1. ITUC Membership in CEE. Tendencies and Challenges. Sergejus Glovackas ITUC Vilnius Bureau

2. ITUC unites 168 million members Around 48 mln. of members come from CEE (28 %)

3. FNPR – 27800 mil; VKT – 1,3mil KTR – 1,25mln ITUC in CEE – Affiliated Organisations and Membership Figures EAKL – 37.000 GTUC – 227.000 KSSH – 105.000; BSPSH – 89.000 UNASM – 5.000 LBAS – 140.000 LPSK – 100.000 LPSSolid. – 8.000 LDF – 20.000 OPZZ – 318.000 NSZZ Solid. – 722.000 KOZ-SR – 386.000 CMKOZ – 511.000 FPU – 11,2 MILLION; VOST – 150.000 KVPU - 242.000 BKDP – 9.000 CARTEL ALFA – 1.050.000 CNSLR FRATIA – 520.000 BNS – 150.000 CSDR – 101.000 CITUB – 251.205 PODKREPA – 154.000 MszOSz – 400.000 ATUC/ASZSZ – 137.000 LIGA – 101.000 MOSz – 53.416 UATUC – 212.000 CATUS – 465.620? NEZAVISNOST – 158.000? KSBIH – 428.000 SSSCG – 62.000 AHIK Azerbaijan – 735.000 BSPK Kosovo – 50.000

4. Membership Tendencies in Europe UNASM Macedonia – 5.000 members FNPR Russia 27,8 million

5. 4 key factors of successful organising to allot and attract more financial means for organising; to involve good professionals; to prepare and realise the strategic plan; to mobilise all union members for organising activities.

6. Challenges Union Have to Face Lack of experience in this field; There are no professional organisers; Existing TU structures are not fit to organising; Financing; There is no strategic planning; Not enough activities with youth; New economy sectors and informal economy; The lack of basic knowledge about trade union rights and ILO Conventions.

7. RECOMMENDATIONS (1) It is necessary to prepare a long-term realistic strategic plan and the mechanism of its realisation; Structural reforms and changes are necessary to adapt existing TU structures to organising; It is necessary to foresee a long-term financing including this to yearly TU budgets as a separate budget-line, confirming it on the highest TU decision level; Youth activities should not end with the creation of a formal structure;

8. RECOMMENDATIONS (2) Professional selection and preparation of organisers, formation of a good organisers’ team; IT should be used as efficiently as possible; It is necessary to develop closer co- operation with other TU departments; Organising campaigns in new economy fields and informal economy; Work with migrants; Use of international information and experience; Basic education and information on TU rights and main ILO Conventions, promotion of the code of conduct.

9. ITUC Vilnius Bureau Jasinskio 9 Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: ituc.vilnius@post.5ci.lt Tel.: +370 699 05263 Fax: +370 52124788ituc.vilnius@post.5ci.lt