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Collective bargaining DIALOGUE and informal economy Susan Hayter Industrial and Employment Relations Department Trade union density Trade Union density in OECD Countries, 1999 and 2009 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 Trade Union density 60.0 TUD

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Susan Hayter Industrial and Employment Relations Department

DIALOGUE

Collective bargaining and informal economy

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Trade union density

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0 Trade Union density

Trade Union density in OECD Countries, 1999 and 2009

TUD 1999 TUD 2009

Source: Data from ICTWSS Database, Version 3 (2011)

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Collective bargaining

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0 Collective bargaining coverae

Collective bargaining coverage in OECD countries, 1997 and 2007

CBC 1997 CBC 2007

Source: Data from ICTWSS Database , Version 3 (2011)

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Trade union density

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Trade Union Density

Trade Union Density in Developing Countries, circa 2007

TUD as a proportionof wage and salaried earners (%) TUD as a proportion of total employment (%)

Note: Kenya - proportion of wage and salaried earners accounts for private sector only. Source: Data from S. Hayter and V. Stoevska (2010)

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Collective bargaining

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Collective Bargaining Coverage

Collective Bargaining Coverage in developing countries, circa 2007

CBC as a proportion of wage and salaried earners (%) CBC as a proportion of total employment (%)

Note: Kenya - proportion of wage and salaried earners accounts for private sector only. Source: Data from S. Hayter and V. Stoevska (2010)

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Informal work or employment?

DIALOGUE

Temporary (and informal) employment

in formal establishments

Indirect employment (intermediary)
Subordinate employment disguised as

autonomous work and ‘self-employed’

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Expansion of trade union strategies to non-standard workers

FNV Union Confederation, Netherlands
Ghana Trades union Congress
South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU)
United Metal Workers’ Union, Turkey

Representation of specialized interests

Tanzania Informal Construction Workers Association (TAICO)
Association of home-based workers in Bulgaria
Argentine Single Trade Union of Freighters (SIUNFLETRA)
India: Mumbai Electric Employees Union (MEEU); the Trade

Union Centre of India (TUCI) and the Sharmik Ekta Maha Sangh (network).

National Federation of Domestic Workers (FENATRAD)
Sikhula Sonke, South Africa (seasonal agricultural workers)
Mukehero, Mozambique (informal traders)

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Bargaining arrangement Union Examples Inter-sectoral bargaining

National Collective Agreements on temporary agency workers, employers’ confederations (AGETT, AETT, FEDETT, ACETT) and union confederations (CCOO and UGT) (2007) UK Government, CBI and TUC 2008 Agency Worker Joint Declaration, equal treatment after 12 weeks.

Multi-employer bargaining – sectoral

Automobile sector: NUMSA and AMEO (2009), Extension of company arrangements for retirement, death, disability and medical aid to short-term workers.

Single employer bargaining

Regular or contract workers’ union Glaxo Smith Kline & Milk Food Factory Workers' Union supported by IUF (2010), India, regularization of 443 temporary agency workers in a phased manner South African Airways and SATAWU, (2009), employment of temporary agency workers Multiple-union bargaining Neyveli Lignite Corporation amd All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC); Center of Trade Unions (CITU); Labour Liberation Front; United Trade Union Congress (UTUC-LS); Labour Progressive Front (LPF) (2008), regularization of contract workers.

Bargaining with agency

Regular or contract workers’ union Nokia, India: Labour Progressive Federation (LPF) & two contractors (CEVA Freight and M/s Adeeco Flexicone Workforce Solutions) (2009)

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Issue Types of clause Examples Regulation of commercial contracts

 All contractors registered and comply with collective agreements Building Industry Bargaining Council, South Africa National Agreement for promotion of social dialogue in construction industry, (2010 ), Argentina

Employment security

 Limiting externalization  Regularizing employment  Continuity SALGA and SAMWU, (2008) local government to consult trade unions before contracting, extension to temporary agency workers of the same benefits (including salary). Tamil Nadu Electricity Board & TNEB union (2007), Transition from temporary agency to permanent employment of 6000 workers and progressive absorbtion

f remaining (total 21,600)

Jawaharlar Nehru Port Trust & Nava Sheva Bundar Kamgar Sanghatana (2006), continuity of employment for agency workers affiliated to union, equal pay.

Wages and benefits

 Equal pay for equal work  Social security  Leave and holidays Port Authorities & Federation of Maritime Dockers’ Trade Unions of Argentina (FEMPRINA) (2005, 2006), equal payment and working hours. Hindustan Unilever Limited & Sarva Shramik Sanghatna, November (2008), substantial wage increases for temporary workers

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Policy challenges & research

Policies addressing and clarifying the

employment relationship

Effectiveness of attempts to regulate

atypical and non-standard employment and intermediaries

How to promote inclusive

representation and bargaining (role of social partners, public policy)

Outcomes of different bargaining

strategies