Building Workers Power Organising Unity the Way Forward Building Workers’ Power Redressing Prevailing Inequality ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Inequality Average monthly wages countries from A.P. with broadly comparable data, 2013 or latest available year (US$) Source : ILO Global Wage Report 2014/2015, Asia and the Pacific Supplement ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Global Wealth Distribution (PPP) ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Adjusted Wage Shares in Advance Countries (1970 - 2011) Note: Advanced Economies stands for the unweighted average of high income OECD countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Source: AMECO Database ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Gap btwn Real Wage/ Productivity ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
High Unemployment Rate
Precarious Work • No essential job security • Fixed term of employment • Liable to unilateral termination of employment • Lower working conditions • Exempted from public social security schemes and other labour laws. ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Wage and Employment ILO ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Wage Gap ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Informal Economy ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Gender Pay Gap in AP • 100 to 67 (WEF 2014) • “shocking inequalities” remain in education, the labour market and security ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Women for Part-Timer ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Support Youth • Youth (aged 20 – 34) consist nearly 35% of the total working-age population in Asia and the Pacific. Action for youth employment More youth on trade union decision making bodies ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Youth Unemployment ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Youth, Our Future ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Migrant Labour/Workforce 22 25 90 56 94 74 82 76 0 20 40 60 80 100 ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
ILO Convention 189 on domestic work adopted 2011
Realising Equality ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Realising Equality ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Realising Equality ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Multinationals • Key-drivers of globalisation • Accumulation of wealth • Dominant corporate power over labour market policy, supply chain • FTZs/EPZs ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Top MNCs • Name Total Revenue Profits Assets • Wal Mart 476.29 16.02 204.75 • R D Shell 459.59 16.37 351.51 • Sinppec 457.70 8.93 352.98 • Ch.N.Petro 432.00 18.50 346.80 • Exn Mobile 407.66 32.58 346.80 Fortuna Global 2014, Billions USD ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Economic Integration ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Constructive Industrial Relations ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Occupation Health and Safety ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Union and OHS Union Density and Fata Injury Rate 12 (22 OECD countries) 10 (per 100,000 workers) Rate of Fatal Injury 8 6 4 2 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Union Density ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Child Labour Index
Education for Children
Climate Action & Green Economy ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Climate Action & Green Economy ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
ITUC Global Rights Index • Category 5 + No guarantee of rights : 1 • Category 5 No guarantee of rights: 13 • Category 4 Systematic violation of rights: 9 • Category 3 Regular violation of rights: 5 • Category 2 Repeated violation f rights: 2 • Category 1 Irregular violation of rights: 0 Number of ITUC countries ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Wage Distribution and CBA Coverage ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Income-led Growth • High-income and pro-labour distributional policies • Strong labour market institutions • Boosting domestic demand • Inclusive growth regime for the sustainable future ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Pease and Disarmament • Global military expenditure exceeds USD1.7 trillion, equivalent to 2.4% of GDP. • Asia and the Pacific is the region with a continued increase in military expenditure since 1988. • The number of nuclear warheads still stands at 16,000. ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
SI met with President Aquino III ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
Building Workers Power Organising Unity the Way Forward Bread, Freedom, Peace ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific
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