Updated 28.11.Updated 16 October 2006
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Unions and Make Poverty History
Get involved in the White Band Day III week of activities
5 to 11 December 2005
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La UNI apoya el Llamamiento Mundial a la Acción contra la Pobrez | UNI soutient l'Action mondiale contre la pauvreté | UNI unterstützt den globalen Aufruf zu Aktionen gegen Armut |
Theme of WB III:"Spotlight on trade injustice"
GCAP e-petition calling on governments to deliver trade justiceENGLISH
Mandelson: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/eu.en/takeaction
Southern: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/sth.en/takeaction
SPANISH
Mandelson: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/eu.es/takeaction
Southern: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/sth.es/takeaction
FRENCH
Mandelson: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/eu.fr/takeaction
Southern: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/sth.fr/takeaction
ARABIC
Mandelson: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/eu.ar/takeaction
Southern: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/sth.ar/takeaction
PORTUGUESE
Mandelson: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/eu.pt/takeaction
Southern: http://whiteband.org/Actions/wto/sth.pt/takeaction
Mobilise your trade union members to:
- Wear white bands;
- Distribute white bands and leaflets to workers at or near the workplace;
- Organise/ take part in GCAP rallies and marches calling for decent work for all workers, trade justice and union rights for all;
- Cover significant buildings and trade union offices in your city with white bands.
Global Unions (which includes UNI and the ICFTU, which is co-ordinating the campaign) have produced a statement which you can use to lobby officials in trade delegations & trade ministries.
http://www.icftu.org/www/pdf/wtohkstatement.pdf
More tips and tools:
- Form a campaign group and join the campaign coalition in your country
(see www.whiteband.org for contacts) or contact the ICFTU.
Email: gcap@icftu.org
- Organise GCAP information sessions for trade union members, committees (e.g. women- and youth committees) and executive boards. To help with your presentation you can download the ICFTU's power point presentation on GCAP at http://www.icftu.org/www/pdf/GCAPpwtEn.ppt#1 7
- Distribute action cards, collect petition signatures or pass a resolution (for examples, check out the TUC's UK website Vote for trade justice
http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-1 0630-f0.cfm)
- Send a trade union delegation to lobby key politicians to deliver the GCAP message and statement,
- Publicise the campaign to workers, your community and the media
(Download Global Unions GCAP materials here
http://www.icftu.org/focus.asp?Issue=GCAPCampMat&Language=EN)
- Make a link between your union home page/ website and the ICFTU GCAP.
Wear a white band
It visibly links all activities which are part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty worldwide
Campaign Materiala
| A wide range of materials are available in different languages |  |
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NEWS
White Band Day III
GCAP mobilisation guide
En - Es - Fr
Posters for White Band Day 3
En - Es - Fr
Trade Union Proposals for the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference
(Hong Kong, 13-18 Dec.05)
Getting Workers' Interests on the WTO Agenda - An Action Guide
Model Letter To Ministers Of Trade
All Global Unions insist on keeping the Millennium Development Goals
Ending Poverty and Strengthening the United Nations: Trade Union Statement to the 2005 UNI World Summit
Global Call Campaign Website
Leaflet, designed for
trade unions
En - Es - Fr
Poster, promoting trade union involvement
En - Es - Fr
Factsheet on young workers
More material
for download
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Contact:
Alke Boessiger
or Neil Anderson |