Description
The project will strenghten trade unions through research and provide a basis for including self-employed in social dialogue.
The membership level of Czech trade unions is steadily decreasing. These are still focusing mostly on representing employees working full time on the basis of employment contract, although the number of employees working under other types of contracts with lower labour legislative protection is increasing.
This project will map the needs of the existing membership base through a survey, which will also address non-union members with the aim to find the potential motivation for possible entry into trade union organisation. This information will be provided to the trade unions through workshops and publications, and form a basis for trade unions to prepare campaigns and attract different groups of workers.
In addition, the project will link trade unions with those working in new forms of employment. Trade unions will be informed on needs and issues of those working in new forms of employment and became able to start addressing the problems of these workers as well. This can also gain new members to the trade unions.
The Norwegian partner is the independent social science research foundation FAFO, and an expert will provide input through the national report which will feed into a guideline and the capacity-building of the Czech trade unions.
Main activities are:
- surveys among existing and potential trade union members
- research and drafting of Czech and Norwegian national reports
- publication of a guideline for trade unions
- 2 workshops on the guideline
- printing of guideline in 100 copies and online publication
- organisation of a press conference