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ITUC Global Poll 2013

Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, Spain, South Africa, UK, USA

Represents the views of 3.7 billion people, half the world popn.

51%49%

Question: Unemployed or reduced working hours in last two years ?

No Yes T

ITUC Global Poll 2013: One in two working families dir-ectly impacted by loss of job or reduction of hours

37%

62%

13-COUNTRY MEAN65% Women rate national economy as bad

Good Bad

T

ITUC Global Poll 2013: Describe the economic situation of your country?

49%51%

13-COUNTRY MEAN54% Women say country going in wrong

direction

RightWrongT

Direction your country is moving in? ITUC Global Poll 2013: Direction your country is moving in?

Women

Men

46%

51%

-54%

-49%

Right Wrong

Direction your country is moving in?

7

13%

29%58%

13-COUNTRY MEAN Only 12% of women say incomes have gone up

with cost of living compared with 14% men

Gone up

Stayed even

Fallen behind

Description of personal financial situationFamily income against cost of living in the last two yearsDescription of personal financial situationITUC Global Poll 2013: Family income vs. cost of living in last two years

8

41%

59%

13-COUNTRY MEAN

Can saveCan't saveT

ITUC Global Poll 2013: Description of personal financial situation

INDIARUSSIA

USUK

JAPANGERMANY

CANADAFRANCEBRAZIL

13-COUNTRY MEANBELGIUM

SPAINCHINA

SOUTH AFRICA

6%7%

10%10%10%

11%11%11%11%

12%15%

18%19%19%

Not enough for essentialsPersonal financial situation: Not enough for essen-tials. Globally one in eight can’t pay bills

ITUC Global Poll 2013: Future generations - better or worse off?

23%

21%55%

13-COUNTRY MEAN

Better offThe sameWorse off

20%

80%

13-COUNTRY MEAN

YesNoT

ITUC Global Poll 2013: Has government effectively tackled unemployment?

13%

28%59%

13-COUNTRY MEAN

peopleneitherbusinesst

ITUC Global Poll 2013: Government economic policies - whose interest first?

36%64%

JOB SECURITYYes No

ITUC Global Poll 2013: Do laws adequately protect workers?

34%

66%

FAIR WAGES

68%

32%

13-COUNTRY MEAN

AgreeDisagree

ITUC Global Poll 2013: Workplaces with unions have better wages, conditions and safety

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The Road Forward

A five point plan for jobs, decent wages and social protection

In education, research and new technologies

In clean energy and environment related industries

92%

88%

8%

12%

TitleSupport Oppose.

1. Jobs: Investment

55%40%

5%

13-COUNTRY MEAN

Strongly agreeAgreeDisagree

2. Fair wages: International companies should pay workers reasonable wages

Right to strike

Minimum ...

Right to col...

Right to joi...

-1%

-4%

-10%

-9%

24%

28%

44%

47%

75%

68%

47%

44%

Title

oppose somewhat favour strongly favour Series4

3. Strong Labour Laws

Affordable health care

Affordable education

Retirement income

Affordable childcare

Unemployment benefits

-3%

-3%

-4%

-7%

-11%

21%

25%

22%

34%

39%

76%

72%

74%

58%

49%

Title

Oppose Somewhat favour Strongly favour t

4. A Social Protection Floor

Women more strong in support of social protection floor

• 76 % strong support decent retirement incomes

• 78 % strongly support access to health care• 73 % strongly support access to education and • 62% strongly support affordable access to

childcare vs 54% of men who support affordable access to childcare

Stop big business avoiding tax

Increase taxes on big business

Reduce taxes on big business

86%

80%

24%

14%

20%

76%

TitleSupport Oppose t 5. Companies pay their taxes

Has access to union39%

No access to a union, but access easy to achieve

(unions good for workers

11%

No access to a union, but access easy to achieve,

(don't know about unions)

14%

No access to a union, and diffi-cult to achieve

(unions good for workers)

9%

No access to a union, and dif -ficult to achieve

(don't know about unions)

17%

No access to a unions (unions

are bad for workers)

7%

Don't know about access to union,

3%

ITUC Global Poll 2013: Two thirds of workers have access to a union or consider access easy to achieve