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Building Workers Power Organising Unity the Way Forward Building Workers’ Power Redressing Prevailing Inequality ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Inequality Average monthly wages countries from A.P. with broadly comparable data, 2013 or latest available year (US$) Source : ILO Global Wage Report 2014/2015, Asia and the Pacific Supplement ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Global Wealth Distribution (PPP) ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Adjusted Wage Shares in Advance Countries (1970 - 2011) Note: Advanced Economies stands for the unweighted average of high income OECD countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Source: AMECO Database ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Gap btwn Real Wage/ Productivity ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

High Unemployment Rate

Precarious Work • No essential job security • Fixed term of employment • Liable to unilateral termination of employment • Lower working conditions • Exempted from public social security schemes and other labour laws. ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Wage and Employment ILO ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Wage Gap ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Informal Economy ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Gender Pay Gap in AP • 100 to 67 (WEF 2014) • “shocking inequalities” remain in education, the labour market and security ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Women for Part-Timer ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Support Youth • Youth (aged 20 – 34) consist nearly 35% of the total working-age population in Asia and the Pacific. Action for youth employment More youth on trade union decision making bodies ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Youth Unemployment ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Youth, Our Future ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Migrant Labour/Workforce 22 25 90 56 94 74 82 76 0 20 40 60 80 100 ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

ILO Convention 189 on domestic work adopted 2011

Realising Equality ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Realising Equality ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Realising Equality ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Multinationals • Key-drivers of globalisation • Accumulation of wealth • Dominant corporate power over labour market policy, supply chain • FTZs/EPZs ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Top MNCs • Name Total Revenue Profits Assets • Wal Mart 476.29 16.02 204.75 • R D Shell 459.59 16.37 351.51 • Sinppec 457.70 8.93 352.98 • Ch.N.Petro 432.00 18.50 346.80 • Exn Mobile 407.66 32.58 346.80 Fortuna Global 2014, Billions USD ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Economic Integration ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Constructive Industrial Relations ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Occupation Health and Safety ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Union and OHS Union Density and Fata Injury Rate 12 (22 OECD countries) 10 (per 100,000 workers) Rate of Fatal Injury 8 6 4 2 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Union Density ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Child Labour Index

Education for Children

Climate Action & Green Economy ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Climate Action & Green Economy ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

ITUC Global Rights Index • Category 5 + No guarantee of rights : 1 • Category 5 No guarantee of rights: 13 • Category 4 Systematic violation of rights: 9 • Category 3 Regular violation of rights: 5 • Category 2 Repeated violation f rights: 2 • Category 1 Irregular violation of rights: 0 Number of ITUC countries ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Wage Distribution and CBA Coverage ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Income-led Growth • High-income and pro-labour distributional policies • Strong labour market institutions • Boosting domestic demand • Inclusive growth regime for the sustainable future ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Pease and Disarmament • Global military expenditure exceeds USD1.7 trillion, equivalent to 2.4% of GDP. • Asia and the Pacific is the region with a continued increase in military expenditure since 1988. • The number of nuclear warheads still stands at 16,000. ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

SI met with President Aquino III ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific

Building Workers Power Organising Unity the Way Forward Bread, Freedom, Peace ITUC-Asia Pacific International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific