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Short Summary |
This toolkit has been designed to address the
challenges faced by trade unions in recruiting and retaining female
members and ensuring that trade union policies reflect gender equality
goals . Trade unions have a role in protecting workers from all types
of discrimination, including that based on gender. The target audiences
for the toolkit are trade union officials, both women and men, as
well as union members and those groups who are not yet part of a formal
organisation. The kit is divided into six booklets. Booklet one focuses
on how trade unions may recruit more female members and promote women's
participation in order to promote more gender equal internal structures.
Booklet two explains how gender equality might be promoted through
the collective bargaining process, including how to prepare for negotiations
and any follow-up activity. Booklet three looks at how negotiations
to protect workers and promote equality of opportunity, particularly
around issues such as sex discrimination, may be undertaken. Booklet
four highlights the challenges of protecting and organising workers
in the informal sector or those that frequently fall outside of labour
legislation, including homeworkers, migrant workers and part-time
workers. Booklet 5 deals with issues of diversity and how space may
be made in unions for a range of voices including youth, the elderly,
those with disabilities, lesbian and gay workers, and ethnic minority
and indigenous peoples. Finally, Booklet six focuses on how trade
unions could link up with civil society actors to promote female workers'
rights. |
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/gems/eeo/tu/tu_toc.htm
