Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Commercio Alberghi Mense Servizi
http://www.filcams.cgil.it
UITA - IUF
Executive Committee
Geneva, April 28-29, 2004
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2004
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Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Commercio Alberghi Mense Servizi
http://www.filcams.cgil.it
FILCAMS Italian Workers Federation Trade, Hotels,
Catering, Services (294.235 members in 2003) is the category
trade union of
CGIL Italian General Confederation of Workers (5.515.530
members in 2003)
FILCAMS takes care of workers in tourism and join the:
European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism trade
unions
Union internationale des travailleurs de l’alimentation, de
l’agriculture, de l’hôtellerie-restauration, du tabac et des
branches connexes
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Tourism values
peace and safety
destinations carrying capacity
environmental’s quality
cultural and customs’ differences
good working’s quality conditions
All these values are essential tools to
provide good services
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The main objectives
The main objectives for a tourism that is socially sustainable
are:
- acceptable working conditions, not inferior to those of other
sectors
- fair pay, reflecting the quality of the service provided
- the possibility of professional and career training
- equal opportunities
- quality work
- freedom
of association, recognition of trade union
organisations and collective bargaining
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Which Trade Union Initiatives are needed?
Sustainable development cannot be realised without the
involvement of workers and trade unions
negotiations on sustainable development must be developed
with the transnational companies in the tourism sector with a
view that such negotiations yield positive results beyond the
confines of the European Union, particularly in relation to the
populations of the destination countries of outgoing tourist
flows
Sustainable development must be the object of information
and consultation within European Works Councils
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…. and some projects
.
 Networks to monitor the accounting practices and social responsibility of
companies must be developed and managed within the international trade
union organisations, and between the trade union organisations of the
various countries.
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In october 2003 UITA adopted these decisions and some projects are develop , some examples:
 “Influence of CSR pratices on the quality of employment” (Filcams CGIL, Fisascat CISL,
Uiltucs UIL, FECOHT CC.OO., CFDT Services; affilieted to IUF-UITA)

Corporate Social Responsability UP SIDE DOWN (CSR UpSiDo) Filcams CGIL FECOHT
CC.OO., CFDT Services with EFFAT’s support
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IUF-UITA
4 STEPS
2003 October
IUF-UITA approves the project
“Influence of CSR pratices on the quality of employment”
2003 December
(Filcams CGIL, Fisascat CISL, Uiltucs UIL, FECOHT CC.OO., CFDT Services; affilieted to IUF-UITA)
December begin the project
2004 April
affiliated to IUF-UITA destination’s countries (Africa, Extreme East, Caribbean), under IUF-UITA’s
coordination, will begin to collaborate to the project
2005 June
We hope that EU will approves:
Corporate Social Responsability UP SIDE DOWN (CSR UpSiDo)
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Corporate Social Responsability UP SIDE DOWN (CSR UpSiDo)”,
submitted under Budget heading 04.03.03.02 VP/2004/003
The objectives of the project are:
It is a button up approach that becomes essential for reading and
interpreting the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) from the workers
point of view.
C.S.R. UP SIDE DOWN (UpSiDo).
To predispose an experimental model of investigation on the routines of CSR
that allows to analyse the business practices from the point of view of the
workers, therefore from inside the firm and from the lower part upward; such
model will have the acronym:
BURT (Bottom Up Research’s Tool);
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Corporate Social Responsability UP SIDE DOWN (CSR UpSiDo)”,
submitted under Budget heading 04.03.03.02 VP/2004/003
To inform – train the trade-union representatives trough a shared
model:
 what is CSR?
 how to analyse the CSR from specific points of view: workers, women,
disabled people, costumers, environment
The project’s goal :
To train at least three partner trade unionist , that will became trainers of
other 18 trade union representatives of workers in the enterprises and they
will disseminate, in at least 3 countries
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FEDERTURISMO enterprises association and FILCAMS
FISASCAT UILTUCS trade unions association
have insert, in the national agreement for Tourims sector, the following iusses
Rome 02nd February 2004
1.
ECPAT protocol
2.
protocol to protect minors in the job’s field and to garantee
basic rights for all the workers in the international corporate
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