The role of trade unions in promoting the vocational integration
of persons with disabilities: ILO policy appraisal and outlook,
by Marc Dupont 1
Africa: A buzz of experimentation and initiatives to build
greater awareness on the part of African trade union organizations,
by Bamba Ndiaye 18
Trade unions and workers with disabilities in Latin America:
Signs of promise? by Luis Reguera 22
Central and Eastern Europe: Most countries have set up sheltered
workplaces and employment for the benefit of severely disabled workers 35
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC): Policy and action
in favour of disabled persons, by Anna Ricciardi 39
Public Services International inspired by the need to nurture diversity
in society and to oppose any form of discrimination, by Ros Harvey 45
Increased competition: A pretext to exclude disabled persons
and encourage practices of exclusion, isolation and segregation,
by Silvana Cappuccio 53
Integrating persons with disabilities into the teaching profession:
A matter of concern to trade unions, by Fred van Leeuwen 57
Vocational rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities
in Germany: The IG Metall approach 61
The CFDT’s viewpoint on the management of the vocational integration
of workers with disabilities in France, by Huguette Puel and Gaby Thollet 67
United Kingdom: Manufacturing, Science and Finance (MSF) first
in line to address matters related to disability, by Kenneth Orme