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“Actividades de los sindicatos sobre movilidad y

migraciones”

RESULTADO RECOGIDA DE BUENAS PRÁCTICAS

ESPAÑA-PORTUGAL-FRANCIA

RESULTS OF THE COLLECTION OF GOOD PRACTICES

ESTONIA-FINDLAND-DENMARK-LATVIA-LITHUANIA-NORWAY

WORKPLACE EUROPE PROJECTETUC-CES

Irina de Sancho Alonso

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General considerations• TOTAL ANSWERS: 19

• Remarkable participation of Finish unions, sectoral experiences ( Finish Metal Worker Federation, PAM)

• One action on posted workers• 3 actions on integration (LO

Denmark, PAM, JHL)• No responses from IRTUCs and

Sweden

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NUMBER OF RESPONSES

PER AREA • Information, advice and support of

mobile/migrant workers: 11• Organising and recruting

migrant/mobile workers: 5• Integration of migrant/mobile workers in

trade union movement, workplaces and labour market in host countries: 3

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NUMBER OF RESPONSES

PER COUNTRY• ESTONIA: 1• FINLAND: 11• LATVIA: 2• LITHUANIA: 2• SWEDEN: 0• DENMARK: 3• NORWAY: 1

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NUMBER OF RESPONSES PER ORGANISATION

• LO Denmark: 3• LBAS Latvia: 2• SAK Finland: 2• LTU Lithuania: 1• LDF Lithuania: 1• EAKL Estonia: 1• LO Norway: 1• AKAVA STTK Findland: 1• Metalworkers Federation Finland: 1• PAM (Private Services) Finland: 3• Construction TU Finland: 1• JHL (Public Sector) Finland: 3

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NUMBER OF RESPONSES PER STRUCTURE

• CONFEDERATIONS 11

• REGIONAL BRANCHES 0

• IRTUC 0

• SECTORAL UNIONS 8

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AREA 1: information, advice and support

A) Actions to prepare and adapt the trade union to give adequate answers to migrant/mobile workers: 3

• Baltic Sea Labour Network. SAK. • Leonardo da Vinci Project “Trade Union as

defensive mechanism of labour market in free labour force mobility” LBAS

• BSLN and Mobilnet-Eurocadres. AKAVA STTK

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AREA 1: information, advice and support

B) Actions to provide information and support to migrant/mobile workers directly: 7

Multilingual information about labour law and collectives agreements. PAM

Supporting Polish workers. LO Denmark Bilateral agreements to support migrant

workers. LTU Lithuania Supporting posted workers. LO Norway Interpreters. Metalworkers Federation Finland Union office in sending country; union

department for foreigners; Russian officer; network. Construction TU Finland

Publications, training courses. JHL Finland

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AREA 2: Organising and recruitingA) Non-specific organising actions as tools for

affiliation of migrant/mobile workers 2 Cooperation agreement in posted workers. LBAS

Latvia Information leaflets in different languages; regional

offices to support migrant workers. JHL FinlandB) Specific actions for affiliation 3• Membership campaign. SAK Finland• Organising locally. LO Denmark• Direct membership marketing. PAM Finland

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AREA 2: Organising and recruiting

Recognition of membership inhost countries 3

Agreements with Estonian unions. SAK Finland

Framework agreement with Finish TU. EAKL Estonia

JHL Finland with Estonian public sector union

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AREA 3: IntegrationA) Training, information and education

activities 2 Integration of migrant workers in the

municipalities, workplaces and society. LO Denmark

Trade union education for migrant members. JHL Finland

B) Adapting TU estructure to integrate migrants 1

Segmentation of member service. PAM Finland

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Area 3: Integration

No activities on:A) Integration through collective bargainingB) Social and labour insertion through

professional and occupational trainingC) Sensibilization activities on migration

issuesD) Cultural and sport activitiesE) General TU activity on migrant workers

as a way of integration

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Target Group

• In general, actions cover all migrants without making distinction based on their nationality

• LBAS and LO Norway: specific action on posted workers

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Level of the action

• In general, actions tend to cover national level.

