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PENGASSAN, the ICEM-affiliated senior staff union in Nigeria&rsquo;s oil and gas sector, is on the verge of declaring a full scale strike action nationwide. This follows a seven-day warning strike by the oil and gas labour movement, late 2008, which ended without a satisfactory result. The on-going dispute has pitted PENGASSAN and the management of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), particularly PEF Executive Secretary Adefunke Kasali. Kasali, who has been attempting to implement new regional policies which victimise workers in certain areas. 
 
&ldquo;The only thing that could avert this strike is for Kasali to drop the unpopular policy,&rdquo; stated a PENGASSAN representative. 
 
PENGASSAN union members hold significant leverage in Nigeria; its members are supervisors at each of the petroleum depots, which transport fuel and diesel throughout the country. The depots are under the control of PEF. 
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A recent action by the other ICEM affiliate in Nigeria&rsquo;s oil and gas industry, NUPENG, included a joint action with PENGASSAN against the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). Together the two unions issued a 21-day ultimatum to the federal government to rescind its decision to appoint a pre-shipment inspector, Cobalt, or risk industrial action. 
The decision to outsource this work to a foreign firm has angered the unions, especially since the pre-shipment inspection function was already being statutorily performed by Nigerian workers of the DPR. According to union statistics, the federal government will pay up to US$87,400 daily for this unneeded service. 
 
An Edo State PENGASSAN chairman insisted that the deployment of Cobalt &quot;to the country's 21 crude oil export terminals amounts to mortgaging the nation's economic heart beat. NUPENG and PENGASSAN, as responsible unions, cannot, therefore, fold their hands to see this essential sector of the nation's economy ravaged at this point in our nation's history.&quot;

Nigerian Oil Workers Move Closer to Strike

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Aqaba, Jordan, was the venue for the second seminar and workshop in 2008 that brought together Iraqi oil workers trade unions with the country&rsquo;s transport and port workers unions. The programme is part of the ICEM&ndash;International Transport Workers&rsquo; Federation (ITF) Oil and Gas Workers&rsquo; Trade Union Alliance. The seminar took place from 16-December 16-20 2008. A first meeting took place in Amman, Jordan, in March. 
 
The aims of the Alliance are to discuss, evaluate, and strengthen cooperation between the two Global Union Federations across the entire oil and gas sectors, and their logistical supply chain. Further aims are to develop strategic policy and enhanced organising abilities to jointly influence major companies in the industry, and to jointly organise mutual support and solidarity in achieving these objectives. Iraq is seen as a key country for such cooperation in the Middle East region. 
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The seminar was supported by the American Centre for International Labour Solidarity of the AFL-CIO, which participated as part of their extensive program of assistance to the Iraqi trade union movement. Facilitators were Jim Catterson of the ICEM, Bilal Malkawi of the ITF &ndash;Arab World, and Mary Ann Forbes, Solidarity Centre Country Program Director in Jordan. 
Also participating in the discussions were three Jordanian trade unions, the Port Workers&rsquo; Union, the Petrochemical Workers&rsquo; Union, and the Mineworkers&rsquo; Union. 
The seminar sessions included interactive presentations, which allowed participants to gain a better understanding of the roles of the ICEM, ITF, and Solidarity Centre, including policies towards Iraq and Iraqi trade unions, as well as sessions where participants split into work groups and then reported back to full plenary sessions of the seminar. 
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Participants took time out from discussing their own problems to discuss the year-long lockout of 260 oil refinery workers at a PetroCanada refinery in Montr&eacute;al, Quebec, and sent a statement of support to the workers condemning the company&rsquo;s behaviour, declaring their full solidarity with their fellow workers in Canada and calling on the company to settle the dispute in line with the CEP National Energy &amp; Chemical Bargaining Pattern Agreement. The lockout has subsequently been settled with an agreement meeting union demands. 
 
In the concluding sessions, participants further developed an action plan to build a network between oil &amp; petrochemicals unions and ports unions to improve communication and coordination nationally, regionally, and globally. They returned to Iraq with plans to develop ongoing contacts at a regional level that will meet as a national group again inside Iraq, probably in Iraqi Kurdistan in a few months time. Another meeting will be held towards the end of 2009, again in Jordan.

ICEM, ITF ‘Well to Wheel’ Seminar held in Aqaba, Jordan

Find the following statement in Arabic <a href="/index.php?id=24&amp;la=EN&amp;doc=2957">here</a>. 

The 20-million-member International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers&rsquo; Union (ICEM) has added its voice to the calls for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of border crossings between Israel and Palestine to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. 
 
