1. GROUP WORK BY IND-PAK-SRILANKA-NEPAL

2. GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS – AND ITS EFFECTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
-Investment in All sectors-specially in Attractive Emerging Markets
WORKMAN V/S NON WORKMAN
-ORGANISED AND UNORGANISED
White collar and Blue collar Jobs-Executive and Management clearly differentiated.
Minimum wage Problem
Gender Inequality
Closure of Major Industries-Free Trade Zone
Retrenchment of Workers
Downsizing-Outsourcing-Privatization-Increase in Contract Labour
Pressure of Multinationals to Provide Union Free Environment.
Effect on workers – no to women workers
IMPACT ON WORKERS AND UNIONS:
-Decrease in Membership
-Weakened Bargaining Power
-Implementation of prevailing labour laws became flexible.
UNION RESPONSE
Training materials-Negotiations

3. Legal protection:
INDIA-PAKISTAN-N EPAL-SRILANKA all have the Right to Organize.
Right to Negotiate
Strike-Activity of Trade Union
Pension, Provident Fund, Health Insurance, workman Compensation, EOBI(Employees Old age Benefits-for Pak). Only 1/3rd are for Srilankan Employees
Retrenchment in Government Sector and Public Sector is Legal.
Private sector-Termination of Employment Act

4. Section of people not covered by labour law
Agriculture workers in India, Pakistan, Nepal. But Srilanka Agriculture workers are covered under labour law.
Health and Education
Domestic
Nepalese Labour Sector is in the Extreme Exploitation.
Home Based workers
Flexible laws pertaining to Formal and Informal Sector.
DRAWBACKS IN THE EXISTING LAW:
CHANGE IN POLITICAL SCENARIO MEANS CHANGE IN LABOUR LAWS
LONG TERM SETTLEMENTS
FUNDING
ARMED AND NAVY FORCES NOT ALLOWED TO UNIONISE

5. PRIORITIES OF TRADE UNIONS IN ASIAN REGION
To secure for workers better wages
To safeguard security of tenure and improve conditions of service
To increase opportunities for promotion and training
To improve working and living condition
To provide for educational cultural and recreational facilities
To promote identity of interests of the workers
To offer improved level of production and productivity discipline and high standard of quality
To promote individual and collective welfare
A firm “No” to Labour Reforms.
Organizing the unorganized
Involve women and Youth in Policy making.

6. THANK YOU MUSTAQ AHMAD QADRI QAHIR ALI RIZWAN---------PAKISTAN
V. RUTHEERADEEPAN
VASANTHA GUNASEKAR-----SRILANKA
SURINDER SINGH
MADHAVILATHA KATARU-----INDIA
GAJENDRA TAKUR
KAMALA LAMICHHANE NEPAL