VIOLENCE AND FACILITATOR GUIDE HARASSMENT IN Train the Trainers Toolkit on the ILO Violence and Harassment THE WORLD OF Convention (No. 190) and WORK Recommendation (No. 206) VIOLENCE AND FACILITATOR GUIDE HARASSMENT IN Train the Trainers Toolkit on the ILO Violence and Harassment THE WORLD OF Convention (No. 190) and WORK Recommendation (No. 206) This toolkit was developed with the financial support of Mondiaal FNV Date of Publication: June 2021 Design and layout: www.northcreative.ch This toolkit was prepared by Georgia Montague-Nelson and Dave Spooner from the Global Labour Institute, Manchester, UK, commissioned by a coalition of Global Federations with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) as a resource for When the Convention was adopted, the international trade union movement. My God! It was a great day! We chanted, Acknowledgements we danced. We did not even feel hungry GLI would like to thank Armelle Seby, the Programmes and Gender Coordinator at IndustriALL Global Union, for coordinating - why? Because we then knew that we the project and the other members of the Reference Group for the project, including: had a comprehensive international Adriana Paz, Julie Duchatel, Marieke Koning, Tola Ositelu, standard that will help us to protect International Domestic International Union of International Trade Union International Trade Union workers and women. With what we go Workers Federation Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Confederation Confederation Aisha Bahadur, Restaurant, Catering, Marta Ochoa, Veronica Fernandez Mendez, through and what our fellow women go Building Workers Tourism, Tobacco and Allied UNI Global Union UNI Global Union Workers’ Associations through, this was a moment of joy, a International Neha Prakash, Verónica Montufar, Anna Paula Melli, Madeleine Kennedy International Transport Public Services moment of happiness, a moment to Building Workers Macfoy, Workers Federation International Education International dance, a moment to celebrate. International Pamela Moriniere, In addition, thanks to Chidi King, Maria Tsirantonaki, International Federation of Petra Brännmark Rose Omamo, General Secretary, International Trade Union International Trade Union Journalists (IndustriALL Global Union), Confederation Amalgamated Union of Kenya Metal Workers Confederation Dr. Jane Pillinger and Celia Mather. (AUKMW), Kenya Thanks to all those who agreed to be interviewed or shared materials used in this toolkit, including: Ana Sanchez Navarro, Fátima Aguado Queipo, Katie Biddlestone, Nalini Singh, FSC-CCOO, Spain FSC-CCOO, Spain SDA, Australia FRWM, Fiji Andréa Privatti, Fernanda Ceballos, Kim Rojas, Nicholas Allen, ITF Americas UNTMRA, Uruguay ITF SEIU, USA Anja Westberg, Fish Ip, Laura Cordoba, Patricia Nyman, Kommunal, Sweden IDWF Camioneros, Argentina SACCAWU, South Africa Banaani Deka, Geici Maiara Brig, Laura Crespo, Rose Omamo, PSI SINTRASEB, Brazil journalist, Spain AUKMW, Kenya Camille Rondon, Gina McKay, Leyla Ben Hazem, Saraswati Rijal, DWU, New Zealand CUPE, Canada UGTT, Tunisia ITWAN, Nepal Camille Simbulan, Ian Lewis, Lorena Bayarres, Sheela Naikwade, AMOSUP, Philippines UNITE HERE, USA Camioneros, Argentina MSTKS, India Carne Greenbank, Irene Khumalo, Marcelo di Stefano, Shirley Dorismond, DWU, New Zealand SDNU, Swaziland / Eswatini APUBA, Argentina FIQ-Santé, Canada Carolina Busaka, Jasmin Labarda, Marcos Vidal, KUSPAW, Kenya AMOSUP, Philippines Camioneros, Argentina Carrie Budahn, Julia Fox, May Rathakane, SEIU, USA SDA, Australia IDUL, South Africa Dayna Sykes, Juliet Kutyabwana, Myriam Leroy, USW, North America NUCMAW, Uganda AJP, Belgium Joint statement of the Global Unions Federations and the International Trade Union Confederation The adoption of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190 and The Convention and the Recommendation require States, in consultation with Recommendation 206 on Violence and Harassment in the world of work is a representative employers’ and workers’ organisations, to adopt an inclusive, victory for the trade union and labour movement. The adoption of these integrated and gender-responsive approach to the prevention and elimination instruments is the culmination of years of campaigning and lobbying by trade of violence and harassment in the world of work. C190 and R206 leave no-one unions, and in particular women trade unionists, built on the narratives and behind. experiences of discrimination and violence from women workers globally. By Women workers or groups and individuals in situations of vulnerability will adopting these international labour standards, member States of the ILO and benefit from specific protections. Gender equality cannot be achieved, as long workers’ and employers’ organisations have sent a clear message: violence as