In Belgio si terranno una riunione ed una manifestazione venerdì 9 ottobre a Bruxelles (sul sito ‘Tour and Taxis’ vicino alla stazione ferroviaria di Bruxelles Nord) con almeno 2.000 militanti sindacali. L’azione è organizzata dalle due principali confederazioni, ACV-CSC e ABVV-FGTB.
L’azione è battezzata "Un lavoro dignitoso contro la crisi". I due sindacati dichiareranno le loro priorità al governo belga.
dal 3 al 10 ottobre, nell’ambito della settimana di azione globale contro il lavoro precario, il sindacato "METALICY" prevede di:
•· Predisporre e distribuire un nuovo opuscolo / incentrato sull’impatto della crisi globale sul mercato del lavoro / ed un manifesto.
•· Organizzare, nel periodo dal 30/09 al 4/10/2009 i nostri tradizionali giochi sportivi nazionali dei metalmeccanici con il motto "Mobilitiamoci globalmente contro il precariato". I giochi si svolgeranno all’insegna della campagna.
•· Allestire riunioni informative negli stabilimenti dove abbiamo organizzazioni sindacali.
•· Organizzare una tavola rotonda con l’associazione bulgara dell’industria metallurgica /BAMI/, che rappresenta i datori di lavoro nel settore Metallurgia.
•· Sollecitare una riunione con il ministro bulgaro del lavoro e delle politiche sociali per informarlo sulla campagna, durante la quale ribadiremo la necessità di elaborare provvedimenti concreti atti a contenere il dilagamento del lavoro precario nel paese, risultato dell’impatto della crisi globale sul mercato bulgaro del lavoro.
Le informazioni su tutte le attività saranno disponibili sul nostro website: www.metalicy-bg.com
Als Teil der globalen Aktionswoche gegen prekäre Beschäftigung plant die Gewerkschaft „METALICY" im Zeitraum vom 3. Bis 10. Oktober folgendes:
•· Ausarbeitung und Verteilung eines neuen Informationsblattes / mit Schwerpunkt über die Auswirkungen der Weltkrise auf den Arbeitsmarkt / und eines Posters.
•· Vom 30.09 bis 04.10.2009 Durchführung unseres traditionellen Metallarbeiter-Sportfestes unter dem Motto „globale Mobilisierung gegen prekäre Beschäftigung". Die Spiele finden unter dem Zeichen der Kampagne statt.
•· Durchführung von Informationsveranstaltungen in den Werken, in denen wir gewerkschaftlich vertreten sind.
•· Organisierung eines „runden Tisches" mit dem bulgarischen Verband der Metallindustrie BAMI, der die Arbeitgeber im Metallsektor vertritt.
•· Beantragung eines Treffens mit dem bulgarischen Minister für Arbeit und Sozialpolitk, bei dem wir ihn über die Kampagne informieren darauf bestehen werden, dass konkrete Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung prekärer Beschäftigungsverhältnisse ergriffen werden, die sich als Folge der Weltkrise im ganzen Land immer weiter verbreiten.
Informationen über alle Aktivitäten werden auf der Homepage http://www.metalicy-bg.com/ zur Verfügung stehen.
Under perioden 3-10 oktober planerar Metalicy följande i samband med den globala aktionsveckan mot otryggt arbete:
•· arbete ute på fältet, och spridning av ett nytt informationsflygblad och en affisch om den globala krisens följder på arbetsmarknaden
•· vårt traditionella nationella sportevenemang för metallarbetare, 30 september till 4 oktober 2009, som återigen anordnas under mottot "Global mobilisering mot otryggt arbete" – deltagarna kommer att passera under kampanjbanderollen
•· informationsmöten i fabrikerna där vi har fackföreningar
•· ett rundabordsmöte med den bulgariska arbetsgivarföreningen i metallsektorn BAMI
•· en begäran om ett möte med Bulgariens arbetsmarknads- och socialminister, under vilket vi skall informera om kampanjen, och insistera på att det utarbetas konkreta åtgärder för att hindra att det otrygga arbetet breder ut sig i landet på grund av den globala krisens effekter på Bulgariens arbetsmarknad.
Information om alla verksamheter kommer att finnas på vår webbplats www.metalicy-bg.com.
BRAZIL: When the employers’ side began to make excuses during the annual round of negotiations on pay, metalworkers organised rallies, protests and demonstrations. This struggle by IMF affiliates CNM and CNTM has resulted in major gains for metalworkers.
After a series of demonstrations and protests by workers, FEM-CUT/SP, affiliated to CNM/CUT, negotiated major gains for the 53,000 metalworkers employed by Volkswagen, Ford, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Scania, Toyota and Honda in Sao Bernardo and Taubate. Employers agreed to a 6.53 per cent pay rise and agreed to pay an additional R$2,800 (US$1570) bonus. The 6.53 per cent takes account of the annual inflation rate of 4.44 per cent, based on the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) and includes a real increase of 2 per cent. The agreement also included a series of social benefits.
