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Calls to action
Calls to action mobilise unions, affiliates, partners and workers around emergencies, campaigns and shared priorities to defend rights, peace, social justice and decent work.
Trade union mobilisation
Turning a priority into collective action
A call to action alerts, brings together and coordinates trade union forces in response to a situation requiring collective action.
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Overview
Messages designed to trigger mobilisation
ITUC-Africa calls to action invite trade union organisations, workers, partners and solidarity movements to act around a shared objective.
They may address peace, human and trade union rights, migration, gender equality, economic justice, workers’ defence or participation in a regional or international campaign.
Themes
Major causes for mobilisation
Calls to action accompany priorities requiring a rapid, coordinated and visible response from the trade union movement.
Workers’ rights
Defend trade union freedoms, the right to strike, collective bargaining and dignity at work.
Rights-based migration
Promote migration governance that respects human rights and migrant workers’ rights.
Gender equality
Support women’s rights, empowerment, economic inclusion and action against violence.
Economic justice
Call for public policies that protect workers, public services and social protection.
Trade union solidarity
Coordinate support for affiliates, peoples and workers facing injustice or crisis.
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Method
How a call to action mobilises
A call to action connects a concrete situation with a collective, visible and coordinated response.
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Identify the emergency
Highlight a situation requiring a trade union response: crisis, injustice, attack on rights or collective campaign.
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Formulate the call
Clearly present the objective, concerned actors, demands and expected forms of mobilisation.
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Coordinate actions
Encourage affiliates, partners and workers to relay, participate and act consistently.
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Follow up mobilisation
Follow up commitments, actions undertaken and results achieved.
Related formats
Other sections linked to calls
Calls to action connect with statements, letters and campaigns when the organisation takes position and mobilises.
Statements
Public positions explaining the context, issues and the organisation’s position.
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Solidarity, protest, congratulatory and condolence letters, gratitude messages, memoranda and petitions.
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Broader mobilisations around priorities such as debt, migration, rights, peace or social justice.
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