMEC is the brainchild of (among others) Congolese accountant and trade union leader Didier Okonda. He decided not to give beer handouts, but to create a union that above all listens to the members and whose representatives may be elected on the basis of a programme that is also drawn up by the members. Elzinga: “this sounds crazy, but it is unique. And it has taken off big time. TUMEC now has some nine thousand paying (this, too, is exceptional!) members.” More than two thousand are women. TUMEC is one of the few unions in the DRC that keeps a record of such figures. At the union elections in 2014 TUMEC immediately became one of the country’s larger confederations. In a number of companies, TUMEC is now the biggest worker representative. Via the international umbrella organisation IndustriALL, FNV Bondgenoten is funding a proportion of the organisation expenses of the young organisation. Owing to the vast size of the DRC, just visiting branches in other parts of the country is tremendously expensive. “At present TUMEC is unable to pay for this from its own income, which is still very small. TUMEC’s monthly turnover – mainly comprising members’ dues – is barely a few thousand dollars”, explains Elzinga. TUMEC’s growth is viewed with apprehension not only by the other unions in the Congo, but also those elsewhere in Africa, says Elzinga. “TUMEC seems to be redesigning the whole fragmented and corrupt trade union landscape. For that reason alone, it is important that Didier Okonda’s dream is succeeding.”


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TRADE UNION RIGHTS IRAN

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SAUDI ARABIA

WRITING FOR OSANLOO

OMANN

“PERSONAL ATTENTION, THAT’S THE SECRET”

ERITRREA

YEMEN

Iranian trade union leader Mansour Osanloo was repeatedly arrested by the police and secret services beween 2005 and 2008. His crime: standing up for the rights of Teheran’s bus drivers.

Mansour Osanloo

He was almost like a repeat offender: between 2005 and 2008,

some of my prison guards, themselves from working-class back-

the Iranian union leader Mansour Osanloo was repeatedly

grounds, advising them on how to pursue work-related griev-

arrested by the police and secret services. His crime: standing

ances against their employer.”

up for the rights of Teheran‘s bus drivers. The last time that Osanloo was arrested was in 2008, on a charge of ‘spreading

One of the people in the Netherlands who concerned himself

propaganda against the system’. And then things became seri-

with the fate of Mansour Osanloo was former Building Union

ous. He was imprisoned in the infamous Evin prison, the ‘San

leader Antoon Schrijver (1938). For over 35 years, Schrijver (his

Quintin’ of Iran. His imprisonment lasted for over five years. He

Dutch name even means ‘Writer’ or ‘Scribe’!) has organised let-

wrote the following about it: “I was physically and psychologi-

ter campaigns for political prisoners all over the world. Osanloo

cally tortured and threatened with rape. My interrogators also

was one of the cases. Schrijver remembers writing a short,

said: ‘No one knows you are here, we can easily kill you with

polite letter to the President of Iran. “One must always remain

impunity‘. They often threatened to detain my wife and chil-

polite.” Friendly, but hitting the mark is how Schrijver describes

dren and torture and rape them. My son Puyesh was imprisoned

it. He protested at Osanloo’s unjust imprisonment and the ill

and tortured”. During the five years of his imprisonment,

treatment that he was having to endure. “I never received a

Osanloo spent many months in solitary confinement.

reply, but some time later I heard that he had been released. That gives a fantastic feeling, every time again.” Of course

Osanloo is now a free man again. Osanloo himself believes that

Schrijver is not the only one who writes. He is the pivotal figure

he owes his freedom to the international attention and solidar-

behind a network of active letter writers. Nowadays, a lot goes

ity with his ‘case’ worldwide. He writes: “I was fortunate

via the computer, but sometimes letters are still written by

enough to have widespread international support, especially

hand and sent in an envelope with a stamp on. “Personal atten-

from international labour unions and human rights organisa-

tion, that’s the secret. The recipients of the letters need to

tions News about my case had an effect on my relationship with

realise that the letters were written by real people. I never

the prison guards. They were exposed to the news about my

send pre-printed letters, but always compose my own text.

activism and reasons behind my imprisonment through satellite

Concise and to the point. I know for a fact that that works.

television channels and the Internet. As a result, their attitude toward me changed over time. I even forged friendships with


PRECARIOUS WORK WORLD WIDE

PRECARIOUS WORK

FNV

PRECARIOUS WORK CONFERENTIE 27-28 november Nederland

cases op de conferentie

WORLD WIDE

ONDERZOEKSORGANSIATIE

» NALEDI « Organising en verbinding schoonmakers, transportwerkers, beveiligers op het O.R. Tambo International Airport. Zuid-Afrika

The trend towards precarious work is increasing globally. Many people work in a situation in which they earn too little to support themselves, without a decent contract or the prospect of secure work, social protection or the right to organise. Secure jobs are being replaced by pre-

VAKBOND

carious work, people are being forced to become

» CMCTEU & INDUSTRIALL « Duizenden veelal migrantarbeiders in Mauritius georganiseerd, focus op betrekken vrouwelijke werkers. Mauritius

self-employed and they then end up in the informal economy. In any event, precarious work

ALASKA

undermines decent labour conditions and trade union organisation and thereby the possibility

C A N A D A

for people to build a future for themselves. FNV

NORWAY

VAKBOND

IRELAND

» MARITIME & DOCK WORKERS UNION « Door samenwerking met havenautoriteiten voorkomen dat dagloners aan de kant werden gezet als gevolg van privatisering van de haven. Ghana

NGOs commit themselves to creating greater security for workers. This world atlas displays the projects supported by Mondiaal FNV in 2014 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

work and income’ for people in precarious work.

