8 October, 2015On 7 October unions around the world joined IndustriALL’s global campaign to STOP Precarious Work.
In Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Pakistan, Serbia, Kenya, Ghana, Armenia, India, Germany, Belgium, Cameroon, Cambodia, Macedonia, Peru, Brazil, Bangladesh, Japan, Indonesia, Chile, Belarus, Russia, Madagascar, USA, Canada, Australia, Austria, Ukraine…workers and affiliates raised their voice to denounce the increase of precarious work and the bad working conditons of precarious workers.
In Bangladesh, IndustriALL Bangladesh Council organized a human chain in Dhaka with more than 200 people protesting against precarious work.
In Indonesia, several actions were organized by affiliates. IndustriALL National Council Women's Committee held a joint demonstration in Jakarta linking this action to their ongoing campaign on maternity protection.
In Japan, in addition of a range of action organized by affiliates, women and youth members showed their commitments to decent work with flyers at the National Assemblies of both the Committee for promoting gender equality and the Youth committee.
IndustriALL affiliates in Kenya took action on 7 October for the first time to bring attention to precarious work.
IndustriALL Global Union's Mauritian affiliate, the CMCTEU, together with the national centre, the CTSP, organized a demonstration and a debate on Decent Work and labour legislation to mark the day.
In Chile, Constramet Chile delivered a letter to the minister of labour, urgently requesting a bill that limits outsourcing. The union representatives visited senators and deputies who sponsored a project on outsourcing, then organized a seminar on the topic.
Both the HolcimLafarge and Rio Tinto network mobilized their members to denounce the increase of precarious work in their companies and the bad working conditions this entails.
If your union has taken action around 7 October, but you have not yet sent us report or pictures yet, send them to: [email protected]. You can also tweet using the hashtag #STOPprecariousWork or share your actions with us on Facebook.