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| Press release 2006-06-01 |
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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.
In
many workplaces the workers are discouraged from associating with
trade unions and many do not join a trade union for fear of losing
their jobs
With
no guarantee or right to permanent work many workers are forced to
accept temporary employment for several years. It is not clear who is
responsible for the working conditions and the rights of workers in
such situations. Is it the Interim agency that gives the salary or
the enterprise for which the workers are hired?
In
all these cases workers have very little or no protection from the
existing labour laws for a decent working condition, good salary and
benefits. Unclear work agreements and instability at work brings a
negative impact on the health, stability and over all development of
the workers and on the sustainability, productivity and efficiency of
the work itself.
We
demand the following to the Governments to: o Implement the International Labour convention on hours of work in all work places and create more permanent employment. o Apply the ILO convention on Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining in all work places including the Free Trade Zones irrespective of the status of employment. o Eliminate the interim job agencies and ensure the governments take the responsibility to create decent working conditions in all work places. o Provide financial and technical support to develop the skills of the workers in temporary, interim and contract jobs so that they get more access to permanent employment.
o Enact
laws and policies that promote permanent, decent and sustainable
employment. the Employers: o Recognise and respect the rights of workers in all work places irrespective of their status as temporary or permanent with decent working conditions and equal salary. In specific respect the Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining. o Provide training for the workers in the temporary and interim jobs to develop their capacity to enter into permanent employment.
o Guarantee
occupational health and safety in the work places to have
productive, healthy and decent working environment. the Trade Unions: o Organise the workers in temporary work and in the informal economy under trade unions and lobby for their protection. o Create workers associations and trade unions where the trade unions and workers organisations do not exist.
o Promote
the awareness on the rights, labour laws and International Labour
Conventions among the workers in temporary work and in the informal
economy. the ILO: o Through specific conventions and recommendations ensure that the workers rights are protected from the obscure employment relations created by the interim job agencies, so as to determine who is responsible for the rights of workers.
o Secure
the respect and the application of the labour laws consistent with
the International Labour conventions.
IYCW
calls on the Governments, employers, workers and the ILO to promote
Permanent NOT Precarious work. We urge all parties to
implement and respect the Fundamental Principles and Rights at
work irrespective of the status and nature of their employment.
It is important the International Labour Conference creates a
definition of "fair employment relationship" and clarifies
the obligation of the parties involved with specific
convention and recommendations safeguarding the rights of the workers
to have decent, productive and sustainable work. Geneva, 1st June 2006
INTERNATIONAL
YOUNG CHRISTIAN WORKERS - IYCW |
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