ITUC Membership in CEE. Tendencies and Challenges.

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ITUC Membership in CEE.Tendencies and Challenges.

• Sergejus Glovackas
• ITUC Vilnius Bureau

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ITUC unites 167 880 375 members311
organisation155 countries

• Around 49707000 members come from CEE (28 )
• 35 organisations 21 countries

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ITUC in CEE Affiliated Organisations and
Membership Figures2007.12
EAKL 43.000
LBAS 134.000
LPSK 100.000 LPSSolid. 8.000 LDF 20.000
BKDP 9.000
OPZZ 318.000 NSZZ Solid. 722.000
FPU 11,2 MILLION VOST 150.000 KVPU - 250.000
CMKOZ 503.000
FNPR 27800 mil VKT 1,3mil KTR 1,25mln
KOZ-SR 347.000
CARTEL ALFA 1.050.000 CNSLR FRATIA
520.000 BNS 150.000 CSDR 101.000
MszOSz 400.000 ATUC/ASZSZ 137.000 LIGA
101.000 MOSz 53.416
GTUC 200.000
CITUB 250.00 PODKREPA 150.000
UATUC 211.000 NHS-87000
AHIK Azerbaijan 735.000
KSBIH 428.000
SSSCG 62.000
BSPK Kosovo 106.000
CATUS 465.620? NEZAVISNOST 158.000?
KSSH 105.000 BSPSH 83.000
UNASM 5.000
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Membership Tendencies in Europe
FNPR Russia 27,8 million
UNASM Macedonia 5.000 members
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2001-2007 activity

• 40 national and subregional events
• 1000 participants from 27 states
• 7 national pilot programmes
• 3000 people involved

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Challenges Union Have to Face

• Lack of experience in this field
• There are no professional organisers
• Existing TU structures are not fit to organising
• Financing
• There is no strategic planning
• Not enough activities with youth
• New economy sectors and informal economy
• The lack of basic knowledge about trade union
  rights and ILO Conventions.

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RECOMMENDATIONS (1)

• It is necessary to prepare a long-term realistic
  strategic plan and the mechanism of its
  realisation
• Structural reforms and changes are necessary to
  adapt existing TU structures to organising
• It is necessary to foresee a long-term financing
  including this to yearly TU budgets as a separate
  budget-line, confirming it on the highest TU
  decision level
• Youth activities should not end with the creation
  of a formal structure

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RECOMMENDATIONS (2)

• Professional selection and preparation of
  organisers, formation of a good organisers team
• IT should be used as efficiently as possible
• It is necessary to develop closer co-operation
  with other TU departments
• Organising campaigns in new economy fields and
  informal economy
• Work with migrants
• Use of international information and experience
• Basic education and information on TU rights and
  main ILO Conventions, promotion of the code of
  conduct.

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