• Significant cooperation with countries of origin

• LBAS: Leonardo project: only international• Baltic Sea Labour Network: regional

cooperation• ECMIN European Network for Migrant Workers

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Type of action

• Projects and long term cooperation the most common.• Publications, campaigns and conferences the most used

as tools.• Union training and seminars also common• Services for migrant workers: 4• 1 association/NGO created by the union. 0• 1 refers to open days. LO Norway

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Areas covered by actions of information, advice and support• Employment law, labour and social rights

and trade union movement/affiliation the most common

• Also common: social security issues• Regularisation rules and procedures;

education and training; health and safety protection; housing issues; transitorial measures.

• Job search; nationality/family reunification: uncommon.

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Areas covered by actions of information, advice and support

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Areas covered by actions of organising and recruiting

• Material in different languages, migrant-origin organisers, presence at events involving migrant workers, offices to support them; telephone help-lines: are the most used

• Among the less used, special structures for migrant workers, cultural events.

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Areas covered by actions of organising and recruiting

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Areas covered by actions of integration

• Focused on workplaces

• Also labour market and society

• PAM and JHL refers to integration into the union structures

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Actions in cooperation with other countries• Akava STTK: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany,

Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia. • Finish Metalworkers Federation: Sweden, England, Russia,

Germany, Polan, Estonia.• LTU Solidarumas: Lithuania, Ukraine, Rusia, Belarus• LBAS: Latvia, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Germany,

Norway• LDF Lithuania: Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, France,

Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, Portugal, Italy.

• SAK: Finland, Estonia, • LO Denmark: all• Construction TU SAK Finland: ECMIN European

Network for Migrant Workers

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Cooperation with other organisations

• All actions in cooperation between unions.• Remarkable cooperation with public

authorities• Small cooperation with NGOs (LDF with

EZA?)• Only 1 action in cooperation with EURES

and IRTUCs (LO Norway)• Other organizations: Consultory, Employer

organizations (BSLN)

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Resources financing the actions

• Almost all the actions are self-financed

• The majority of them also use European funds.

• National/regional funds are not very common in financing TU actions with migrant workers

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Union policies related to the affiliation of mobile/migrant workers

• Affiliation of EU nationals, TCNs, and undocumented migrants: all org. except in Latvia (because of the law on Trade Unions, only llegaly residing and working) and Estonia

• No undocumented migrants in Finish public sector.JHL

• No mention on data or lack of it to know if actions contribute to increase migrants affiliation

• No specific regulation in union statutes about affiliation of migrants

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Union policies related to the integration of mobile/migrant workers

in the workplace/labour market

• Issues of migration into collective bargaining and negotiation of diversity plans at the workplace: no answers

• Agreements with employers regarding integration and non-discrimination of migrants in the workplace/labour market: no answers

• Agreements that incorporate issues referring to the situation and/or special needs of migrant workers: no answers

• Participation in labour market observatories where migration issues are dealt with: Akava STTK

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CONTENT OF THE ACTIONS:

DESCRIPTION

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Actions on information, advice and support: LBAS

Leonardo da Vinci Project “Trade Union as defensive mechanism of Labour market in free labour force mobility”.

• Training programme for multiplicators: methodological material, basic information on labour market, institutions, living and working conditions for employees in all project partner countries.

• Increased understanding about the role of trade unions in the context of labour rights protection also at international level.

• TU cooperation and network.• The material about six partner countries is also used to

inform migrants who have already travelled to those countries about their rights, trade unionism and labour market.

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Actions on information, advice and support: LO Denmark

Recruitment and support of members of affiliated unions

Interviews and study of 500 Polish workers in Copenhagen

publications on general conditions

mobile cellphone answering service in Polish

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Actions on information, advice and support: LTU LithuaniaBilateral agreements between unions in Lithuania,

Ukraine, Russia and Belarus to help workers with problems related with job relations

• Legal assistance

• Helping truck drivers from Ukraine

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Actions on information, advice and support: LDF Lithuania

Activities in cooperation with other unions to discuss the phenomenon of migration, raise awareness of the society, attract the attention of public authorities and collect good practices

• Conferences: The influence of workers migration on family and society; Social challenges in Lithuania: first christian social week; the influence of mobility and migration on employees; Young workers migration and its influence on the demographic situation of the country, family and labour market.