GERMANY FRANCE

PORTUGAL

SPAIN TUNISIA

M

ALGERIA

VAKBOND

CO MEXICO MEXICO

EN MAAKINDUSTRIE

» INDUSTRIALL « Vakbonden versterken om de praktijk van uitbesteden van werk te veranderen of af te schaffen. Colombia


HONDURAS

EL SALVADOR

INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDS FEDERATIE VOOR MIJN -, ENERGIE -

HAITI

JAMAICA

BELIZE GUATEMALA

NICARAGUA


» FSPMI « Met succes campagne gevoerd voor invoering wetgeving over outsourcing en dagloners, die sinds 2012 recht hebben op sociale zekerheidsvoorzieningen. Indonesië GUYANA FRENCH GUIANA BARBADOS

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

VENEZUELA

PANAMA

COLOMBIA

MALI

GAMBIA

NIGER

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUINEA

BURKINA FASO BENIN CÔTE D'IVOIRE

SIERRA LEONE

GHANA

CAMEROON

LIBERIA

ECUADOR

EQUAT. GUINEA

GABON

PERU

CON

BRAZIL VAKBONDSFEDERATIE

BOLIVIA PARAGUAY

CHILE URUGUAY

» GTUC « Meer informele werkers bereiken over sociale zekerheidsprogramma’s voor informeel werkenden Ghana

ARGENTINA

ONDERZOEKSINSTITUUT

» PLADES « Steun aan organisaties van informeel werkenden. Helpen in het voeren van lobby- en dialoogactiviteiten om voor hun rechten en gewoon goed werk op te komen. Peru

NIGERIA

TOGO


COMMERCIËLE , FINANCIËLE ,

» UNI « Bevorderen van gewoon goed werk in multinationals Carrefour, Kimberley Clark, Telefonic, American Movil.

MAURITANIA SENEGAL

SURINAME

VAKBONDSFEDERATIE VOOR GRAFISCHE EN INDUSTRIËLE SECTOR

WESTERN SAHARA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA


INTERNATIONALE


ITALY

MOROCCO

THE BAHAMAS

= all the countries in which the projects are conducted. The world map gives a description of a selection of these projects

SWE

UNITED KINGDOM

supports projects where trade unions and labour

where the primary theme is ‘greater certainty in

ICELAND

VAKBOND VOOR HUISHOUDELIJK MEDEWERKERS

» SINTRRAHOL « Training in professionele, persoonlijke en communicatieve vaardigheden van huishoudelijk medewerkers, arbeidsscholing voor leden van SINTTRAHOL. Peru

WORKERS WORLD MEDIA PRODUCTIONS Jongeren, vrouwen, vakbonden trainen via labour community radio in mediaen organisatievaardigheden om hun gemeenschappen te mobiliseren voor rechten en gewoon goed werk. Zuid-Afrika

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PRECARIOUS WORK WORLD WIDE

INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDS -

ARBEIDS - NGO » OSHE & BLF « Verbeteren arbeidsomstandigheden van ongeorganiseerde landarbeiders, bewustmaken rechten, veiligheid, opzetten organisatie die hen kan vertegenwoordigen in sociale dialoog. Bangladesh

FEDERATIE VOOR DE BOUW - EN HOUTSECTOR


» BWI « Verbetering leef- en arbeidsomstandigheden van arbeidsmigranten in Azië. O.a. voorlichting in Nepal aan arbeidsmigranten die naar Qatar gaan om te werken.

VAKBONDS - NGO

» TIE « Versterken Zelforganisatie van precaire werkneemsters in de publieke sector in Nederland en Turkije.

FEDERATIE VOOR DE MIJN -, ENERGIE - EN MAAKSECTOR

» INDUSTRIALL « Verbetering arbeidsomstandigheden van scheepsslopers. India, Bangladesh

ARBEIDS - NGO » OSHE « Organisatie van vuilnisrapers en hen bewust maken van veiligheid en gezondheid. Bangladesh

INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDS FEDERATIE VOOR DE BOUW - EN HOUTSECTOR

» BWI « arbeidsrechten in projecten van de RAsiaADevelopment T I O N Bank. India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh

FINLAND

R U S S I A N

DEN

POLAND

KAZAKHSTANN

UKRAINE RA

GREECE

KYRGYZSTAN KYRGY G

SYRIA

PAKISTAN AK

SAUDI ARABIA

EGYPT

ERITREA

CHAD

SUDAN

MY MYANMAR M (BURMA)

SOMALIA

THAILAND

VIETNAM

PHILIPPINES

SRI LANKA

NETWERK VOOR STRAATVERKOPERS

» NASVI « Campagne voor de invoering van de Social Security Act voor ongeorganiseerde werknemers en om druk uit te oefenen op de overheid zodat PAPUA NEW EWdeze GUINEA voorziet in NAURUsociale zekerheid voor informele werknemers. India SOLOMON ISLANDS

BRUNEI

PALAU

MALAYSIA INTERNATIONALE VAK -

RWANDA

BONDSFEDERATIE VOOR DE

BURUNDI

BOUW - EN HOUTSECTOR

TANZANIA ZAMBIA

TAIWAN

LAOS

CAMBODIA

KENYA

UGANDA

MALAWI

COMOROS

MADAGASCAR

NAMIBIA

INDIA

YEMEN

ETHIOPIA

ZIMBABWE

» SAVE « Verbeteren van arbeidsrechten van kledingarbeiders, bestrijding gebonden arbeid door meisjes. India

