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Recap of 28 February

Recap of 28 February. Workers Right Situations in Asia and Pacefiic - DPA Naidu. Only four counties ratified the core conventions After globalisation more and more violations ( Eg. Philippines,Malaysia) Decreased utilisation of ILO supervisory Mechanism. Reasons for not reporting/complaining.

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Recap of 28 February

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  1. Recap of 28 February

  2. Workers Right Situations in Asia and Pacefiic - DPA Naidu • Only four counties ratified the core conventions • After globalisation more and more violations ( Eg. Philippines,Malaysia) • Decreased utilisation of ILO supervisory Mechanism

  3. Reasons for not reporting/complaining • Multiplicity of TUs • Lack of awareness on ILO Mechanisms • Sometimes don’t want to take up at international level

  4. Challenges in New Areas • EPZs • ITES Difficult to organise ( Bangladesh EPZ advertising on No labour rights)

  5. Constraints of TUs • On Organising in the EPZs • Difficult to enter EPZ • Victimisation if unionised • Made to sign on blank paper • Workers in IT sector not interested to join unions

  6. Constraints of TUs • Informalisation of workforce • Decreasing membership • Financial constraints • Lack of full time officials • Lack of transparency • No second level leadership

  7. New Strategies ‘ National interest’ Vs Workers Rights May harm the prospect of having more FDI What can be the strategy ?

  8. Best Practices of Utilisation of ILO Mechanisms • Example TUCP project on EPZs

  9. New leader for the week - Sylvia Recreation Team- Helen, Bhuvana, Choudhury, Mhon and Lee

  10. Migrant Workers Right • Migration not ‘export’ Labour is not a commodity • Undocumented not ‘illegal’ Situations in different countries- Problems of Migration

  11. Rights provided in Conventions and Recommendations • Convention 97 • Recommendation 100 • Convention 143 • Recommendation 151 • For plantation workers Convention 110

  12. Protection • Before leaving and During Travel • On Arrival • During employment- Social and civil rights • Repatriation

  13. Who is a Migrant Worker “MIGRANT WORKER” means “ A person who migrants or who has migrated from one country to another with a view to being employed otherwise than on his own account and includes any person regularly admitted as a migrant for employment”

  14. Exclusions • Frontier workers • Artists and members of liberal profession who comes for short visit • Seafarers • Self employed persons • Persons come for training and education • Persons come for Specific short term assignment • Workers stay illegally

  15. Applicable Rights • Information • Recruitment • Contract • Facilities on departure • Medical attention • Free travel • Customs exemption • Assistance in Finding job

  16. Rights contd… • During employment • Wages and working condition • Equality • Job security • Health and safety • TU Rights • Access to court • Social and Civil Rights

  17. Rights contd… • Transfer of funds to the home country • Family reunification visits • Excemption on customs duties Special protection in Plantation

  18. Ratifications • Only 42 countries • Many provisions outdated • Declaration in 2004

  19. Computer Lessons On Solicomm

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