Actions on information, advice and support: LO Norway

• Information and organising posted workers• Legal and trade union advice• Improving legal and collective means at

our disposal• Establishing contacts at national and

international level

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Actions on information, advice and support: SAK Finland

Baltic Sea Labour Network: trade union movement and mobility of labour

• Cooperation labour market institutions• Innovative cooperation models between migrant

workers and trade unions in Finland• Special model for cooperation• Research and training programs • Qualitative interview Study

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Actions on information, advice and support: Finish Metalworkers

Federation

• Interpreters for migrant workers

• Printed and translated materials and agreements

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Actions on information, advice and support: PAM Finland

Multilingual information and advice about basic labour law facts and the national collective agreements in English, Russian and Estonian.

• To guarantee nobody works under the minimun regulated standards

• To promote a more positive attitude among nationals on migrant workers «if they are convince that nobody is working under the standards »

• To support serious employers

Actions on information, advice and support: Construction TU SAK Finland

• Office in Estonia to inform Estonian contruction workers about Finish labour law and conditions and recruit new members

• Union department for foreigners: to involve them in union habits and activity

• Russian officer: to approach migrant workers from old socialist countries.

• Participation in ECMIN: European Network for Migrant Workers.

Actions on information, advice and support: JHL Finland

• Publications on multiculturalism• Training for migrants and active members

at local level in cultural encounters and working life

• Exchange experiences with international organizations

• Project to promote multiculturalism in working life

• New area: ethical recruitment of migrant workers

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Actions on organising and recruiting: EAKL Estonia

• Information and recruitment documents in different languages provided by host countries to mobile workers.

• Cooperation agreements in posted workers

Actions on organising and recruiting: SAK

Membership campaign of the Central Organisation of Finish Trade Unions for migrants, young people and temporary or precarious workers

• In summer events, shopping centres, railway stations, etc.

• Campaign with celebrities.

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Actions on organising and recruiting: STTK and AKAVA

• Baltic Sea Labour Network• Mobilnet Eurocadres: guidebook for TU officers

to provide advice to professional and managerial staff intending to work in another member State.

• Material in different languages• Special services for migrant/mobile workers• Course for TU on how to provide better services

for migrants• Tripartite committees on migrant issues

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Actions on organising and recruiting: PAM Finland

Direct membership marketing

• Recruiting letters sent to over 10000 migrant workers « Stay aware of your rights »

• Migrant workers were the main target group during the Union Rally Week 2008

Actions on organising and recruiting: JHL Finland

• Information leaflets in different languages

• Regional offices to support migrant workers

• Telephone guidance upon request regarding membership applications.

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Actions on integration: LO Denmark

Project to develop ways to receive and welcome, integrate and maintain/retent the migrant workers – and their family to stay in our country

• identifying the barriers to come and stay in the municipalities, workplaces and civil society

• finding ways to handle and overcome them – so that the migrant workers and their family are happy and want to stay for a longer period.

• with four thematic areas of barriers; authority-contact, language- and culture-understanding, workplace- relationship and wellbeing of family (spouse and children)

www. welcometo.dk

Actions on integration: PAM Finland

Segmentation of member service• Survey about the wishes and needs of

migrant members (2002 and 2008)• Specific actions to create better union

adhesion. Union officer in charge.• Special information letter to be sent to

migrant workers who have been affiliated to the union for one year

Actions on integration: JHL Finland

• Two courses for inmigrants and one multicultural course per year

• Themes: multiculturalism at the workplace; knowing the union; labour law; social rights; collective bargaining; being active at local braches.

• Migrant issues as a normal content of the union magazine

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Innovative and remarkable aspects of the actions

• Leonardo da Vinci project applied to migrant worker issues: training to TU´s officers

• Mutual aid agreements between TU’s from different countries

• Specific agreement between TU’s in countries of origin and destination on posted workers to avoid social dumping

• Direct membership marketing• European Network for Migrant Workers in Construction

Sector• TU officer with foreign origin • TU office in country of origin• Promoting multiculturalism in working life• Ethical recruitment of migrant workers

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IRINA DE SANCHO ALONSO

ialonso@etuc.org