BHUTAN

DJIBOUTI


ANGOLA

ARBEIDS - NGO

BANGLADESH OMAN

DEM. REP. OF CONGO

NEPAL

JAPAN JA APA

S. KOREA REA

CCHINA HIN

KASHMIR

AFGHANISTAN

IRAN R

IRAQ

JORDAN

A

N. KOREA

TURKMENISTAN RK

TURKEY

LIBYA

MONGOLIA

UUZBEKISTAN

BULGARIA

NGO

» APVVU « Opkomen voor rechten, positie, arbeidsomstandigheden van ongeorganiseerde landarbeiders; Armoede op het platteland te verminderen door het bosbeheer te verbeteren, met deelname van Adivasi (inheemse volken) en gemeenschappen die afhankelijk zijn van het bos. India

BELARUS

ROMANIA

MALTA

F E D E

LANDARBEIDERSVAKBOND

MOZAMBIQUE

BOTSWANA SWAZILAND LESOTHO

SOUTH AFRICA A

» BWI « Vakbondsorganisatie en -actie in bouw- en infrastructuurprojecten in Oost-Afrika voor gewoon goed werk. Monitoren (inter)nationale overeenkomsten, rechten werknemers in Kenia, Tanzania, Oeganda, Rwanda, Zuid-Afrika, Zimbabwe

INDONESIA EAST TIMOR

AUSTRALIA

VANUATU » VAKCENTRALE KSPI « Bereiken decent work, sociale zekerheid, gelijkFIJI heid mannen en vrouwen en uitvoering van de wet op outsourcing. Indonesië

NEW ZEALAND (in 23 landen) WERELDWIJD INTERNATIONALE ALLIANTIE VOOR STRAATVERKOPERS

WERELDWIJD (in 15 landen) INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDSFE -

» STREETNET INTERNATIONAL « Betere arbeidsvoorwaarden en meer zekerheid in werk voor straatverkopers.

DERATIE VOOR HUISHOUDELIJK MEDEWERKERS ONDERZOEKSINSTITUUT IN ZIMBABWE

» UNIVERSITY « OF WESTERN CAPE Onderzoek naar regulering van onzeker werk, een betere arbeidswetgeving en regelgeving. Zuid-Afrika.

» LEDRIZ « Onderzoek naar de deregulering en flexibilisering van werk en het vookomen van onzeker werk. Benin, Ghana, Kenia, Malawi, Nigeria, Oeganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, ZuidAfrika.

» IUF « Huishoudelijk medewerkers claimen hun rechten en positie.

WERELDWIJD (in 5 landen) INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDSFEDERATIE VOOR TRANSPORT

WERELDWIJD (in 6 landen) INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDSFEDERATIE VOOR PUBLIEKE SECTOR

» PSI « Werken aan decent work en sociale bescherming voor arbeidsmigranten de publieke sectoren.

» ITF « Capaciteit van vakbonden versterken om op te komen voor betere arbeidsomstandigheden en positie van informele transportwerkers, incl. vrouwelijke medewerkers


PRECARIOUS WORK NETHERLANDS

UNIT NITED KINGDOM KINGD IRELAND AND

ITALY ITA PORTUGALL

SPAIN TUNI UNISIA

MORO ROCCO

PRECARIOUS WORK CONFERENCE COMPLETELY FLEXY IS NOT AT ALL SEXY

In Bangladesh, South Africa, Mauritius, Nepal, Peru, Colombia,

In November 2014, together with its international partners ITUC and IndustriAL, Mondiaal FNV organised the International Working Conference on Trade Union Strategies on Precarious Work. It was a firstever achievement: trade unionists from all the continents assembled in Amsterdam to share experiences on how ‘precarious work’ can best be combated.

Kenya… all over the place there are trade unions and labour NGOs actively engaged in the fight against the growing trend of precarious work. However, still very little information is shared on which strategies do or don’t work and why. For the over 60 participants, the conference provided a much appreciated platform for exchanging questions and experiences and talking in detail about best practices in different countries. The following is a small selection of the inspiring stories: In South Africa, Naledi, a research institute affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions, organises workers at the O.R. Tambo International Airport and shows how cleaners, transport workers and security guards are stronger if they act in unison. The union CMCTEU, in collaboration with IndustriALL, has organised thousands of people, mainly migrant workers, in Mauritius, and is keen to specifically involve female workers. Through working with the Ports and Harbours Authority, the Maritime and Dock Workers Union in Ghana has been able to prevent the contract workers being laid off as a result of the privatisation of the port. In Indonesia, the FSPMI is successfully campaigning for implementation of legislation on outsourcing and contract workers, who since 2012 now have the right to social security provisions. During the conference, a researcher at www.thebrokeronline.eu presented the discussion paper ‘Low wages and job insecurity as a destructive global standard’ and launched the animated film ‘Welcome to Corpocratia’. This film shows in an ironic manner how the result of precarious work, euphemistically termed ‘independent entrepreneurship’ (‘completely flexy is the new sexy’), is that workers are only concerned with survival and are denied the chance to build up a decent existence. For many participants from the south, it was an eye-opener that in Europe as well as

A dockworker carrying heavy cargo to a ship

the United States, more and more people are being condemned to precarious work. The issue of precarious work can rightly be termed a global issue and can only be tackled if local unions and global unions work together to lobby for their political agenda. The website www.precariouswork.org which was launched during the conference will also be used in the future as a platform to continue to share best practices.


MALTA

OMANN

COLOMBIA

H I HAITI BEL BE ELIZE L GUATEMALAA GUATEM

DOMINICAN REP REP.

