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Written by Secretariat International
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
"Together
in Action - for the future of work " is the theme of the
world council of the international Young Christian Workers (YCW)
movement - an opportunity for young worker members representing the
YCW from all around the world, to take time to reflect on the reality
we experience in our world today, exchange and evaluate our actions,
our organisation and our international movement. It's a chance to share our ideas for the future, develop a new plan of action for a
better world, and to take up responsibility to implement this plan of
action.
This opportunity usually happens once every four years, and
this year the council will meet in the region of
Tamil Nadu, India, between September 28th and October 15th.
 Members of YCW India
We
want to involve as many members as possible in a process starting now
- preparing together with you, exchange of our actions, our vision,
our coordination and all aspects of our movement. We want a strong
preparation towards
the council and
a well prepared strategy to
implement the decisions
after
the council within the member movements. For this to happen, we want
your involvement. You can reach all documents together with the
preparation calender and plan in the downloads section of this
website. Remember, you have to sign in as a member to access this
page.
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Written by Secretariat International
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Saturday, 25 August 2007 |
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Samuel's Story
I am 31 years old and I come from the state of Tamil Nadu, India. I am a Christian and a Dalit. My parents are agricultural coolie (daily-wage) workers. They are in their seventies. In our area, all people work for landlords, like slaves, for a very low income.
I am the only son in a family of four children. In my culture, boys are responsible for their family and the marriage of relatives; this implies huge costs, so we have to ask loans from our landlords, which binds us even more to them.
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Written by Secretariat International
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Friday, 24 August 2007 |
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There are more than 500 million workers working all over the world in the informal economy with no legal rights or legal protection. These workers are involved in selling things or providing services in the market
and streets, working in agriculture, construction, fishing, home-based works,
collecting garbage, recycling waste, mechanical work and more. Most of
them are hired by or dependent on others for their work. The work
relationship is irregular and with different employers. Many
are self-employed or work for their family owned businesses and the majority
of the workers in this form of exploited unprotected work are women and
young people.
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