WUNRN
EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
2014 SURVEY ON WOMEN IN EU TRADE UNIONS
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2014 Survey Report:
Executive Summary of the 8th of March Survey 2014
WHO REPLIED
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51 (out of 85) national confederations from 31 European countries.
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20 sectoral national unions from 12 European countries.
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6 European Trade Union Federations (out of 10) .
PART I:
WOMEN IN TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Trends of female membership in national trade union confederations
· 47 confederations were able to indicate the number of
women members.
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They represent 44,393,073 members,
of which 19,624,693 are women (44.2%).
·
The national confederations with the highest
rates of
female membership are STTK-Finland (75%), followed by the Latvian union LBAS
(65%) and the Estonian union EAKL (62%).
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The lowest percentage of female members is
reported by the two Turkish confederations: TURK-IS (13%) and HAK-IS (11%) and
DEOK-Cyprus (13,7%).
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12 unions reported more female than
male members: EAKL-Estonia,
AKAVA and STTK from Finland, ICTU – Ireland, LBAS-Latvia, LPSK from Lithuania,
LO and YS from Norway, CGT-Portugal, SACO and TCO from Sweden and TUC-UK.
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27 confederations (out of 47) have a female membership rate equal to or higher
than 44.2%.
· Women have slowed down over the last years
the process of decline faced by unions in a majority of countries in Europe.
The growth in female membership does not compensate for the loss of male
membership but avoids a steeper decline in union membership.
Women in positions of power within trade unions
· For all the position of power within national confederations,
the women are in minority compared to men:
o 4 female Presidents
(against
35 for men)
o 18 female Vice-Presidents
(against
51 for men)
o 9 female General
Secretaries (against
27 for men)
o 7 female Deputy
General Secretaries (against
13 for men)
o 9 female treasurers
(against
16 for men)
·
Only 7 women have a leadership position in their national confederation (47 are
men).
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Most of national confederations have implemented actions and/or policies
ensuring the follow-up of ETUC Recommendations for improving gender