KENIA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ST KITTS AND NEVIS

HONDURA HONDURAS RA


EL SALVADOR

ERITRREA SUDAN


COSTA RICA

TRAL REPUBLIC

VENEZUELA ELA GUUY A GGUYANA

COLOMBIA CO OMB

YEMEN

DJ DJIBOUTI

ETHIOPIA

SOMA MALIA

FRE FRENC SU SURINAME

DEM. REP. OF CONGO

ECUUADOR

BU BURUNDI

ZAMBIA MBIA

PE PERU BRA

ONE VOTE FOR STREET VENDORS IN KENYA

MAALAWI

COMOROS

MADAGA ADAGASCAR

TAXI DRIVERS IN COLOMBIA GIVEN LABOUR CONTRACT

The improvised stalls of sellers of mangos and peanuts, telep-

It was big news in Colombia: employers now have to

sweets are an integral part of the street scene in Kenyan towns.

give taxi drivers a labour contract, pay pension contri-

It is predominantly women and young people, and also many

butions and also take out occupational incapacity and

children, who offer their goods for sale on the streets. It is esti-

health insurances, otherwise the drivers are not allowed

mated that these amount to about 10 million informal workers,

to go out on the road, according to the decree signed by

who together contribute as much as 18% to the Gross National

President Juan Manuel Santos in June 2014.

Product. Yet there are few who concern themselves with their

hone cards, the latest fashion in sunglasses and multi-coloured

fate.

Alfredo Medina

Young street vendors selling snacks

Alfredo Medina is a taxi driver in the city of Ibagué, a

The street vendors are systematically intimidated by the local aut-

four-hour drive away to the west of the capital Bogotá.

horities; without legal rights they are an easy prey to corruption

He is one of the people who on behalf of the transport

and also physical violence. The Kenya National Alliance of Street

union SNTT has for many years been pushing for the

Vendors and Informal Traders (KENASVIT) is working hard on orga-

decree. Medina explains: “This had long been regulated by

nising the street vendors. It works best if the lines are short,’ says

law, but as frequently happens in our country, it was vir-

national coordinator Francis Kapere, ‘we encourage the street ven-

tually ignored and as taxi driver you were at the mercy of

dors to organise in groups, who form part of their city’s urban alli-

the whims of your employer.” In its fight, the SNTT

ance, which in its turn is affiliated to KENASVIT.’ The organisation

received support from the FNV and the ITF, the

trains the leaders at the various levels as to how to conduct collec-

International Federation for Employees in the Transport

tive bargaining and how to enter into dialogue with the local aut-

Sector. And there was a lot at stake. Medina continues:

horities. Combating child labour is an important part of the trai-

“You may easily turn up for work one day and your boss

ning. Kapere: ‘These people who work so hard and make a major

says ‘No, I’ve sold the car’. So there you are then, without

contribution to the economy of our country deserve to be treated

work or money.” For 800,000 taxi drivers in Colombia this

with dignity. We do our utmost to make them aware of their rights

is now officially a thing of the past.

and give them the self-respect to raise their voices.’


IN ACTION FOR GARMENT WORKERS IN BANGLADESH

NEPALL

BHU BHUT HUTAN HU

BANGLA BANGLADESH GLADESHH INDIA

LA LAOS THAILAND

SNOOPERS IN BANGLADESH Bangladesh was one of Mondiaal FNV’s programme countries in 2014, and will remain so for the time being. The Dutch trade unions have supported the garment workers in Bangladesh for a considerable time now. Unions were banned for a long time and workers still run the risk of being sacked if they become members, which they certainly have every reason to do! The work in the textile factories and workshops is heavy, dangerous and underpaid. And that’s without even mentioning the subject of child labour, which still exists in the many atelier sweatshops where clothing is made – for the Dutch market too. With the Rana Plaza disaster in April 2013, in which 1,138 workers lost their lives when a factory building collapsed, things started to gather momentum. Suddenly the eyes of the world were on Bangladesh. And suddenly, businesses and fashion labels that had previously turned a deaf ear were willing to work towards corporate social responsibility. To increase the pressure on textile companies ‘snoopers’ were needed: people who make it their business to fi nd out what’s going on, who dare to open their mouths and who listen to the factory and atelier workers’ cry for help. Using the slogan ‘Snoopers wanted’, Mondiaal FNV started a postcard action among FNV members last year out of solidarity with the clothing workers in Bangladesh. In June 2014 ‘chief snooper’ Ton Heerts handed over a stack of more than a thousand postcards to the presidents of fourteen trade union federations in Bangladesh. And he himself went to take a look inside one of the textile factories in Dhaka. Heerts explains: “The executive director gave the impression of really wanting to improve the living and working conditions.” And the most important step had now been taken: with no reprisals from the executive director, the employees had become organised in a union. Slowly, changes are beginning to take place in the textile industry. Snooping helps! In some two hundred textile factories trade unions are now active. This sounds like a lot, and it is certainly no mean feat, but in the capital city of Dhaka alone there are some 5,500 textile factories. The improvements are mostly restricted to the larger, more visible factories. Inspecting the smaller out-of-theway ateliers – the so-called downstream industry – is much more difficult to achieve. They are seldom visited by foreign delegations, being too remote. The second stage of the campaign on the path to clean clothes is increasing the international pressure right down to these small, informal ateliers. Here, too, snoopers are welcome!


C MBO A CAMBODIA CA

SRI LANKA SR

MAA

In June 2014 FNV President Ton Heerts handed over the first 626 postcards ( ‘snoopers’) to Narul Islam Khan, president of IndustriALL in Bangladesh. 1300 postcards in total were signed.


CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WORLD WIDE

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WERELDWIJD FNV interprets Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as meaning that companies keep at a mini-

DERATIE VOOR COMMERCIËLE , FINANCIELE , GRAFISCHE EN

International Labour Organisation ILO: the free-

INDUSTRIËLE SECTOREN

dom of workers to organise and to collective bar-

» UNI « UNI Network International Het monitoren van een aantal bedrijven op naleving vakbondsrechten, (internationale) campagne Dvoeren A tegen deze bedrijven in geval van schending zodat ze hun gedrag aanpassen. Bevorderen van Decent Work in een aantal multinationals zoals Carrefour, Kimberley Clark and Telefonic en American Movil. Colombia

gaining on labour conditions, no child labour, no forced labour and no discrimination. In addition to ALASKA

the above, many countries regard other criteria as essential, such as payment of a living wage. FNV

C A N A

calls companies to account for their social policy and supports trade unions in negotiating with companies. This world atlas displays the projects that Mondiaal FNV supported in 2014 and which predominantly are related to CSR as practised by companies. The FNV’s commitment to CSR also

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

applies to activities in the Netherlands.

» IUF « Vakbondsrechten in de bloemensector: bijdragen aan de organisatieversterking van vakbonden, het recht op organisatie en cao-onderhandeling, verbeteren van werkomstandigheden en bevorderen van sociale dialoog. Colombia

ICELAND

NORWAY NORW

» FNV BONDGENOTEN « EN DE FÉDÉRATION NATIONALE DU

SWE

UNITED UNIT NIT KINGDOM KINGD INGD

SECTEUR AGRICOLE IN MAROKKO

» UMT « IRELAND AND Scholingsproject voor kaderleden van Landbouwvakbond FNSA-UMT; opbouw sociale dialoog, scholing over veilige PORTUGALL arbeidsomstandigheden in Marokko

GERMANY FRANCE

ITALY

SPAIN AIN TUNISIA

THE BAHAMAS

CO MEXICO GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR

HA HAIT HAITI

JAMAICA

BELIZE

DOMINICAN AN REP.

DOMINICA CA ST LUCIA UCIA ST VIN VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES GRENADA

NICARAGUA

GUYANA SURINAME

FRENCH GUIANA

NIGER

BURKINA FASO

GUINEA

BENIN CÔTE D'IVOIRE

SIERRA LEONE

COLOMBIA

MALI AL

SENEGAL

GUINEA-BISSAU

VENEZUELA

PANAM PANAMA

MAURITANIA GAMBIA


COSTA RICA COS

AALGERIA WESTERN SAHARA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

STT KITTS AND NEVIS

HONDURAS

» ENS « Onderzoek naar het gedrag van nationale en internationale bedrijven in naleving arbeidsrechten. Colombia

GHANA

NIGERIA

TOGO

CAMEROON

LIBERIA

EQUAT. GUINEA

SÃO TOMÉ AAND PRINCIPE

ECUADOR EC


GABON

FEDERATIE BOUW - EN HOUTSECTOR

» BWI « Bouwbonden helpen Decent Work te bevorderen en cao-onderhandelingen te voeren voor de bouw en hout sector waarin diverse multinationale ondernemingen actief zijn. Colombia

BRAZIL BOLIVIA PARAGUAY

» GAWU « Ontwikkeling van kinderarbeidvrije zones in plattelandsgemeenschappen. Ghana

CCHILE URUGUAY

ARGENTINA

FEDERATIE VOOR DE TRANSPORT

SOCIALE MAATSTAF


VAKBONDSFEDERATIE VOOR KLEDINGARBEIDERS

» FNTTP « Versterken van de capaciteit om arbeidsrechten in de textiel- en kledingsector te bewaken, te beschermen en in geval van schending ongedaan te maken. Peru

CON

LANDBOUWVAKBOND

PERU


» ITF « Werknemers in Latijns-Amerikaanse luchtvaartindustrie organiseren, cao-onderhandelingen, verbeteren arbeidsomstandigheden en sociale dialoog, bevorderen solidariteit werknemers in diverse landen. Colombia en Peru

M

MOROCCO

INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDSFEDERATIE VOOR DE BLOEMENSECTOR

» FNV BONDGENOTEN « VAKBONDS - NGO » TIE « Uitwisseling (kennis, solidariteit) tussen kaderleden uit de cacaoverwerkende industrie in Nederland en Ghana

INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDSFE -

mum to the fundamental labour norms of the

VAKBONDS - NGO VAKBONDSFEDERATIE VOOR WERKNEMERS IN DE LANDBOUW

»FENTAGRO « Samenwerking Fentagro en FNV in de keten van Peruaanse landbouwproducten die in Nederlandse supermarkten liggen met als doel de slechte omstandigheden te verbeteren. Peru

» TIE « Zelforganisatie van werknemers in Nederland en Brazilië bij DAF (Paccar) door uitwisseling van kennis over en ervaring in vakbondswerk en vakbondsopbouw. Nederland en Brazilië

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» FNV « Mondiaal FNV en FNV-sectoren zijn betrokken bij initiatieven voor afspreken convenanten in de IMVO risico-sectoren: sectoren waar hoog risico is op mensenrechtenschendingen in de keten. Nederland

INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDSFEDERATIE VOOR DE PUBLIEKE SECTOR

» PSI « Integratie van de fundamentele arbeidsnormen in projecten van de Asia Development Bank. India

ARBEIDS - NGO FAIR WEAR FOUNDATION Bouw Living wage portal; webportal die een belangrijke internationale informatiebron zal zijn over leefbare lonen in de wereldwijde kledingindustrie Nederland

ARBEIDS - NGO

» BLF « Bewustwording, preventie en bestrijding van kinderarbeid in de belangrijkste sector van Bangladesh: de textielsector. Bangladesh

INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDS FEDERATIE VOOR DE TEXTIEL

