PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY - A RESOURCE KIT FOR TRADE UNIONS

 

INTRODUCTION

This resource kit for trade unions addresses the sample topic of promoting gender equality in the workplace

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• Introduction
• Trade unions and gender equality
• Aims and structure of the resource kit
• How to use the resource kit
• Some basic concepts relating to gender equality
• References and additional reading
• Booklet 1 Promoting gender equality within unions
  • Increasing the participation of women in unions
  • Recruiting women as union members
  • Promoting the participation of women at all levels of the union structure
  • Internal structures for the promotion of gender equality
  • References and additional reading
  • Additional examples and case studies
• Booklet 2 - Promoting gender equality through collective bargaining
  • Gender equality bargaining
  • Preparing for negotiations
  • At the negotiation table
  • Follow-up after the negotiation
  • References and additional reading
• Booklet 3 - The issues and guidelines for gender equality bargaining
  • The issues for gender equality bargaining
  • Bargaining checklists for key gender equality issues
    • Ending discrimination and promoting equal opportunities
      • Sex discrimination
      • Equal opportunities agreement
      • Training and Promotion
      • Sexual harassment
    • Wages and benefits
      • Equal pay
      • Job evaluation
      • Pensions
    • Family-friendly policies
      • Childcare
      • Maternity protection and benefits
      • Family leave
    • Hours of work
      • Flexible working time
      • Part-time work with benefits
      • Other types of alternative work schedules
    • Health and safety of workers
      • HIV /AIDS
      • Violence in the workplace
    • References and additional reading
    • Additional examples and case studies
• Booklet 4. Organising the unorganised: informal economy and other unprotected workers
  • The challenge of the informal economy for trade unions
    • The growth of the informal economy
    • The challenge for trade unions
  • Organising informal and other unprotected workers
  • Part-time workers
  • Homeworkers
  • Domestic workers
  • Migrant workers
  • Workers in export processing zones
  • References and additional reading
  • Additional examples and case studies
• Booklet 5 - Organising in Diversity
  • Solidarity in diversity
  • Young workers
  • Older workers
  • Workers with disabilities
  • Lesbian and gay workers
  • References and additional reading
  • Additional examples and case studies
• Booklet 6 - Alliances and Solidarity to Promote Women Workers' Rights
  • Alliances and partnerships between unions and other elements of society
  • Community level alliances and partnerships
  • National level alliances
  • International solidarity and alliances
    • Solidarity within the international trade union movement
    • Organising campaigns and joint actions
      • Codes of conduct
    • References and additional readings
    • Additional examples and case studies

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