Union follow up to Recommendation No. 202 concerning “National Social Protection Floors” adopted during the 101 st session of the ILC

State Responsibiity in defining National Strategies Tripartism as process The four strategic objectives are inseparable, interrelated and mutually supportive (FoA and CB as priorities)

Comprehensive Overview of the Social Security System (Convention 102) DEATH PERMANENT DISABILITY TEMPORAL DISABILITY ACCIDENTS AT WORK MATERNITY ILLNESSS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT DISABILITY AGEING PENSIONS FAMILY ALLOWANCES SHORT-TERM BENEFITS LONG-TERM BENEFITS

Comprehensive Overview of the Social Security System (Convention 102) DEATH PERMANENT DISABILITY TEMPORAL DISABILITY ACCIDENTS AT WORK MATERNITY ILLNESSS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT DISABILITY AGEING PENSIONS FAMILY ALLOWANCES SHORT-TERM BENEFITS LONG-TERM BENEFITS Second level of income distribution Between Work and Capital “REDISTRIBUTION” Second level of income distribution Between Work and Capital “REDISTRIBUTION”

DEATH PERMANENT DISABILITY TEMPORAL DISABILITY ACCIDENTS AT WORK MATERNITY ILLNESSS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT DISABILITY AGEING PENSIONS FAMILY ALLOWANCES SHORT-TERM BENEFITS LONG-TERM BENEFITS UNION PRIORITIES NACIONAL PRIORITIES NACIONAL STRATEGIES

Union proposal: two public pillars of social security Basic Contributory (based on wages and employment relations) Taxes % GDP Tripartite Essential healthcare Education/health/labour market (public policy) Water/sanitation Basic income security Child benefits Old age and disability benefits Financing Public pillars What do they encompass? A minimum of 3 of the 9 areas referred to in Convention No. 102.

" Social Floor " and " Social Building " are two images to represent respectively the horizontal extension (population) and vertical (quantity and quality of benefits) of the Social Security coverage. Fight against inequality Floor - Fight against poverty Comprehensive reference model for the TUCA

National Social Protection Policy Universality as opposed to focalization Objective of SPP: - Horizontal dimension of the Strategy for the Extension of Social Security - Universal coverage

Inequality Poverty Impact of Crisis Universality of Social Protection Social Protection Floor initiative Social Protection Floor initiative: objective

Iniciativa de Piso de Protección Social Servicios garantizar la disponibilidad, la continuidad y el acceso geográfico y financiero a servicios esenciales Agua y saneamiento, alimentos y nutrición adecuada, salud, educación, vivienda, etc. (agua, saneamiento y vivienda sin referencias en la R202) Transferencias garantizar un conjunto básico de transferencias sociales esenciales, monetarias y en especie, y facilitar el acceso a los servicios esenciales Garantías básicas SS: - Ingresos Niñez - Ingresos población adulta activa - Ingresos vejez y discapacidad - Salud esencial Social Protection Floor: components from the perspective of the United Nations as a whole

UN Social Protection Floor Initiative Services guarantee availability, continuity and geografic and financial access to essential services Water and sanitation; Foodstuffs and adequate nutrition: Health, education, housing, etc. (water, sanitation and housing without references in the 202 R) Transfers guarantee a basic set of essential social transfers (monetary and in kind), and facilitate access to essential services Basic SS guarantees: - Child allowance - Incomes for active adult population - Old age and disability allowances - Essential health Social Protection Floor: Components Social Protection Floor: components from the perspective of the United Nations as a whole

Main contribution of workers to the conclusions of the discussion: Systemic definition of the social protection floor Main contribution of workers to the conclusions of the discussion: Systemic definition of the social protection floor Sustainable social security systems: a key element for the promotion of an equitable and productive economic growth. Incorporation of Decent Work Set of rights within the legal framework Social dialogue, freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining Decent wages Increase in contributory capacity Sustainability of the system as a whole: contributory and non- contributory schemes complement each other.

The TUCA's concern in discussions Extension of social protection to all men and women based on the keys of the Continental Trade Union Platform on Social Security (PLACOSS): Reference to freedom of association and collective bargaining “full respect for collective bargaining and freedom of association for all workers” (guiding principle) Focus on rights “Basic social security guarantees should be established by law” (point 7) Within the framework of a comprehensive social security system “social protection floors... as part of comprehensive systems” (page 2) With a contributory financing scheme characterized by progressive contributions. “financial, fiscal and economic sustainability with due regard to social justice and equity” (point k) in the guiding principles) With a focus on the benefits and standards set out in Convention No. 102 as the minimum standard of social security. Convention referred to explicitly on three occasions in the text of the Recommendation Extension of social protection to all men and women based on the keys of the Continental Trade Union Platform on Social Security (PLACOSS): Reference to freedom of association and collective bargaining “full respect for collective bargaining and freedom of association for all workers” (guiding principle) Focus on rights “Basic social security guarantees should be established by law” (point 7) Within the framework of a comprehensive social security system “social protection floors... as part of comprehensive systems” (page 2) With a contributory financing scheme characterized by progressive contributions. “financial, fiscal and economic sustainability with due regard to social justice and equity” (point k) in the guiding principles) With a focus on the benefits and standards set out in Convention No. 102 as the minimum standard of social security. Convention referred to explicitly on three occasions in the text of the Recommendation

d) “in regard to the establishment and review of the levels of these guarantees, tripartite participation with representative organizations of employers and workers, as well as consultation with other relevant and representative organizations of persons concerned, should be ensured.” -… 13.1) “Members should formulate and implement national social security extension strategies, based on national consultations through effective social dialogue and social participation” Members should monitor progress in implementing social protection floors and achieving other objectives of national social security extension strategies through appropriate nationally defined mechanisms, including tripartite participation with representative organizations of employers and workers, as well as consultation with other relevant and representative organizations of persons concerned...” With the tripartite participation of social actors and social dialogue “... tripartite participation with representative organizations of employers and workers, as well as consultations with other relevant and representative organizations of persons concerned”... (guiding principle)

Conclusion International consensus represented a significant step forward in favour of the extension of the coverage of social protection to include those who have little or nothing. The process of collective construction made it possible to express the TUCA's policy decision to promote the standards of the Continental Trade Union Platform on Social Security (Plataforma Sindical Continental para las Americas de Seguridad Social, PLACOSS) and the full force of Convention No. 102 in the final adopted text of the Recommendation.