&ldquo;It is with shock and horror that I have seen coverage of the bombardment of Gaza in what is now four days of Israeli air strikes that have targeted both Hamas and purely civilian structures, including a major university, a television station, and mosques, as well as refugee camps, which serve as homes to many of the 1.5 million Palestinians who live in this densely populated Mediterranean coastal area,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;The loss of innocent Palestinian lives is deplorable and an immediate and fully respected ceasefire by both Israel and Hamas is now clearly the only way forward.&rdquo; 

According to the United Nations, as well as Palestinian officials, more than 370 Palestinians have died in the air strikes, with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reporting that about a third of those killed since Sunday, 27 December - about 90 Palestinians - were civilians including more than 60 women and children. Over 1,000 Palestinians are said to have been injured, many critically, and hospitals and doctors are struggling to treat the injured in the face of chronic shortages of basic medical supplies and blood.
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The air strikes have been in response to rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza that have reportedly caused the death of four Israelis and followed the decision of Hamas, which controls Gaza, not to renew a six-month cease fire that had brought a semblance of temporary and relative calm to the area until it expired earlier this month. The action by Hamas is also deplorable and has been strongly criticised by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas is the Islamist movement which won Palestinian elections three years ago and then violently seized full control of Gaza last year. 

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, said Israel's use of force was &quot;disproportionate&quot; and Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories, said in a BBC interview: &quot;Israel is committing a shocking series of atrocities by using modern weaponry against a defenceless population - attacking a population that has been enduring a severe blockade for many months.&quot; 

Israel has said it is ready for weeks of action to end the threat posed by rockets, one of which on Tuesday landed in Beersheba, 46 km (28 miles) from the Gaza Strip. An extra 2,500 reservists have been called up by the Israeli army and, on the frontier with Gaza, preparations continue for a possible Israeli ground operation. Israel has declared the border area a &quot;closed military zone,&quot; which prohibits journalists and others from entering. 

There is no entry by sea possible, either. Israeli naval vessels confronted pro-Palestinian activists seeking to break the Gaza blockade by boat about 45 miles (70km) off the Israeli coast in international waters. The activists said one vessel had rammed the Palestinians&rsquo; craft without issuing a warning during the confrontation. The boat put into port in Lebanon with heavy damage on one side.
ICEM President Senzeni Zokwana, also President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa called on all parties to address the serious humanitarian needs in Gaza. He said, &ldquo;There must be the immediate opening of border crossings to ensure that the people of Gaza are supplied with food, water, fuel and medical treatment. The Israeli blockade of Gaza must be immediately lifted and full, unimpeded and urgent access for medical teams allowed.&rdquo; 

ICEM has received a message from Shaher Saed, General Secretary of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade unions (PGFTU) where he graphically details the suffering Palestinians face, and how Palestinian people only hope to live normal lives without threats of the weapons of occupation. 
 
Saed stated: &ldquo;It is the human responsibility of the international community to devote all efforts to pressure the Israeli government to stop their aggression and attacks on Palestinian people, who not only face death by the missiles, but also face hunger and death due to the lack of bread, medicine, electricity, and drinking water.&rdquo; 
 
Clearly, the ICEM believes, there is no military solution to the situation in Gaza or the wider search for peace in the Middle East. There must be a seriously increased international effort to ensure that both Israel and Palestine have the land, rights, and security to live in peace. 

ICEM fully endorses the recent statement by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and in particular the statement by ITUC General Secretary, Guy Ryder, that &ldquo;the cycle of attack and reaction must be be replaced with dialogue, to bring a definitive end to the conflict and establish the basis for the co-existence of Israel and Palestine as two democratic states in peace.&quot; 
Ryder added, &quot;The international community must bring real pressure to bear to ensure that Israel and Palestine step back from the cycle of violence and follow the path of dialogue. The UN, its Security Council members and all other countries which could use their influence to bring this about, must do so as a matter of the utmost urgency.&quot; 

South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, a former General Secretary of the NUM trade union, is also commended by ICEM for having urged Israelis and Palestinians to stop the violence and asked the international community to find a solution for peace in the Middle East. 

&quot;Both parties must do everything their power to come to a solution in order to end the violence in the Middle East,&quot; Motlanthe said in a statement. &quot;Violence and counter-violence would not advance the cause of both the Israelis and the Palestinians. Strength and efforts must not be spared by the Palestinians and the Israelis to find an amicable solution to their problem.&quot; 

Motlanthe called for a two-state solution, with an independent Palestinian state co-existing with an Israel state within secure borders as a lasting solution to the ongoing Middle East conflict. 