FINLAND

R U S S I A N

DEN

POLAND

F E D E R A T I O N

BELARUS

KAZAKHSTAN

UKRAINE ROMANIA

GREECE

KYRGYZSTAN

SYRIA

IRAN

IRAQ

JORDAN

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

SAUDI ARABIA

EGYPT

ERITREA

CHAD

SUDAN

ARBEIDS - NGO » OSHE « Werken aan decent work op de scheepssloopwerven Bangladesh

BHUTAN

IINDIA

MYANMAR (BURMA)

YEMEN

DJIBOUTI

TAIWAN

LAOS THAILAND


VIETNAM

CAMBODIA

PHILIPPINES INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDS -

FEDERATIE VOOR BOUW - EN


ETHIOPIA

A

SOMALIA

KENYA

UGANDA

DEM. REP. OF CONGO

NEPAL

JAPAN

S. KOREA

CHINA INA

KASHMIR

BANGLADESH OMAN

NGO

N. KOREA OREAA

TAJIKISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

TURKEY

LIBYA

MONGOLIA

UZBEKISTAN

BULGARIA

MALTA

» INDUSTRIALL « Werknemers in de kledingindustrie organiseren in vakbonden zodat ze beter kunnen strijden voor verbetering van hun arbeidsomstandigheden. Bangladesh

RWANDA BURUNDI

TANZANIA ZAMBIA

ANGOLA

MALAWI

FEDERATIE VOOR DE MIJN -,

SRI LANKA SR HOUTSECTOR

» BWI « Integratie van de fundamentele arbeidsrechten in projecten van de Asia Development Bank in Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh.

BRUNEI

ENERGIE - EN MAAKINDUSTRIE

PALAU

MALAYSIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

INDONESIA EAST TIMOR

COMOROS

MADAGASCAR ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA

MOZAMBIQUE

BOTSWANA

AUSTRALIA

SWAZILAND LESOTHO

SOUTH AFRICA

INTERNATIONALE VAKBONDS FEDERATIE VOOR BOUW - EN HOUTSECTOR

IN TERNATIONALE VAKBONDSFE DERATIE PUBLIEKE SECTOR

» PSI « Begeleiden aangesloten vakbonden in lobby voor een ander belastingsysteem, waardoor de overheidsinkomsten zullen stijgen en de werkgelegenheid in de publieke sector behouden blijft Ghana

» BWI « Meer vakbondsleden werven bij projecten in de infrastructuur in Zuid-Afrika en Zimbabwe, actieve deelname van de bonden in onderhandelingen en sociale dialoog om de condities te verbeteren, met name die van werkers met precair en onzeker werk en het ondersteunen van bonden in het beïnvloeden van het nationale beleid op precair / onzeker werk Zuid-Afrika, Zimbabwe

» INDUSTRIALL « Verbeteren van de capaciteit van NAURU vakbonden om sociale dialoog SOLOMON enISLANDS onderhandelingen te voeren, door training hoe om te gaan met multinationals, outsourcing, VANUATU het voeren van sociale dialoog en (internationaal) netwerken, FIJI door organisatieversterking van de bond en door eenheid op nationaal niveau tussen de bonden te ontwikkelen. Indonesië

NEW ZEALAND ND

In the Netherlands Mondiaal FNV participates in lobby & campaign acitivities with: • Fair Wear Foundation • Eerlijke Bankwijzer • MVO Platform • IDH elektronica / natuursteen / duurzaam hout FSC • Schone Kleren Campagne • Stop Kinderarbeid Campagne • Good Electronics • Fair Flowers and Plants Bij FNV Bondgenoten bestaan de werkgroepen cacao en hazelnoten.



DUTCH FAIR BANK GUIDE BECOMES EXPORT PRODUCT Mr M has a house in mind. Next comes the mortgage. Against the advice of his mortgage advisor he says: “I was thinking of the Rabobank as it’s a cooperative bank; it’s bound to be more socially minded than the other big banks.” The advisor says: “Hmm, that’s what you’d think, wouldn’t you, but the Rabo scores three little red devils on the Fair Bank Guide…”

In 2014, the Fair Bank Guide had already been in existence for

sectors. As a result of the investigation, the Rabobank and the

five years. It was founded in 2009, in the wake of the banking

ING, among others, have indicated that they will be increasing

crisis. The bank guide, which was an initiative by six civil-soci-

their vigilance with regard to their financing in the shipbuilding

ety organisations among which was the FNV, compares the ten

and shipbreaking industry. The textile sector is another area

major Dutch banks/banking groups in terms of their social res-

where the banks have announced improved monitoring of com-

ponsibility. The fear was that because of the crisis, corporate

panies they invest in.

social responsibility would be a lower priority for the banks. Pressure from the Fair Bank Guide has helped to prevent this.

Transparency is an ongoing area for attention, adds Lucia van

“Instead of a race to the bottom, the bank guide has in fact deli-

Westerlaak, FNV policy advisor. “For customers, it is often

vered upward competition”, says Astrid Kaag of Mondiaal FNV.

impossible to see where banks are investing their savings.

“The banks want at all costs to avoid landing at the bottom of

Banks prefer to keep this a secret. Slowly but surely, greater

the list.”

openness is emerging.”

