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Putting HIV/AIDS on the bargaining agenda
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UNI Africa has partnered with BBTK / ABVV / ISVI of Belgium to implement a trade union response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in East and Southern Africa.
The project targets 21 UNI affiliates in five countries Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The objective of the project is for trade unions to network, guarantee and monitor HIV/AIDS clauses in collective bargaining agreements. Coordinator of the UNI/BBTK HIV project Louis Plaatjies (2nd from right) reports that trade unions are better placed to put the issue of HIV/AIDS on the union’s bargaining agenda. “We are in a position to push this concept on the world of work,” she says. A common training manual has been developed and 36 train of trainers have benefitted from the project’s training programmes. Country coordinators have been appointed and “we are now in the process of training peer educators from each country in targeted multinational companies in 2010,” reports Ms. Plaatjies. |