Global Labour Survey
Eric Lee, LabourStart
February 12, 2004

Every year, the World Economic Forum -- you know, the people who meet at Davos -- produces a "Global Competitiveness Report." They ask the World Bank and corporate executives around the world about economic conditions in different countries. But they don't ask us -- people who know the labour scene -- about how workers and unions fare around the world.Our friends at Harvard University's Labor and Worklife Program thought it would be a good idea to try to conduct a survey of our own. They're calling it the Global Labour Survey. It is aimed at people like yourselves and when the results are announced in May 2004, they expect to receive worldwide attention.We interviewed Richard Freeman, author of the survey, and you can hear what he has to say about it on Radio LabourStart, http://radio.labourstart.org

We're convinced that if we can get a large number of you to take the time to fill out this online survey, we can present an alternative view to the one the WEF is presenting. A view based on your own experience as trade unionists.It's hugely important and we'll need thousands of you to respond in order to get this right.

The survey is located here: http://gls.law.harvard.edu/ 
It's available in English, French and Spanish.
This survey is completely confidential. You will not be identified nor will you be added to any mailing lists. We know that it takes a few minutes of your time to fill this in, and we appreciate the effort that you'll be making. You have our gratitude.Once you've filled in the survey yourself, please pass on this message and make sure that your union's publication mentions the survey as well.

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