1. Informal Workers organising and representation S.Glovackas ITUC/PERC

2. ITUC unites 175 million members  Around 48 mln. of members come from CEE (28 %)  Around 70 mln.people in CEE engaged in Informal labour relations(with CA)  Around 30 mln people from CEE left home countries since 1990  60 000 IE workers are organised in to Trade Unions(ITUC CEE affiliates) Trade Unions(ITUC CEE affiliates)

3. Workers engaged in informal labour relations % from total labour force below 20% 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% above 50%

5. South Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe Central Asia

6. European Union Western Europe

7. What is the Informal Economy? « All economic activities by workers and economic units that are – in law or in practice – not covered or insufficiently covered by formal arrangements » Informal employment (without secure contracts, worker benefits or social protection) both inside and outside informal enterprises

8. Background  ICFTU Informal Economy Task Force 2001  ILO 90 th session recommendations 2002  CEE Trade unions Council Conference “Informal Economy, Migrant Workers and Role of Unions”, Gdansk 2003  ILO-ICFTU Programme 2004-2005  PERC Founding Conference Rome 2007  FNV-ITUC/PERC Programme 2007-2010

9. ILO 90th Session, 2002  TUs can sensitise workers in the informal economy to the importance of having collective representation through educational programmes;  TUs can also make efforts to include workers in the IE in collective agreements;  With women accounting for a majority in the IE, TUs should create or adapt internal structures to promote the participation and representation of women and also to present their specific needs;  TUs can provide special services to workers in the IE, including information on their legal rights, educational projects, etc.;  There is also a need to develop and promote positive strategies to combat discrimination of all forms, to which workers of the IE are particularly vulnerable.

10. PERC METHODOLOGY/APPROACH PERC METHODOLOGY/APPROACH  TREE SEGMENTS OF IE  >Legal: domestic work; mutual services; atypical forms;  >Semi-legal/grey: unregistered employment  >Criminal;  DIFERENT DRIVING FORCES /criminal; income-job; tradition driven/  TU INVOLVMENT /action research method/  EARLY MOVE/OPENTO SOCIAL PARTNERS

11. ITUC/PERC-FNV project Three activity directions 1. Raising awareness 2. Organising 3. Social Dialog

12. Project directions  Common indicators for trade union actions;  Structural reforms for all-inclusive representation of all the groups of workers;  Unionisation and collective representation;  Common actions by the social partners;  joint alliance building and cooperation with relevant civil society organisations

13. Partner organisations  Albania, the Confederation of Trade Unions of Albania (KSSH), the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Albania (BSPSH);  Croatia, the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (UATUC) and Independent Union of Croatia (NHS);  Montenegro, the Confederation of Trade Unions of Montenegro (SSCG);  Serbia, UGS Nezavisnost and Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (SSS)  Ukraine FPU KVPU VOST  Georgia GTUC  Azerbaijan AHIK  Armenia HAMK  Kyrgyzstan FPK  Moldova CNSM

14. IE workers organisations PROJECT COUNTRIES Georgia - Commerce and transport Armenia - Service and transport Azerbaijan - Service, Commerce, Agriculture Kyrgyzstan - Commerce, Sewing, Transport, Agriculture Ukraine - Transport, Commerce, Service, IT Moldova - Commerce, Service, Transport Belarus - Self-employed TU Serbia Croatia NON-PROJECT COUNTRIES WITH IE ORGANISATIONS Russia Lithuania Poland Bulgaria Kazakhstan Romania

15. Project Successes  Networking and coordination  IE workers organisations capacity building  Synergy of theory and practice  Publicity and campaigning  National and sub regional ”task force”  Cooperation with different partners  Experience summary -”Guide”

16. Human oriented approach

17. Leaders

18. Organising

19. Recommendations  Creative and flexible approach  IE workers organisations regional network formalization  NGOs, International Organisations and Trade Unions working in this field and ongoing projects database  To help IE workers create cooperatives and get involved into cooperative movement and organize credit unions to help IE workers organisations refuse non-TU functions.  To prepare targeted sectoral IE workers organising methodologies and organisers training system

20. What next? We need each other!

21. ITUC/PERC-FNV Project “CEE/NIS: Promoting rights and representing workers engaged in informal labour relations” ITUC/PERC Vilnius Bureau Jasinskio 9 Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: ituc.vilnius@post.5ci.lt Tel.: +370 699 05263 Fax: +370 52124788