ICEM fully agrees with this statement and will continue to work for peace in the Middle East. The Geneva-based ICEM is a Global Union Federeation representing 467 trade unions in 141 countries.

ICEM Calls for Immediate Ceasefire to Ease Gaza Hostilities

The 13-month lockout by Petro-Canada of 260 refinery workers in Montr&eacute;al, Quebec, likely will end tomorrow when unionized members of Communications, Energy, Paperworkers (CEP) Local 175 vote on a new collective agreement. 
 
Since 2 December, the union and management of Canada&rsquo;s second largest oil company have been engaged in private mediation with Special Mediator Lucien Bouchard, who served as Premier of Quebec Province in Canada from 119 to 2001. That mediation apparently has paid off. The two sides agreed to a tentative agreement late last week. 
 
CEP Local 175 will ballot members tomorrow evening, 23 December. 
 
The union is not releasing terms of the proposed contract until members vote on it, but CEP Local 175 is recommending the proposal for acceptance to membership. CEP Representative Daniel Cloutier said the union&rsquo;s bargaining committee &ldquo;is glad to submit the proposal to the membership,&rdquo; and he predicted it would be accepted. 
 
Petro-Canada locked out workers at the 130,000 barrels-per-day refinery on 17 November 2007. The company was attempting to break from the collective bargaining pattern of the CEP&rsquo;s National Energy and Chemical Bargaining Programme, ironically negotiated first between the union and Petro-Canada at an oil refinery in Edmonton, Alberta, in spring 2007.

Likely End to Petro-Canada Lockout to Come Tomorrow

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A breakthrough came this month in the dispute over trade union rights for workers employed by subcontracting companies of Unilever at warehouses in Turkey. International pressure by three Global Union Federations (GUFs) &ndash; the ICEM, the International Transport Workers&rsquo; Federation (ITF), and the International Union of Food and Agricultural Workers (IUF), together with Turkish affiliates &ndash; can be credited with this first and major step toward resolving the dispute. 
 
Management of the subcontracting companies, &Ccedil;ipa and Şimşek, agreed to a protocol agreement with T&Uuml;MTIS, the Turkish Motor Vehicles&rsquo; Workers Union, an affiliate of the ITF, which addresses some of the issues in the dispute. This occurred in December, some six weeks after the GUFs, and ICEM affiliate Petrol-&Iuml;ş and IUF affiliate Tek-Gida-&Iuml;ş, met in a summit in Turkey, and pledged to bring pressure against Unilever on behalf of T&Uuml;MTIS and the subcontracting workers.
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The protocol agreement does not yet give T&Uuml;MTIS recognition status for hundreds of warehouse workers in Gebze, near Istanbul, but it does resolve some issues surrounding the sacking of 87 workers who joined the union. And the employers did agree not to oppose union activity inside the warehouses. 
 
Whether or not &Ccedil;ipa and Şimşek does recognize and bargain with T&Uuml;MTIS is a now a matter that will be resolved in a Turkish labour court. The union agreed to end a continual manifestation in front of warehouses. 
 
Within the protocol agreement, some workers who were fired received payments from employers, while others &ndash; which had won court cases over unfair dismissals &ndash; received add-ons to their indemnity payments. Some workers did get reinstated, while the union is still seeking reinstatement for others. 
 
T&Uuml;MTIS General Secretary G&uuml;rel Yilmaz reported that the protests, and the global labour support, have seen the number of workers who have taken up union membership soar to over 200. He said this has given momentum and renewed motivation among the trade unionists to continue recruitment efforts. 
 
Yilmaz, however, is urging the union partners who joined hands in the 20 October summit to continue their efforts. The ITF will continue to press its trade union rights case in the matter under terms of the OECD&rsquo;s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. 
 
The ICEM, in concert with the ITF and IUF and Turkish trade unions, will continue to monitor this Unilever subcontractors&rsquo; case, and press for union recognition and a collective agreement for the subcontracting workers. &Ccedil;ipa and Şimşek are companies that handle and distribute Unilever products in Turkey and throughout the Middle East.

Joint Global Union Action Gives Contract Workers of Unilever First Grasp of Victory in Turkey

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Mine safety in South Africa was enhanced on 21 November when the country&rsquo;s Parliament passed amendments to the Mine Health and Safety law. The legislation must now go to President Kgalema Motlanthe for his signature before becoming effective. 
 
