Matsuzaki industriall global union activities on shipbreaking workers

IndustriALL Global Union Activities on Shipbreaking Workers

8 April, 2013 World Maritime University- SHIPREC 2013 Kan Matsuzaki- IndustriALL Global Union

Building Unity and Power

115 countries 355 unions 20 million workers

100 countries 200 unions 25 million workers

110 countries 217 unions 10 million workers

140 countries 50 million workers over 400 unions Industri ALL

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List of industrial sectors within IndustriALL’s jurisdiction Industrial Sectors(15) Aerospace

Automo7ve

Base metals

Chemical, Pharmaceu7cal and Bio-­‐sience

Energy

Industrial and Environment Services

Glass, Ceramic, Cement and Associated Industries

ICT, Electrical and Electronics

Mechanical engineering

Mining and DGOJP

Pulp and Paper

Rubber

Shipbuilding and Shipbreaking

Tex7le, Leather, Garment Shoes and Tex7le Services

List of industrial sectors within IndustriALL’s jurisdiction

Service and Miscellaneous Industries

Cross Sectoral groups(2) Women

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Life Cycle Approach: Representing manufacturing workers in the life cycle of ship

Mining

Base Metal

Mechanical engineering

Shipbuilding/ maintenace Shipbreaking / recycling

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Ship operation/ Dock and Port

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South Asia region- India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan account nearly 70% of world shipbreaking in gross tonnage.

Shares in % of Gross Tonnage by contries (2011)

4,27% 2,55% 12,05% 23,81% 23,33% 34,00%

China India Bangladesh Pakistan Turkey other

Source: “Shipbuilding Statistics” September 2012, the Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan Industri ALL

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Shipbreaking will continue to increase World Comple7on (1926-­‐2012 1st half)

Fleets’ age 25+

Amount of Shipbreaking In 1990 1,645,000GT

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(now being breaking)

In 2000 13,552,000GT

×１５ ×２ In 2011 25,016,000GT

Tripled Industri ALL

in next 25 years !

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No.of Shipbreaking Workers in South Asia Region (est. by affiliates)

PAKISTAN 25,000 INDIA 66,000

BANGLADESH 30,000

Over 120,000 shipbreaking workers in South Asia region.

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One of the most hazardous occupations in the world Most of the shipbreaking workers do not know their basic workers’ rights Freedom of Associa7on ?

Collec7ve Bargaining ?

Health and Safety ?

Training/ Educa7on ?

Indecent wage, Accidents, No Drinking Water, No PPEs, Undocumented migrant workers…..

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Main Activities on Shipbreaking workers v Expand alliance for safe and sustainable jobs in shipbuilding-shipbreaking v Support green technologies, green products and sustainable employment v Promote a “life-cycle” approach v Transfer of good practices: Bilateral or multilateral cooperation projects

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Implementation and enforcement of international standards

v Demand that international regulations on OHS and environment including the Hong Kong Convention v Compliance with ILO core labour standards

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FNV-SMEFI-IndustriALL Organizing project in shipbreaking industry in India (2003- 2012)

MPTDGEU Membership in Mumbai

3,522/6,000

ASSRGWA Membership in Alang/Sosiya

9,647/60,000

13,169 members (as of October 2012)

ü First Aid facilities and safe drinking water ü Training and educational programs on workers’ right, OHS and skills ü Industrial actions (strike, demonstration, etc) ü Legal system on compensation ü the Statutory Minimum Wage and Social Security provisions.

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Creating local unions in India

FNV Additional Support

Planning and Finance

SMEFI

Joint Training/Educa7on

MPTDGEU Mumbai

Organizing

Create another union Expand tactics

ISCOS Expand support to other unions

Organizing

ASSRGWA Alang/Sosiya

Shipbreaking Unions Network in South Asia SMEFI(India)-BMF/BML(Bangladesh)-NTUF(Pakistan) Industri ALL

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Unions focal points on International regulations and the Hong Kong Convention “Ship Recycling Plan�

Ensure the availability of relevant technology equipment and facilities

Inventory of Hazardous Materials Train personnel Effective implementation

Social Dialogue Collective Bargaining Secure safer workplace Secure sustainable employment/decent work Industri ALL

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How can we be more functioning and effective?

Need further interna7onal coopera7on and solidarity UN organizations

International labour unions

NGOs

Governments International Organizations

Employers

Thank You Website

www.industriALL-union.org

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