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Globalisation Impacts on Trade Unions - Challenges and Responses

This report examines the effects of globalisation on trade unions, including liberalisation of trade, TNCs and MNCs influence, and the impact on national policies and labour practices. It highlights issues such as unemployment, casualisation, and the informal economy, and suggests strategies for union responses, such as policy involvement, skill training, and advocacy for worker rights. The importance of international and national solidarity, strengthening the trade union movement, and increasing social dialogue are emphasized as key tactics in facing the challenges posed by globalisation.

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Globalisation Impacts on Trade Unions - Challenges and Responses

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  1. Report Group I Union background : • April - Hong Kong - Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Union - 62 national federation affiliated - 160.000 membership

  2. Rigo - East Timor - East Timor Trade Union Confederation - over than 2500 membership - 6 national federation affiliated

  3. Karki - Nepal - General Federation of Nepales Trade Union - 310.575 membership - 16 national federation affiliated

  4. Evita - Indonesia - Confederation of Indonesian Prosperity Trade Union - 1.5 million total membership - 11 national federation affiliated

  5. Hamida - Bangladesh - Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad - SKOP - Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal - BJSD - 310.460 total membership - 26 national affiliated

  6. General Issues • Liberalisation of Trade • TNCs / MNCs • Influence to the National Policy • Globalising Finance • stock market

  7. Unemployment • Polarisation • Casualisation • outsourcing, sub-contracting, • part time • Informal Economy • Self employment • Domestication • home work

  8. Impact of Globalisation • Increasing power of MNCs/TNCs/IFIs. • Bargaining power • access to influence of the National policies. • Privatisation • Unemployment • effect of TNCs • effect of ITC

  9. Casualisation • part time • outsourcing, sub-contract • No employment benefits • Losing social security • Informal Economy

  10. Transform of the Capital • Unfair Labour Practice • Increasing migrant workers • discrimination by local law • moving around • Union losing power • losing members • bargaining power • Finance

  11. Union Responses • Union involving in process of policies making • PRSP • Micro credit (ET) • Skill training (Bangladesh) • good wages system (Nepal+Indonesia) • Land reform • work condition OHS • woman empowerment • Training and retraining (HK) • Democratisation of society

  12. Strengthen of Trade Union Movement • organise the unorganised • organise informal sector • Capacity building

  13. International and National Solidarity • Networking, • Advocacy • Campaign and Lobby • Co-operative • Income generation and attraction • to provide employment opportunity

  14. Increasing Social Dialog • maintain good industrial relation • review national policies • To push government to ratify and implement ILO Core Conventions.

  15. Conclusion • Globalisation can not be stop ! • Trade Union should reform their policy in order to adopt good impact and avoid the bad impact of globalisation. • Trade union should be aware about build up their capacity to compete against present Socio-Economic condition.

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