Extension of the current Latin American operation with trade union
partners in Colombia, Chile - online survey, Paraguay and Guatemala - offline
survey. TUSALATIN aims to collect in 2 years time in Chile 15,000, in
Colombia 12,000, in Guatemala 2,000, and in Paraguay 3,000 completed
questionnaires.
The European Commission funds WIBAR-2. carried out by the University of
Amsterdam/AIAS, ETUC, EMF, ETF, WageIndicator Foundation, and with Ruskin
College - UK and WSI - DGB - Germany. Its focus is on conferences grouped
into: 1 metal & electronics manufacturing; 2 retail; information
technology; call centres and finance; 3 transport. The project includes
introduction of the WageIndicator web-survey in France.
10 European universities and research institutes bring together
information on approx. 1500 - 2000 occupations. From care & welfare to
technology & manufacturing, from service occupations to agriculture &
fishing. They are described within the context of 7 countries. A so called FP
6 program.
This project aims to increase the transparency of the labour market in a
number of developing countries. Funded through the development aid programme
of the Dutch Trade Union Confederation FNV, the WageIndicator operation now
includes India, South Korea, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.
Its overall objective is better understanding of citizens' work life
attitudes in 9 EU-member states. What is of the impact of a citizen's
socio-economic framework on his/her attitudes, preferences, and perceptions
with regard to this framework? A so called FP 6 program.
The project aims at diminishing the gender wage gap in six sectors.
Research results on the size and determinants of the gender wage gap are
debated between paid and lay union officials in these sectors and in the
Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions - FNV about policy options.