Developing Union organising strategies to deal with the restructuring of the aviation industry in South & South East Asia
This programme consists of a series of three sub regional seminars, the first during 2008 for aviation affiliates in South Asia, the second in 2009 for the affiliates in South East Asia and the last one in 2010 will include selected participants from the previous two activities in addition to participants from aviation unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Australia.
The main objective of these activities will be to analyse the aviation restructuring in the region, its impact on labour and unions, and trade union responses and strategies. The seminars will specifically aim to evolve new organizing strategies for the aviation workers in regular and low cost airlines and the growing number of casual, contract workers in employment & focused initiatives to forge cross sectoral working solidarity with other transport unions.
Participating countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Korea, Philippines and Singapore.
Cooperating Organisation: FES
Project Period: 2008-2010
Organising Fishery Workers in South & South East Asia
The ITF will organise a series of three workshops, the first during 2008 for union participants from Japan, Korea and Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand/Burma. The second workshop during 2009 will be organised for the South Asia sub region and comprise of representatives of fishers’ unions, cooperatives and associations in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The final workshop in 2010 will be held for a combined group from South and South East Asian fishers’ unions and representatives and selected participants from the Far East unions.
Expected outcome of the project activities is to:
- develop strategies for ensuring and increasing membership of and the inclusion of representative fisheries organisations on policy-making bodies at all levels;
- establish contact network between the affiliates based in the countries of beneficiary owned fishing vessels and labour supply countries affiliates for exchange of information, education in good fisheries organising practices and eventual cooperation in providing services to their members;
- provide education to fishers’ representative bodies especially regarding the extent and nature of exploitation of workers in the industry with the ultimate objective of eliminating all forms of abuse and maltreatment of workers and formulating a minimum set of working conditions for wide application throughout the industry;
- produce fishers’ publications in the languages used in the region on FOC vessels, Addressing the issues of non domicile fishers, abuse of fishers, IUU fishing, etc.; and
- identify some further activities which may necessary to secure the goal of organising fishers in the region and these may be better located at the national level.
Participating countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand/Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Korea, Philippines and Singapore.
Cooperating Organisation: FES
Project Period: 2008-2010
Railway restructuring in South & South East Asia
The ITF proposes to organise a series of three seminars to help prepare unions in South & South East Asia to influence the process of railway restructuring. The first seminar during 2008 for railway unions in South Asia, the second seminar during 2009 for the railway unions in South East Asia and the final seminar in 2010 for a combined group from South & South East Asian railway unions and railway unions from the far East & Pacific.
The main objective of these activities will be to analyse the railway restructuring in the region, its impact on labour and unions, and trade union responses and strategies. The seminars will specifically aim to evolve new organizing strategies for the casual, contract workers in railway employment & focused initiatives to forge cross-sectoral working solidarity with other transport unions in response to the growth of the logistics industry and in relation to the key hubs and corridors for freight transport.
Participating countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.
Cooperating Organisation: FES
Project Period: 2008-2010
