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Friday, 20 November 2009 |
The Participation of Thailand YCW in the World Day for Decent Work
 On October 7 at 9 o’clock, lots of people arrived from everywhere at King Chulalongkorn Monument. They came to celebrate a wonderful day for all workers in the world: the “World Day for Decent Work”. That day is an opportunity to join in a united mobilization for change. Each country celebrates it in their own way. Sometimes the focus is on more decent working conditions, sometimes on demands regarding rights at the workplace. In Thailand the campaign aimed to pressure the government to sign ILO conventions 87 and 98 as soon as possible. Thailand is one of the few countries which haven't signed these conventions which are related to the protection of the right to organize and the right to collective bargaining.
In Thailand we are well aware of the consequences of the government's failure to sign the conventions. The Thai labor legislation itself has some provisions that are against the principles established in the conventions, i.e. the right to organize and to collective bargaining. Workers are not able to defend their interests. For instance, state enterprise workers cannot get together with private company workers to claim their rights. Or the workers in one workplace cannot put forward demands on behalf of workers in another workplace. In practice, those workers who form a union are always dismissed on legal grounds. And in the same connection, although the law provides for welfare for all (including for subcontracted workers), the problem of low pension and poor welfare quality is a reality in those workplaces without trade unions. Employers also tend to break this law. These are consequences of not signing the conventions. It is essential that trade unions and other workers can get together and fight for the interests of all workers. For the record, only 500,000 out of 35 million workers in the country are members of a union, i.e. only 1.4 percent, which is a very low number.
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 |
“Young Workers need Social Protection, now more than ever”
Everyone should be able to have a job that enables them to live a good life in which their basic needs are met. World Day for Decent Work (WDDW) is a opportunity for us to bring forward our demands and campaign as young workers.
The millions of women, men, young people and migrants who work or who are looking for a job need governments that take adequate measures to:
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ensure that social protection and workers’ rights are fully respected in labour laws and in practice. Living standards and economies need productive employment to develop.
- create millions of meaningful jobs for women and men. Jobs are only improved if they are linked to standards and rights. Social protection gives workers the security they need to face the future with confidence.
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 |
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Honourable Chair,
Distinguished Delegates,
Ladies and Gentleman,
First of all the International Young Christian Workers would like to thank you for allowing us to take the floor in the Committee on Gender Equality. The IYCW is an international movement representing young workers in more than 2,000 grassroots groups in 48 countries across all continents.
We would like to take the floor in order to bring to your attention our experience of work on gender equality. We also agree that gender equality is at the heart of decent work
The economic crisis is expected to increase the number of unemployed women by up to 22 million in 2009, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global Employment Trends for Women report (GET), adding that the global job crisis is expected to worsen sharply with the deepening of the recession in 2009.
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Friday, 29 May 2009 |
Young Workers for Gender Equality take their demands to the ILO
The International Young Christian Workers (IYCW) want "gender equality" to form a central part of any decent work campaign, and will present this demand to the 98th Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva which starts at the beginning of June.
Geethani Peries, IYCW President, Ludovicus Mardiyono, IYCW Team member from the Asia-Pacific region, together with Fanny Sanchez, YCW member from the national movement of Peru, will form the delegation of the IYCW movement for the conference.
"Through our delegation, the IYCW wants to bring the demands and real life testimonies of young workers to the centre of this international forum", says Geethani Peries, newly elected International President and former employee from the Free Trade Zones of Sri Lanka.
"There were 600 workers in our factory producing garments for European countries and 99% were girls aged 18 to 28. I would start work at around 7:30 a.m. and would normally finish at 10 p.m. for a basic salary of around (US$ 18). My overtime hours were not paid. There were no official records saying that we were working. We just received our salary in hands", recalls Ms Peries. "In addition, conditions were very unhealthy. My nose was filled with very dark dust. I realised that I was losing weight and I felt so tired."
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009 |
“Social protection for young workers is needed now more than ever!”
 The International Young Christian Workers (IYCW) is promoting the global actions of young workers during the International Week of Young Workers.
The IYCW demands ‘Social Protection’ for all young workers as the best way to ensure social, economic and cultural development for all young people in all countries.
Now more than ever, young workers rights and dignity need to be protected during this time of global economic uncertainty.
At a time where countries are pumping over $2.8 trillion into major banks and private companies to salvage the international financial system, young workers are facing unemployment, job insecurity, precarious work conditions and despair.
Consequences for Workers...
In October 2008, the International Labour Organization (ILO) published a study with disturbing news for workers around the world. According to its projections, the current economic crisis may lead to over 20 million people being unemployed by the end of 2009. The number of people living in destitute situations would escalate from the current 190 million people to 210 million.
The Director General of the ILO, Juan Somavia, claims this to be “a record high” level of unemployment. The study warned that this forecast was optimistic and that these figures may worsen if the crisis persists and has a stronger impact on production.
The study also points out that the number of “poor workers,” who earn less than one dollar a day, may increase by 40 million and the number of people earning less than two dollars a day may increase by 100 million. The lay-offs announced at the beginning of 2009 have confirmed the ILO projections.
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