But South Africa&rsquo;s government is still withholding a presidential audit on health and safety in the mining industry. And ICEM&rsquo;s largest affiliate in Africa wants the report brought into the open. 
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South Africa President, Kgalema Motlanthe
At its National Executive Meeting (NEC) in Vereeniging, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) called for the immediate release of the national audit. &ldquo;The way the report has been held up gives suspicion that it may contain controversial safety details. We believe that the audit will reveal the true status of safety standards in the various mining companies,&rdquo; said NUM General Secretary Frans Baleni. 
 
After months-long lobbying to derail the safety reform bill by the Chamber of Mines, Parliament passed the measure ten days ago. A memorandum attached to the final version of the bill called it &ldquo;premised on the principle that the responsibility for health and safety lies with the employers.&rdquo; 
 
The reform measure includes insistence that mine safety investigations be carried out within ten days of occurrence, and that the reports are issued within 30 days. The reform also contains a criminal liability clause in which company executives can face a five-fold increase in fines and penalties if convicted of responsibility in health and safety accidents or deaths. 
 
Although NUM applauded passage of the stricter safety enforcement, it insists that the Mbeki safety audit must be forthcoming immediately. The audit was commissioned by former president Thabo Mbeki in October 2007, after 3,200 workers were trapped underground at Harmony Gold's Elandsrand mine. Miraculously, they were all rescued. The Mbeki national safety report, despite at least two pronouncements that it would be issued, has still has not been made public. 

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NUM Gen. Sec. Frans Beleni
&quot;The NEC noted with serious concern the escalating number of workers who perish in the line of duty,&rdquo; said the NUM&rsquo;s Baleni. &ldquo;Over 180 mineworkers have died (this year) and thousands others have been injured, while thousands more suffer from respiratory diseases,&quot; he added. He called on the government to &quot;beef up inspectors&rdquo; to ensure that companies operating mines and building sites adhere to proper safety measures.&quot; 
 
Following the Elandsrand accident 14 months ago, the NUM called for an independent safety audit of mines and facilities. The national audit instead was carried out by the inspectorate of the Mines and Energy Department. 
 
More recently, the NUM presented an impact assessment report to a discussion forum on health risks to miners. The NUM proved that the blasting process produces large amounts of dust in both air and water. According to the NUM, this dust causes most miners to suffer for respiratory diseases, such as pulmonary tuberculosis and silicosis, as well as asbestos-related, skin and eye diseases, acute diarrhoea or noise-induced hearing loss. 
 
Meanwhile, the death toll continues to mount in the country&rsquo;s mines. Deaths in recent weeks have included: two miners killed at AngloGold Ashanti&rsquo;s TauTona mine near Carltonville, on 27 and 31 September; a miner killed at Harmony&rsquo;s Elandsrand operation in a cave-in; a miner killed at Gold Fields&rsquo; Driefontain mine following an earth tremor on 16 October; a fatality caused by electrocution from underground machinery at AngloCoal&rsquo;s Greenside Colliery, 19 October; a Northam Platinum employee who died in an underground industrial accident near Thabazimbi on 11 November; and a miner employed by DeBeers at its Finsch mine in the Northern Cape died on 17 November.

South African Parliament Passes Mine Safety Reform; Year-long Safety Audit Still Held-up

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A recently released study by the Human Science Research Council of South Africa&rsquo;s Witwatersrand University reveals that the country&rsquo;s mining industry is becoming more and more reliant on short-term contract workers and casual labour. The survey found, for instance, that over 60% of the platinum mines in the Rustenburg area use non-regular workers in order to avoid accountability and reduce their costs.
Overall nationally in South Africa, 36% of all platinum mines use subcontract labour, with researchers finding that many of the workers come from other southern African countries. That gives employers less direct responsibility in the event of injury or economic liability. 
 
The Witwatersrand study said the number of subcontractors in South Africa&rsquo;s mining sector increased from 90,231 in 2003 to 122,589 in 2005. 

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The study, commissioned by the government&rsquo;s Labour Department, reveals that the trend is growing alarmingly. A spokesperson for the study, Professor Edward Webster, said a lesson can be drawn that the informal economy of three decades ago, which drew workers from the urban poor into unregistered enterprises, has now been replaced by formal enterprises utilizing more and more casual and subcontract workers. 
 
The research also found that most employers surveyed do not adhere to stipulated wage minimums, resulting in exploitation and disempowerment of workers, and threats of dismissals are common if casual workers attempt to align with trade unions. 
 
