ITUC Eliminating Slavery Frontline

Goals 16 ratifications of the Forced Labour Protocol in targeted country campaigns 2 cases of corporate compensation

Strategy ITUC affiliate ‘sign on’ to organise national campaigns and lobby for ratification Work with affiliates in targeted countries to organise vulnerable workers to lead national campaigns Pressure corporations through dialogue, industrial action, litigation and investment strategies

Targets Affiliates in 16 countries for 2016 – 50 for 2018 Migrant, indigenous and vulnerable workers in domestic work, agriculture, construction and manufacturing in: Qatar, Mauritania, Paraguay, and Uzbekistan

Protocol ratification campaign –History – ILC 2014 – worker drive, broad alliance –Content – addressing important labour protection gaps such as supply chains, recruitment of migrant workers, ensuring inspection, labour law coverage etc… –Global ratification campaign includes ITUC and ILO – close link with domestic and migrant worker movements

TUC - CBI lettre 9 December

UK ratification on 22 January

Country campaign Qatar Asks –End kafala –Freedom of association –Credible grievance procedures Progress –Worldwide visibility of campaign –(insufficient) Revision of Kafala by Government –FIFA reform process –Qatar Airways reforms Planned strategy –Continue pessure on FIFA –Organising migrant workers –Identifying companies using forced labour –Strategic litigation

Country campaign Mauritania Asks –Ratification Forced Labour Protocol (domestic worker and migrant worker conventions) –Social dialogue on labour migration and recruitment agencies –Freedom of association –Liberation of Birham Abeid –Compensation for trafficked workers Progress –Visible and powerful action on the case of the Saudi womenaction on the case of the Saudi women –Trade union front in action –Government commitment to ratify Protocol –Government commitment to revise labour migration process to Saudi Arabia –Government commitment to close and regulate agencies Planned strategy –Regional/national meeting –Research on implementation of roadmap for the elimination of slavery (e.g. improvement of Tadamoun and locus standi for unions to take cases to court) –Organising Haratin workers

Country campaign Paraguay Asks –Organised labour and collective bargaining in the Chaco –Effective labour inspection in the Chaco –Minimum wage and social protection Progress –Research mapping –National trade union front in alliance with indigenous workers’ groups, close cooperation and involvement of TUCA Planned strategy –Organise targeted farms –Identify and expose cases of forced labour –Corporate campaigning

Country campaign Uzbekistan Asks –Monitoring and free access to workers –Ratification of C87 – freedom of association ( and Protocol to Forced Labour Convention) Progress –Child labour reduced –ITUC involvement in ILO process –Child and forced labour national monitoring process Planned strategy –Working with Uzbek union to play an independent role through association –Ensure voluntary recruitment through improved conditions –ITUC GS visit to Uzbekistan – workers’ hearings

Ethical Recruitment Migrants –Strategy Organise migrant workers Guidelines on ethical recruitment at the ILO Monitoring recruitment - webplatform

Join us! –Sign-up, take photo with the sign board, share on Twitter, Facebook, wear the badge –Take action and promote it on national level (we can translate) –Campaign on national level – find your hook –Keep us informed through HTUR networks and others

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