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IYCW
intervention at the ILO Conference on 1st of June 2006
Permanent NOT Precarious work!
Honourable
chair person, respected members of the 95th International
Labour Conference,
Today
companies around the world hire workers in different work
arrangements to increase their profits. In many work places workers
are hired in part-time, occasional, sub-contract work and Interim
basis. This disparity in the employment contracts creates
discrimination with out access to the same social benefits as
permanent employees.
In
some countries labour laws encourage individual workplace bargaining,
forcing individual workers to bargain directly with their employers
for payment and working conditions. This type of bargaining does not
favour even the skilled workers. This situation leaves young workers
vulnerable and creates a huge power imbalance in the employment
relationship. Lack of transparency on such work agreements creates
unfair discrimination within the workplace.
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Susanne,
20 years old, along with 10 others works as an apprentice in
dressmaking in Kumashi, Ghana. Neither she nor her friends receive a
salary or an income for the work that they do. They depend on the
support of the relatives for food, transport and shelter. Their
dream of buying their own machine that costs around US$55.00 may
never become a reality.
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David,
25 years old, attends a number of interviews and skills training to
access the job market in Australia. Yet he has to find a job in
order to survive as the government has reduced its obligation on the
unemployment benefit. He worries about his future.
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Julio,
24 years old, an unemployed young worker in Paraguay, was refused a
job in a factory for the fact that his brother worked there. His
brother was active in demanding his rights in the factory.
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Maria,
24 years old, works in a fast food restaurant in Belgium. She works
under precarious and unsafe conditions in the kitchen as the workers
are not provided safe measures to prepare the hot food. She has
scars on her arms from work place accident.
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Dusanth,
20 years old and Parivala, 21 years old (not their real names), both
work in a chain restaurant "Neelagiris" that runs a total
of 20 branches in Sri Lanka. They were promised a pay of US$25.00
per month and were paid less without access to social security.
Workers in this restaurant are forced to do overtime (OT) work
without any payment. They work unacceptably long hours starting from
4.30 A.M to 11.30P.M. Only a small room is given for around 60
workers to live in after their work hours.
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