Trade Union Campaigns

Decisions for Life (in Portuguese)

• 'Project document'
  
• 'Campaign Guide' 
• A power point presentation
  

The Decisions for Life Project has been presented to trade unions and workers in many activities since March. The official launch of the campaign happened on October 2, during a seminar organized by DIEESE (Inter Union Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies), ILO (International Labor Organization) and Inspir (Inter-American Union Institute for Race Equality).
Almost 70 people were present during the release.

• See the activities 'in Photos'.

     Articles on UNI activities with:

• Telecommunication workers
  

• UNI Women’s network
  

     Decisions for Life Reports:

• The report from the UNI Brazil meeting (coordinated by DIEESE) 29-30 May 2010.

• SINTETEL Newsletter: 'May-June2010'

Decisions for Life Campaign Photos - Brazil,

View them on:

• Album - 1

• Album - 2

• Album - 3

• Contracs realiza encontro regional de gênero do Norte-Nordeste, CUT website
• CUT-RS e Dieese promovem oficina “Decisões para a Vida: A conciliação do trabalho com as atividades familiares”, CUT website
• Coletivo de Gênero promove evento Decisões para a Vida, CUT website
• Secretaria da Mulher da CTB participa de dois eventos contra a discriminação, Sintratel website
• Action Line recebe primeira atividade do projeto Decisões para Toda a Vida, Sintetel website
• Trabalhadoras participam de Seminário Decisões Para Toda Vida, Sintetel website
• Programa DECISÕES PARA A VIDA: a busca pela igualdade de gênero, FEAAC website                        * The event photos
• Brasil planeja evento sobre combate à violência contra a mulher, Sincomerciários RP website
• 1ª Conferência Nacional da Mulher Metalúrgica, CNTM website
• Decisões para a Vida, SEAAC website
• Projeto Decisões para a vida reúne representantes sindicais em São Paulo, Sindi Comerciarios
• Dirigentes em projeto da Rede UNI Mulheres, FETEC Bancários website
• Rede de Mulheres UNI Brasil reunida em São Paulo, FITERT
• CTB/RS: Oficina debate mulher jovem no mercado de trabalho, blog
• Horas extras: mulheres têm desvantagens, blog
  

• Sindicalismo promove oportunidade para as mulheres, LINHA DIRECTA Sintetel magazine, page 5
  

• Decisões Para Toda a Vida, Jornal da Força Sindical, page 16 
• Trabalhadoras participam de Seminário Decisões para a Vida, LINHA DIRECTA Sintetel magazine, page 6
  

Video Interview:

• Projeto "Decisões para toda a Vida" - Vídeo 1, Sintetel
• Projeto "Decisões para toda a Vida" - Vídeo 2, Sintetel
• Projeto "Decisões para toda a Vida" - Vídeo 3, Sintetel
• Projeto "Decisões para toda a Vida" - Vídeo 4, Sintetel

• Jardelia Rodrigues, CUT Brazil by Kristin Blom

(Informe Decisoes para a Vida)

• Report No 1 - September 2009
• Report No 2 - February 2010
• Report No 3 - May 2010
  

• DFL Final meeting  (power-point)
• DFL Main results  (power-point)
• DFL Way forward  (power-point)

 Click to see photos of these 2 events.

• December, 5 - CGTB  -  II National Meeting of Women Workers
• December, 11 - CNTM -  Força Sindical - I National Conference of Women Workers at Metallurgical Enterprises: syndical organization for life and Decent Work

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(National Centers and UNI affiliates) discuss the preparation of the trade union campaign launch and workplan for the Decisions for Life project.

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Young women discuss work-family balance during activities prepared and coordinated by DIEESE and promoted by national workers confederations.

The activities were carried out together with Força Sindical, CTB, NCST, and UNI Global-Union.

• See the event photos in this article.
  

Trade Union Campaigns :

• View / Download: The Yearbook of Brazilian Women 2011 (in Portuguese) - (pdf, 5772kb)
  

The Brazilian confederations, CGTB, CTB, CUT, Força Sindical, NCST and UGT,  have put the reconciliation of personal and working very high on the trade union agendas. This has been translated into collective bargaining issues, such as parental leave for fathers and mothers, six months paid maternity leave and child care provisions. Additional issues which have been addressed and put in the negotiating agendas are: better salaries, training for women about safety at the workplace and extra lunch time for women in call centers. In addition, the campaign team aims to increase women participation in the collective bargaining table by training trade union women as negotiators for gender clauses. By the end of the campaign they expect to have negotiated 50 new collective agreements with gender sensitive clauses.  

• Watch the interviews with  UNI-Brazil coordinators, DIEESE coordinators, SINTETEL, Women workers.