gender- based violence and harassment remain prevalent in the world of and harassment in the world of work can no longer be tolerated and special work. Implementation of these new instruments is key to making gender attention must be paid to gender-based violence and harassment. equality a reality in the world of work. The implementation of both Convention 190 (C190) and Recommendation 206 As trade unions, we have an important role to play in ensuring this Convention (R206) really can make a difference in workers’ daily lives. For instance, imagine and Recommendation do not just remain on paper but are transformed into how it would be for a worker to no longer feel afraid to go to work because she action. Trade unions are leading local and global campaigns, calling for the knows that a collectively negotiated preventive policy on sexual harassment, ratification and effective implementation of C190 and R206, so that these with adequate redress, is effectively implemented in her place of work. She standards are integrated into national legislation. The instruments promote knows she can speak up about any sexual harassment she endures from a collective bargaining as a key tool for workers in the struggle to eliminate colleague or superior, because she will be supported and she knows that violence violence and harassment in the world of work and present an opportunity for and harassment in the working environment is NOT ‘part of the job’. Imagine how internal/union reforms with an inclusive and gender-responsive approach. it would be for a worker who has experienced domestic violence to know that she will have support from her employer, trade union and colleagues, so that she The Global Unions have been working together since the adoption of these is able to find a way out. Imagine the relief for a worker who knows that his instruments to provide strong support for trade unions and increase superior, customers, patients or other third parties have no right to threaten or understanding and appropriate use of C190 and R206. bully him, and he is able to feel safe at work. Imagine if a street worker who sets up his vegetable stall on a daily basis can run his business in peace, and gets We are proud to now present a C190/R206 “Training of Trainers” toolkit, which some financial stability, knowing that public authorities have no right to harass we hope will be extensively used by trade unions and workers’ representative and threaten him on unjustified grounds just because he is an informal worker. organisations. Effective implementation of these standards can have a significant effect on Trade unions all around the world are joining forces to put an end to violence workers’ perception of their working environment. Workers will also recognise and harassment in the world of work, including gender-based violence and the key role of trade unions in ending violence and harassment in the world of harassment. United, we can contribute effectively to dismantling patriarchal work. This could have a significant impact on their quality of life. Truly, systems, to building equal, inclusive, safer and more secure workplaces, and “Convention 190 can change lives” by shaping a world of work free from violence socio-economically equitable and just societies. and harassment in every country, every sector, and in every organisation. FACILITATOR GUIDE CONTENTS Introduction 2 Acronyms and Abbreviations 3 Glossary 4 VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT APPLYING C190 AND R206 TO 1 IN THE WORLD OF WORK PAGE 6 3 OUR OWN ORGANISATIONS PAGE 70 1.1 What is violence and harassment? 7 3.1 Reforming our unions 71 1.2 What is gender-based violence and harassment? 11 3.2 Organising, Educating and Mobilising 78 1.3 Who is at greatest risk? 20 1.4 How were the new international labour standards achieved? 30 Web resources 84 1.5 ILO Convention 190 and Recommendation 206 32 Contacts 96 1.6 Ratification 40 Appendices 97 Appendix A: Full text of C190 97 UNION ACTION Appendix B: Full text of R206 103 2 PAGE 42 2.1 Developing Workplace Policies on Violence and Harassment 42 2.2 Integrating Violence and Harassment into Occupational Safety and Health 47 2.3 Domestic Violence as a Union Issue 51 2.4 Handling Complaints of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work 57 2.5 Collective Bargaining around Violence and Harassment in the World of Work 58 2.6 Campaigning for Ratification of C190 67 1 FACILITATOR GUIDE INTRODUCTION A note for educators using this toolkit The toolkit has been designed to: Violence and harassment in the world of Encourage discussion about violence and harassment and gender-based violence in the world of work work is a daily reality for millions of workers Raise awareness about the ILO C190, its accompanying Recommendation R206 and its significance for