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Global crisis could see women forced out of the workplace, warn European trade union women

Women could be forced out of the workplace and ‘back home' by the global financial crisis, say women trade unionists representing 30 million women workers in 43 countries across Europe. A statement on the global financial and economic crisis was adopted by the founding women's conference of the International Trade Union Confederation's pan-European regional council – stretching from the Azores to the Russian steppes. British trade unionists Gloria Mills (Unison) and Julia Neal (Association of Teachers and Lecturers) were delegates at the conference, along with Elena Crasta from the TUC. The statement challenges the assumption that the crisis will affect everyone equally, and stressed that women would bear the brunt of the damage to jobs, living standards and social protection.
31.10.2008

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