IndustriALL Global Union Activities on Shipbreaking Workers
8 April, 2013 World Maritime University- SHIPREC 2013 Kan Matsuzaki- IndustriALL Global Union
Building Unity and Power
115 countries 355 unions 20 million workers
100 countries 200 unions 25 million workers
110 countries 217 unions 10 million workers
140 countries 50 million workers over 400 unions Industri ALL
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List of industrial sectors within IndustriALL’s jurisdiction Industrial Sectors(15) Aerospace
Automo7ve
Base metals
Chemical, Pharmaceu7cal and Bio-‐sience
Energy
Industrial and Environment Services
Glass, Ceramic, Cement and Associated Industries
ICT, Electrical and Electronics
Mechanical engineering
Mining and DGOJP
Pulp and Paper
Rubber
Shipbuilding and Shipbreaking
Tex7le, Leather, Garment Shoes and Tex7le Services
List of industrial sectors within IndustriALL’s jurisdiction
Service and Miscellaneous Industries
Cross Sectoral groups(2) Women
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Life Cycle Approach: Representing manufacturing workers in the life cycle of ship
Mining
Base Metal
Mechanical engineering
Shipbuilding/ maintenace Shipbreaking / recycling
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Ship operation/ Dock and Port
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South Asia region- India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan account nearly 70% of world shipbreaking in gross tonnage. Shares in % of Gross Tonnage by contries (2011)
4,27% 2,55% 12,05% 23,81% 23,33% 34,00%
China India Bangladesh Pakistan Turkey other
Source: “Shipbuilding Statistics” September 2012, the Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan Industri ALL
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Shipbreaking will continue to increase World Comple7on (1926-‐2012 1st half)
Fleets’ age 25+
Amount of Shipbreaking In 1990 1,645,000GT
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(now being breaking)
In 2000 13,552,000GT
×１５ ×２ In 2011 25,016,000GT
Tripled Industri ALL
in next 25 years !
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No.of Shipbreaking Workers in South Asia Region (est. by affiliates)
PAKISTAN 25,000 INDIA 66,000
BANGLADESH 30,000
Over 120,000 shipbreaking workers in South Asia region. Industri ALL
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One of the most hazardous occupations in the world Most of the shipbreaking workers do not know their basic workers’ rights Freedom of Associa7on ?
Collec7ve Bargaining ?
Health and Safety ?
Training/ Educa7on ?
Indecent wage, Accidents, No Drinking Water, No PPEs, Undocumented migrant workers….. Industri ALL
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Main Activities on Shipbreaking workers v Expand alliance for safe and sustainable jobs in shipbuilding-shipbreaking v Support green technologies, green products and sustainable employment v Promote a “life-cycle” approach v Transfer of good practices: Bilateral or multilateral cooperation projects
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Implementation and enforcement of international standards
v Demand that international regulations on OHS and environment including the Hong Kong Convention v Compliance with ILO core labour standards
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FNV-SMEFI-IndustriALL Organizing project in shipbreaking industry in India (2003- 2012) MPTDGEU Membership in Mumbai
3,522/6,000
ASSRGWA Membership in Alang/Sosiya
9,647/60,000
13,169 members (as of October 2012)
ü First Aid facilities and safe drinking water ü Training and educational programs on workers’ right, OHS and skills ü Industrial actions (strike, demonstration, etc) ü Legal system on compensation ü the Statutory Minimum Wage and Social Security provisions. Industri ALL
Creating local unions in India
FNV Additional Support
Planning and Finance
SMEFI
Joint Training/Educa7on
MPTDGEU Mumbai
Organizing
Create another union Expand tactics
ISCOS Expand support to other unions
Organizing
ASSRGWA Alang/Sosiya
Shipbreaking Unions Network in South Asia SMEFI(India)-BMF/BML(Bangladesh)-NTUF(Pakistan) Industri ALL
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Unions focal points on International regulations and the Hong Kong Convention “Ship Recycling Plan� Ensure the availability of relevant technology equipment and facilities
Inventory of Hazardous Materials Train personnel Effective implementation
Social Dialogue Collective Bargaining Secure safer workplace Secure sustainable employment/decent work Industri ALL
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How can we be more functioning and effective? Need further interna7onal coopera7on and solidarity UN organizations
International labour unions
NGOs
Governments International Organizations
Employers
Thank You Website
www.industriALL-union.org
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