Organize the migrant workers in the private sector to join unions in China Duration: three years (from to ) Helen Xuan Yu, ACFTU

Situation of migrant worker The country’s private sector has rapidly developed A large number of people from rural areas has shifted in the private sector to work These migrant workers face many problems in work Many of them are unorganized

Cause of the problem Low awareness of the migrant workers Bad implementation of the Trade Unions Law of PRC in some private sector The ACFTU didn’t attach importance to the issue of migrant workers before 2003 N ew plan of the ACFTU to increase its membership didn’t clearly concern on migrant workers

Target Groups and Other Parties to be Involved Target Group: Migrant workers Employers of the private sector Implementers: Three department of ACFTU head office Decision-makers and Financiers : ACFTU

Long-term Objectives Ensuring equal human and workers’ rights between local workers and migrant workers

Immediate Objectives Organizing about 9 million migrant workers in the private sector in the future three years Founding stable mechanism to protect the migrant workers’ rights and attract them to join the trade unions

Activities Propagate on freedom of association Participation in the lawmaking concerned on migrant workers’ right Founding the stable mechanism to help migrant workers Utilizing the ILO supervisory mechanism to solve the serious cases of violation