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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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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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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
“The day I had waited for had come. I was in front of different organizations and movements, church people, former national and international YCW leaders, families and friends. … Everything was ready. They were just waiting for me to start.” - Andy, Philippines
Manila, Philippines, August 25. It was 1:30 in the afternoon when Andy, the president of the Philippines YCW, launched the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the IYCW. Together with the Filipino national team, Andy had taken care of the planning and preparation of the event. This included the setting-up of committees in charge of the program, the presentation, the refreshments, the making of banners, streamers and placards, as well as rehearsals and finalizations.
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Sunday, 16 September 2007 |
 Daily-wage workers waiting for a job... Whether at district level where it opposes the government policies or giants like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, or at national level where it demands 100 days of work for at least one person per family, YCW India is fighting with the unemployed for their survival and their dignity.
A struggle for the reinstatement of 10,000 dismissed road construction workers
In one district where the YCW is present, one signature was enough for the previous government to dismiss more than 10,000 road construction workers. The YCW immediately made common cause with the workers in the district to carry out a campaign for their rehiring and the hiring of other unemployed workers to fill the vacancies. The YCW launched a postcard signature campaign to raise awareness about the issue and to put pressure on the government.
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Friday, 07 September 2007 |
 Women working in agriculture in India In India, it is not easy to be a woman. It is not easy to be a Dalit either. Dalit women are oppressed twice as much, because they are women and because they are Dalit. Their lives are made of discrimination and injustice. The India YCW knows the problem well as most of its members are Dalits, and it is carrying out concrete actions on the ground to make things change. Here is an example, in Pulimateau, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu. This action has been carried out with young women working in agriculture.
The background of the action
In Pulimateau, the young women working in agriculture only received INR 30 ($0.75). Note that for a kilo of rice (major food in India) they already pay INR 15. In their YCW group, they discovered that a five member family needs at least INR 150 a day to meet its basic needs. They made an in-depth review of their living and working conditions. Here is their analysis.
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