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Nov 20
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European Sectoral Social Partners in Education Striving for Sustainable Influence on European Education Policy Building Through Successful Social Dialogue

By | Social dialogue

Summary

The EFEE and ETUCE have concluded a third project assisting in social dialogue on the national level between education representatives and EU member states. The project highlights cases of good practice and the progress made as well as highlights recommendations for moving forward. Of these, greater investment in education, stronger social security for education workers and the continuous development of sector workers is particularly emphasised.

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Nov 20
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Morocco: Economic, Social, Political and Institutional Situation and its Connection with Social Dialogue

By | Meta-analysis, Morocco

Summary

The development of the informal sector of Morocco through short-term contracts and the recent decisions of the government have led to a decline in the influence of social dialogue institutions like unions. The lack of ability of the unions to keep up with the changing demands of new workers and the solitary decisions of the government have led to groups leaving union representation and protesting on their own. The current state of bipartite and tripartite dialogue in the state need to be reassessed.

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Nov 20
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Work for progress Labour Market Case Stories 2019 – Middle East and North Africa

By | Jordan, Meta-analysis, Morocco, Tunisia

Summary

The study highlights a set of case studies in the Mena Region, Middle East and North Africa, that demonstrate examples of good developments of social dialogue. These examples are urged to be taken up by various sectors in the region in order to further develop social dialogue to a sustainable level.

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Nov 20
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Project PESSIS +: Promoting employers’ social services in social dialogue

By | Social dialogue

Summary

The representation of social services workers in the EU is broadly lacking. Employers outside of the public sector are not organised in any meaningful fashion and this significantly hampers the ability of for-profit and not-for-profit social service workers to engage in meaningful social dialogue. The PESSISS+ project suggests organising social dialogue for social services on an EU level, to bring consensus to all member nations and create a strong and enforceable set of standards for the sector overall.

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Nov 20
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Do labour unions mitigate labour conflicts in China’s manufacturing firms? Evidence from the China employer-employee survey

By | China

Summary

This study assesses the current state of union dialogue in China with both employers and the government. Currently, the presence of unions positively correlates with labour conflicts, especially in cases where the union leader is appointed by the employer’s management. It concludes that unions are not able to efficiently and accurately represent the concerns or desires of workers, and, because of this, they are not being translated to the government.

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Nov 20
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Social Dialogue and Tercerizados in Colombia’s Palm Oil Industry

By | Colombia, Social dialogue

Summary

Workers in Colombia Palm Oil industry are predominantly sub-contracted, and, as such, are seen as employed by the government but are denied access to unions and basic labour rights. Social dialogue with employers and the government in this sector has historically been tumultuous and, at times, violent. To move forward in the industry, new land developments processes, the elimination of illegal sub-contracting, allying direct and indirect workers’ alliances and convincing the employers of the benefits of development are necessary.

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Nov 20
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Workplace social dialogue in Myanmar: Experiences and lessons learned

By | Myanmar

Summary

When establishing in Myanmar, Fairwear erected a social dialogue institution to aid workers in the factories they sourced from. The institution set up helplines for issues and branches to assist unions and workers in engaging in dialogue with employers either through legal action or when legal action has failed. The results of this institution and recommendations for moving forward, either through the institution or internally, in these factories are provided.

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Nov 20
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Industrial Conflict and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from North Central Region of Nigeria

By | Case-study, Nigeria

Summary

The study analyses the effect of collective bargaining on employees in the wake of economic crises and rising unemployment in Nigeria. It concludes that collective bargaining generally helps to alleviate the situation for all involved, but that proactive bargaining should be done when crises are imminent or just occur, rather than some time after the fact. Another outcome is that training on bargaining techniques and involvement given to workers should be standard and would aid in the developments of the agreement, to reach a more amicable solution.

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