By going to www.eerlijkebank guide.nl, customers in the

In the meantime, a fair insurance guide has also been launched

Netherlands are able to see how fair the banking practices of

and a fair pension guide is under development. “The ultimate

‘their bank’ are. How many smiling icons? How many little red

goal is an overall fair money guide,” says Van Westerlaak. The

devils? In the past five years, the site has been visited some

Fair Bank Guide’ success has been a source of inspiration inter-

half a million times! Over thirty thousand people have reque-

nationally. Similar initiatives have now been developed in Japan,

sted the bank guide’s bank switch service. In particular the

Belgium, France, Indonesia, Sweden and Brazil.

highest scoring banks (the ASN and Triodos) have seen tremendous growth in recent years. At the initiative of the FNV, the Bank guide has in the past few years investigated a number of sectors where violation of labour rights often occurs, such as the shipbreaking yards and the textile sector. What emerged was that Dutch banks invest worldwide in companies that play a dubious role in these


CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TEXTILE CHAIN

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FAR DOWN THE TEXTILE CHAIN It is ironic, but it took a disaster to open up the textile sector. Over 1000 people lost their lives when, on 24 April 2013, the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh collapsed. There had been several warnings that the premises were unsafe. But in Bangladesh manufacturers hardly need concern themselves with safety, labour rights or the environment.

Jacob Plat, trade union officer at FNV, has observed that since

down the chain. Plat says: “They say that this is competition-

that fatal day, international corporate social responsibility (ICSR)

sensitive information, but I don’t believe a word of it. I tend

is high on the agenda in the textile sector. “Previously, the ICSR

rather to believe that they don’t know themselves. And that is

portfolio was limited in size. I used to travel to Brussels several

embarrassing, to say the least.”

times a year to coordinate matters with the international sectoral union IndustriALL. Nowadays, I’m a member of a whole series

Plat’s most important weapon in the negotiations is publicity.

of working groups: on safety, on the living wage, on Corporate

“When it became known that there was a conflict between Cool

Social Responsibility, etc., Companies no longer want to be asso-

Cat and Minister Ploumen because the company had not signed

ciated with inhuman working conditions.”

a CSR agreement, this received wide media coverage. Less than a week later, Cool Cat’s signature stood firmly below the agree-

The FNV negotiator consults with the trade organisations in the

ments!”

clothing sector (Modint, Inretail and VGT) on an agreement to lead to a sustainable textile sector. That’s good news. And yet

But in the end, what it’s all about is of course the result: paper is

Plat finds that the negotiations are often not plain sailing. The

patient, which is why, to the annoyance of his discussion part-

issue of transparency, in particular, is constantly on the agenda.

ners, Plat always stresses the legal enforceability of agree-

Which materials come from which places? What is made where?

ments. “If a company flouts the agreements, then there must be

And who earns what? The textile chain is non-transparent.

consequences. It’s now too late for a noncommittal approach!”

Behind modern factories where everything appears to be in order, there often lurks a maze of sweatshops where the rights of workers are insignificant. Western fashion brands show very little inclination to provide insight into what is going on far Jacob Plat (left) on a working visit in Bangladesh


ABOUT MONDIAAL FNV’S WORK

PROJECTS

LOBBYING & CAMPAIGNS

Mondiaal FNV is part of the

NV Mondiaal gives colleagues

Mondiaal FNV’s programme

in the Netherlands, via the pro-

EQUITABLE GROWTH VIA DECENT WORK BY THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT

largest workers’ organisation in

in developing countries a voice

the Netherlands, the FNV. Mondiaal FNV gives direct sup-

vision of information, organis-

Mondiaal FNV stands for a fair,

port to democratic trade unions

ing of campaigns and by lobby-

just and sustainable division of

and related organisations in

ing in The Hague. Mondiaal

income and growth. One of the

STRONGER UNIONS – BETTER WORK – BETTER LIFE

Africa, Asia, Latin America, the

FNV actively takes part in the

ways to achieve this is to pro-

Trade unions and labour NGOs

Middle East and Central and

campaign ‘Stop Child Labour.

mote decent work for all work-

have made a visible contribu-

Eastern Europe in the form of a

School is the best place to

ing people. In a nutshell:

tion to a more equitable distri-

fi nancial contribution to pro-

work’, the Fair Wear

Decent Work delivers a fair

bution of income and wealth,

jects. Mondiaal FNV works

Foundation, the Fair Bank

income and strengthens occu-

with decent work, equal

jointly on initiatives and pro-

Guide and the Sustainable

pational safety and health, it

rights and livelihood security

jects set up by the interna-

Trade Initiative (IDH). The vol-

conveys social protection, and

for all. This programme will be

tional trade union organisa-

unteers in the Mondiaal FNV

freedom to people to organise

implemented in 9 programme

tions, such as the International

North working party organise

and to participate in social

countries ( Ghana, Zimbabwe,

Trade Union Confederation or

the distribution of Mondiaal

dialogue. Decent Work com-

South Africa, Bangladesh,

the Global Union Federations

FNV material as well as organ-

prises human rights and social

China (being phased out), India,

(the globally organised sectoral

ising actions in the

rights, all enshrined interna-

Indonesia, Colombia, Peru) and

unions) and funds projects

north of the country.

tionally. The (international)

in a number of countries in East

trade union movement, with all

Africa: Kenya, Rwanda,

its members on the shop fl oor

Tanzania, Uganda; Burundi.

year, Mondiaal FNV supports

COLLABORATION WITH FNV UNIONS

between 150 and 200 projects

The trade unions affi liated to

able to tackle Decent Work at

the FNV are also involved in

various levels: at national level

GLOBAL WORK PROGRAMME

FINANCIAL RESOURCES

the solidarity work of the FNV.

