Organizing a Trade Union – experience of a Female Leader XLRI Guest Session 9th August,2017 Prof Seema Rawat, NMIMS
A Story Retold The organizing of Cabin Crew of Air India & Indian Airlines ( 2001- onwards)
Organizing of Women workers to form ‘Santiti’ A Self Help Group
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
Perspective
DISCRIMINATION
OPPRESSION
Role of Gender
SOLIDARITY
PRIVILEGE
POWER
Organizing Employees
Why?
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
To get social security benefits in a unionized workplace.
More maternity leave or parental leave if you belong to a trade union.
Unionized workers get more holidays as well.
Less likely to be injured at work.
Less likely to be discriminated against.
Trade unions campaign for a better deal for workers in wider social and economic policies.
If you do get injured at work, you will get better compensation if you are in a trade union.
Trade union are only half as likely to be sacked as non . Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
Why?
To earn more.
More likely to get equal pay.
National Federations Engagement
The ‘Tipping Point’
Survival
Socio-Legal Change
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
When?
of grassroots collectives
GLOBAL UNION FEDERATIONS ¡ Education International (EI)
¡ International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Union (ICEM) ¡ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) ¡ International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF) ¡ International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF) ¡ International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) ¡ International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Association (IUF) ¡ Public Services International (PSI) ¡ Union Network International (UNI)
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
When?
¡ International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW)
HOW?
Collectives
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
Trade Union
HOW? Develop
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Decide to Organize
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Map the Worksite Systematic
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Communication Action Network
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Identify Problems ¡ Widely felt
Strategic
Approach
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Deeply Felt Potentially Winnable
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Go Public
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Understand employer/decision makers Identify Key Targets & Allies
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Set Organizing Goals Collective Action Tactics that fit
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
Worksite Mapping A tool of union organizing & collective bargaining
¡ Physical Mapping ¡ Corporate specific Operations & Locations ¡ Internal Work layouts ¡ Information ¡ Job Title ¡ Employment Status ¡ Shift/work timing ¡ Union hip ¡ Gender ¡ Age ¡ Relationships / Connections to other workers ¡ Assessment Systems ¡ Insufficient Information/Public Yes/No, Participates, Talks about Union ¡ Identify Gaps ¡ Union Activities ¡ Under-represented groups] ¡ Use One-on-One Conversations ¡ Build Commitment ¡ Start Small in Area where strongest
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
Competitors
HOW?
Owners
Creditors & Lenders
¡ Comprehensive Corporate Campaign
Industry
Financial
Unions
Suppliers
Community
Target Company
Customers
Nearby Union Workers Regulators
Government
Subsidies Politics Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
Management
Workers
International
Responses
Challenge to Status Quo
Insecurity
Revisit Rallying Issues
Rumors
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat
Stall
Leadership
Procrastinate
Management
As per Law
Union
Learning's As a Manager
As a Trade Unionist
Organizing Trade Unions- Experience of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat, 2017
Readings •
Canneti, Ellias, (1905)-Crowds & Power
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Olson, M,(2009),Logic of Collective Action, Harvard Press
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ITF, Investigating the Workplace
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Acker.J.(1998) The future of ‘gender and organizations’:Connections and boundaries. Gender,Work & Organization
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www.ilo.org
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http://www.uniglobalunion.org
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https://www.prospect.org.uk
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http://fite.org.in
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http://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-diversityscreed-1797564320
Organizing Trade Unions- Experince of a Woman Leader- Seema Rawat