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FLEXIBLE&LABOUR MARKET
WOMEN’S VOICES
TRADE UNIONS
Trade Union Skillnet
Labour Force
QNHS Q1 2012
In Employment
1,786,100
Employees
1,485,600
Self Employed
Unemployed rate
289,400
14.7%
Labour Force
Employees
QNHS Q1 2012
1,485,600:
Women
(52%)
769,200
Men
(48%)
716,400
Self employed 80% male
Labour Force
QNHS Q1 2012
Women
Part time
769,200
302,200
(35%)
Men
716,400
123,200
(13%)
Part time
Gender Pay Gap
Latest official data published 2011 from 2009, CSO
NES
Average gross hourly earnings
12.8% pay gap
GAP /Economic Sector
NES 2009/QNHS_Q12012
EMPLOYED
Professional
32.4%
36,000 / 59,000
Finance
29.4%
54,000 / 46,000
Education
26.6%
192,000 / 45,000
GAP /Economic Sector
Professional
€19.33
NES 2009
€27.53
Average per hour
Union Membership
950,000 Non Members
568,525
Members
(Congress)
Rapid increase
in SMIs/service
industries
Surge in worker exploitation
289,466
Women
(51%)
Flexibilisation
of labour market
Declining Union
279,059
MenDensity (49%)
Erosion of Union Strength
Density
Number of employees
1,485,000
Congress members
568,525
Congress density 38% ROI.
Estimated all members 39.5%
Employees /Union Membership
1993/2012
CSO QHNS/Congress
2000
1800
1600
1400
1,281
1200
1000
881
916
964
800
600
487 496 497
964
1,401
1,564
1,4421,453
1,728 1,761
1,618 1570
1514 1485
1,017
567 597 605 628
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627 638 623 605 594
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Age Profile & Union Density ROI
Age
Group
% Union
Members
2008
% Union
Members
2009
60-64
42%
43%
45-59
48%
47%
35-44
36%
37%
25-34
26%
27%
20-24
17%
16%
15-19
5%
4%
Economic Sectors and Union Density
CSO National Employment Survey
Density levels highest in:
Education
Public Administration & Defence
Health & Social Work
Transport, Storage and Comms
Financial Intermediation
Wholesale and Retail
70%
66%
61%.
58%
40%
34%
Union density lowest in:
Hotels & Restaurants
Business Services
Other Services
9%.
14%
15%.
In Excess Of Three Hundred Thousand
Workers Experiencing Extremely Low Pay
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Wholesale and Retail
Hotels and Restaurants
Business Services
Other Services
Construction …
…Employed in sectors with low union
density
We Face Major Challenges
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Unemployment & underemployment
Erosion of social supports
‘Competitive devaluation’
Pay thresholds under attack
Persistent pay gaps
Two tiered workforce: ‘Secure’ and ‘Precarious’
Erosion of labour standards – rise of inequality &
discrimination …
920,000 Non Members…
477,000 Women workers not in a
Union
FLEXIBLE LABOUR MARKET
Women in Unions
See greater benefit than men in
terms of:
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Providing job security;
protecting & furthering terms & conditions;
Improving pay;
Progressing legal rights;
Providing advice and information
But feel less sense of pride in Union…
However, are more likely than men to
positively promote union membership
Engaging
Those researched valued their membership –
though not totally satisfied with performance
But they are passively rather than proactively
involved
Want unions to be powerful and are open to
initiatives that can engage individual members in
securing success
Want To See:
» Better promotion of what union does;
» More engagement with them through work
events;
» Active promotion of principles fairness/ solidarity;
» Better address the issues they are concerned
about
Importantly…
Shop Steward/Workplace Rep
Over 50% of those undertaking key union role of
local representative/shop steward are
women
But not progressing through the democratic
structures to leadership roles
Snapshot Women in TUs …
10% Leadership (officials) Women
An improvement on just 4% three years ago!
30% Congress Executive (minimum quota provides
for 24%)
1/3rd Union Officials
85% Administrative positions
Challenges Connecting
(QUALITATIVE RESEARCH/AMARACH)
Significant disconnect between union members
and their organisations
There is little knowledge or awareness of the
union organisation ‘above’ the workplace
Women’s
Representation
at
LEADERSHIP
levels in
Unions
is a continuing
challenge
Gender Balance Critical to
Advancing TU Agenda
» Modernising
» Organising
» Achieving an equal society
Are Women’s
Voices
Being Heard?