Meanwhile, 6,000 metalworkers at Renault-Nissan and Volvo, affiliated to CNTM/FS unions, won the biggest pay rise in the country’s manufacturing sector this year, according to the trade union research institute DIEESE. They won a real increase of 3% plus the 4.44 inflation rate, totalling 7.57 per cent, and a bonus payment of R$2,000 (US$ 1,110) for each worker.
"The pay rise won by the Curitiba Metalworkers’ Union for Renault and Volvo workers is important and will have a positive influence on other negotiations that are scheduled to take place over the next six months" said Miguel Torres, president of the São Paulo and Mogi das Cruzes Metalworkers’ Union and vice president of Força Sindical.
Valter Sanches, CNM General Secretary, said that the agreement in the auto sector "is a major victory after a year in which Brazil, especially the metalworking sector, was affected by the international crisis. The sector has lost approximately 210,000 jobs since October 2008, after a gain of 700,000 since 2003." Sanches said that at the beginning of the year, metalworkers took the lead in negotiations with employers and the government about how to deal with the crisis and avoid job losses.
GLOBAL: From Australia to Zambia affiliates will take action in countries around the world as part of the global week of action against precarious work starting on October 3.
The impact of the global financial crisis on precarious workers is the theme of IMF’s action this year. Affiliates are taking the fight to governments, calling on them to ensure equal rights for precarious workers and to strengthen legislation to prevent employers from using precarious employment in place of permanent and direct employment.
Some of the actions that are planned to take place include:
In all cases these actions include the distribution of the global campaign leaflet and poster with the unified message of calling on governments to:
The massive growth of precarious employment has brought negative social and economic consequences for people everywhere. That’s why workers throughout the world are uniting against precarious work.
To find out more about the actions being taken go to: http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=20694&l=2
Please send photos and reports on any actions that your union takes as part of this campaign to: [email protected]
BELGIUM: Between 3,000 and 5,000 European workers rallied at the Opel plant in Antwerp on September 23 in response to a call from the European Metalworkers’ Federation for mobilisation and solidarity in the light of the current restructuring of GM Europe and the threat of closure of the Antwerp plant.
EMF general secretary Peter Scherrer welcomed trade unionists from Spain, England, Germany, Poland, Hungary and France to the rally as well as the workers in Belgium.
"We will address management again and again regarding our principle demands, which are: no to the closure of plants and no to forced redundancies!" said Scherrer.
"We all know that when we do not fight for Antwerp today, tomorrow it will be Bochum, Luton or Zaragossa. We all know that if we do not stick together as firmly as possible we all will lose this fight," he said.
"We need responsible behaviour from the governments and politicians. We will not accept that workers are the hostages of political games. We want effective co-ordination of help, support and aid given to companies at European level," argued Scherrer.
Other speakers at the rally include Klaus Franz, the Chairman of EEF (the GM European Works Council) and trade union leaders of the Belgian trade unions.
The challenge for trade unions in Africa is huge. Forty percent of the continent’s population survives on less than two dollars a day. Unity of workers is the key to building strong unions capable of tackling the challenges of poverty.
Swaziland Amalgamated Trade Union is one example of IMF’s work to build strong, self-reliant unions. The union was created when several smaller Swaziland unions were assisted by the IMF to merge. Covering five sectors, SATU is a stronger organization able to deliver gains for members and the community.
SATU continues to grow. Now the union can coordinate campaigns and lead strikes against foreign companies.
INDIA: Permanent and temporary workers remain united at the Bosch and Brembo plants in Pune, India, after 66 days of being on strike and despite pressure tactics from management and employers in the region.
The workers went on strike on July 18 demanding the implementation of pay rises stipulated in the 2007 collective bargaining agreement. Significantly the workers’ demands also include equal pay for equal work with precariously employed workers, trainees and permanent workers in unity in the fight, which is being lead by the Bosch Chassis Systems Kamgar Sanghatana (Employees Union) and supported by IMF affiliates and independent unions in the region. Prominent social workers are also supporting the strike
In recent days management at the two companies proposed a settlement, subject to the condition that not a single contract worker or trainee will be taken back. The union did not accept the proposal and stated that all contract workers (131) and trainees (43) should be taken back in three batches with improved wages and conditions of employment.
The management is holding talks with the union in the presence of the commissioner of Labour and has threatened to close down its operations in Pune if the union fails to accept its proposal on contract workers. Various petitions by management to the industrial courts to deem the strike illegal have been denied. Meanwhile the union is continuing to pursue legal measures to prevent the use of strike breaking labour at the two plants.
"The companies in the region are employing all kinds of pressure tactics to ensure that the strike fails, as it will break down the morale of contract workers not only in Bosch & Brembo, but the whole industrial area," explained IMF regional representative Sudharshan Roa Sarde, adding, "As such, all unions are collectively doing their best and coordinating efforts to sustain the strike".
IMF and its affiliates organized in Bosch in Germany and Brembo in Italy are offering solidarity support to the workers.
From October 3 to 10, IMF affiliates around the world are taking the fight to governments, calling on them to ensure equal rights for precarious workers and to strengthen legislation to prevent employers from using precarious employment in place of permanent and direct employment.