(legislation), international

The focus in this programme is

The fi nancial resources come

FNV Bondgenoten, ABVAKABO

level (framework agreements

decent work and secure jobs

mainly from the Ministry for

FNV, FNV Bouw, and the

with multinationals) as well as

provided by companies and

Development Cooperation

General Education Union (Aob)

in the workplace (collective

organisations in the private

within the framework of the

work actively in their sector in

agreements). Mondiaal FNV

and public sectors. This

Trade Union Co-Financing

support of colleagues in devel-

enables trade unions in devel-

programme will be imple-

Programme VMP. In addition,

oping and transitional coun-

oping countries to do this in

mented in countries on the PSD

Mondiaal FNV receives fi nan-

tries. By reaching solidarity

their own country and in their

country list of the Dutch

cial contributions from the FNV

agreements with companies,

own context. Unions are often

Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

unions. A number of FNV

involving setting aside a sum

among the few member organi-

unions have their own solidar-

for a trade union project in a

sations, they are part of a

UNION2UNION

ity fund. These funds are man-

developing country, the unions

social movement and can be

In this section, Mondiaal FNV

aged by Mondiaal FNV.

also negotiate collectively for

a partner in social dialogue.

will link FNV unions in the

undertaken by individual trade unions and labour NGOs. Every

in 2013 – 2016 consists of three sections:

is, like no other organisation,

colleagues worldwide. These

Netherlands to trade unions in

activities are conducted in

partner countries via knowl-

close collaboration with

edge exchange, solidarity cam-

Mondiaal FNV.

paigns and lobbying on issues such as a living wage and capacity building in the trade union, Decent Work, the informal economy and equal opportunities for men and women. An analysis is made of the similarities on the trade union agenda on both sides


FACTS AND FIGURESS

DISBURSEMENTS VMP IN PROGRAMME COUNTRIES Progr 1

progr 2

Bangladesh 424.328

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS BY FUND

6.089.611

VMP

489.923

FNV Bondgenoten

248.454

Abvakabo FNV

-435 103.007 20.214 200.280 7.151.054

FNV Bouw AOb Mondiaal NPL/Hivos Total

Abvakabo FNV Bouw AOb Mondiaal FNV

196.382

406

196.788

Colombia

901.657

67.871

969.528

India

422.809

54.468

477.277

Indonesia

677.467

18.677

696.144

Ghana

370.315

38.653

408.968

Peru

723.286

49.271

772.557

Zimbabwe

332.493

56.128

388.621

Zuid-Afrika 531.555

34.770

566.325

Ethiopie

19.426

6.700

26.126

Kenia

100.216

22.853

123.069

Uganda

98.954

16.933

115.887

Tanzania

97.354

13.963

111.317

Rwanda

107.000

1.732

108.732

Burundi

26.767

24.977

51.744

Total

5.030.009

450.729

5.480.738

90% of the disbursements made from the VMP is spent in the programme countries

NPL/ Hivos*

Total

DISBURSEMENTS BROKEN DOWN BY FUNDS, IN NUMBERS 11

9.954 24.330 -435 32.720 9.091

33.188 20.000

5.206 79.550

14.200 -1.847 1.000 1.000 42.291

47.830

6.470 4.925

1.000 1.000 124.784

24.330 0 -435 71.114 29.091 79.550 0 62.030 -1.847 7.470 5.925 42.291 1.000 1.000

107.488

-435

0

15.161

467.655

China

DISBURSEMENTS REMAINING PROJECT FUNDS IN PROGRAMME COUNTRIES FNV Bondg.

43.327

84.475

Bangladesh China Colombia India Indonesia Ghana Peru Zimbabwe Zuid-Afrika Ethiopie Kenia Uganda Tanzania Rwanda Burundi

32 3 146

23

VMP

146

FNV Bondgenoten

23

Abvakabo FNV

11

AOb

3

FNV Bouw Mondiaal

2

Nationale postcode loterij / Hivos

3

Total

321.519

188

DISTRIBUTION BY REGION Distribution by region VMP FNV Bondgenoten Abvakabo FNV AOb FNV Bouw Mondiaal NPL/ Hivos Total

Africa

Latin America

Asia

Eastern Europe

Total

2.249.736 181.692 69.040 67.366

1.771.714 83.875 46.275 28.965

2.063.465 135.132 108.139 3.338 -435 20.214

4.696 89.224 25.000 3.338

6.089.611 489.923 248.454 103.007 -435 20.214 200.280

1.930.829

2.329.853

122.258

7.151.055

200.280 2.768.114


VISION OF MONDIAAL FNV A world which protects and respects workers & human rights and provides remedy in case of violations, by means of effective social dialogue between social partners and/or states and institutions, securing a more just and equal distribution of wealth and income.

MISSION OF MONDIAAL FNV Mondiaal FNV contributes to inclusive economic growth and a more equal distribution of income & wealth by enabling democratic, representative and independent trade unions and labour related organizations to promote decent work and livelihood security for all workers.

ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION Mondiaal FNV Postbus 8456 1005 AL Amsterdam Netherlands T 020 581 64 87 F 020 581 63 41 E [email protected] I www.fnvmondiaal.nl twitter.com/FNVMondiaal Texts: Roeland Muskens en Ellen Lammers, Wereld in Woorden Photography: Cover en inside cover: Astrid van Unen / p. 4: APVVU / p. 5: Astrid Kaag / p. 8: Reinier Asscheman / Pag. 9: Astrid van Unen / p. 10: Hanne van der Woude / p. 11, Corbis / Hollandse Hoogte / p.14: Paule France Ndessomin / Pag. 15: screenshot bbc-world / p. 18: Corbis / Hollandse Hoogte/ p. 19 links: SNTT / p. 19 rechts: Corbis / Hollandse Hoogte / p. 20 en 21: Astrid van Unen / p. 25: Astrid van Unen Design: Roelant Meijer, Tegenwind Grafisch Ontwerpburo Print: Drukkerij Mostert & van Onderen! Leiden Translation: Veronica Verkaik-Drew Amsterdam, april 2015



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