Labor Department Acting Director-General Les Kettledas told a news agency that the state has adequate laws and policies to prevent exploitation of short-term contract workers, but strategies to implement those policies and laws fall short. He said the aim of commissioning the university&rsquo;s Sociology of Work Programme for the study was to assure corrective measures are implemented. 
 
Kettledas admitted the findings are a reflection of the reality that now exists in the formal sectors.

South African Study Shows Contract Labour ‘Growing Alarmingly’ in Mining

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Today is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. To mark the day, the ICEM has issued a leaflet that can be found here. Since 1988, trade union and civil society efforts have engineered a strong response to the epidemic, and recorded results prove the engineering has solid footing, thanks to labour unions and NGOs. 
 
But more work remains. &ldquo;The fight to eliminate the scourge of the pandemic is far from finished, and more must be done,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re proud to recognise the 20th Anniversary of December 1, but even prouder to mark this day with a commitment to wage this fight until the disease is gone.&rdquo; 

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The role of trade unions is critical in the struggle against AIDS. Trade unions demonstrate leadership on the issue by pushing early testing and prevention methods in the workplace, and then in homes and communities. The issue is a priority in most governing bodies, in women&rsquo;s caucuses, on health and safety committees, and most importantly, in negotiations with companies. This impact is positive to the community, to family life, and to national level policies based on workable and achievable grass-roots principles aimed at combating the disease. 
 
Together with social partners, the World AIDS Campaign set this year&rsquo;s theme for World AIDS Day as &ldquo;Lead &ndash; Empower &ndash; Deliver,&rdquo; building on last year&rsquo;s theme to take the lead. Designating leadership as the overall theme for 2007-08 provides an opportunity to highlight the political leadership needed to fulfill commitments, particularly the promise of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support by 2010. 
 
Any union member, shop steward, union official, committee member, or gender representative who takes action today on HIV/AIDS is a leader in the fight against the deadly disease. 
 
The World AIDS Campaign has developed material that can be accessed at <a href="http://www.worldaidscampaign.org">www.worldaidscampaign.org</a>.

Today, 1 December, is World AIDS Day

Tomorrow, December 1, is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. To mark the day, the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General Workers&rsquo; Unions (ICEM) has issued a leaflet that can be found here. Since 1988, trade union and civil society efforts have engineered a strong response to the epidemic, and recorded results prove the engineering has solid footing, thanks to labour unions and NGOs. 
 
But more work remains. &ldquo;The fight to eliminate the scourge of the pandemic is far from finished, and more must be done,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re proud to recognise the 20th Anniversary of December 1, but even prouder to mark this day with commitment to wage this fight until the disease is gone.&rdquo; 

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The role of trade unions is critical in the struggle against AIDS. Trade unions demonstrate leadership on the issue by pushing early testing and prevention methods in the workplace, and then in homes and communities. The issue is a priority in most governing bodies, in women&rsquo;s caucuses, on health and safety committees, and most importantly; in negotiations with companies. This impact is positive to the community, to family life, and to national level policies based on workable and achievable grass-roots principles aimed at combatting the disease. 
 
Together with social partners, the World AIDS Campaign set this year&rsquo;s theme for World AIDS Day as &ldquo;Lead &ndash; Empower &ndash; Deliver,&rdquo; building on last year&rsquo;s theme to take the lead. Designating leadership as the overall theme for 2007-08 provides an opportunity to highlight the political leadership needed to fulfill commitments, particularly the promise of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support by 2010. 
 
Any union member, shop steward, union official, committee member, or gender representative who takes action today on HIV/AIDS is a leader in the fight against the deadly disease. 
 
The World AIDS Campaign has developed material that can be accessed at <a href="http://www.worldaidscampaign.org">www.worldaidscampaign.org</a>. 
 
 
 
For further information, contact Dick Blin or Tom Grinter, ICEM, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+41&nbsp;22&nbsp;304&nbsp;1840&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;; <a href="mailto:dick.blin@icem.org">dick.blin@icem.org</a> or <a href="mailto:tom.grinter@.icem.org">tom.grinter@.icem.org</a>.

ICEM Marks 20th World AIDS Day with Commitment to the Future

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ICEM &uuml;yesi Yeni Zelanda sendikası Ulusal Dağıtım Sendikası'na (NDU) &uuml;ye k&uuml;&ccedil;&uuml;k bir antrepo iş&ccedil;ileri grubu Auckland'da ilk toplu s&ouml;zleşmeyi bağıtlamak i&ccedil;in &ccedil;etin bir m&uuml;cadele veriyorlar. Auckland antrepo iş&ccedil;ileri y&ouml;redeki işyerlerinde &ccedil;alışan dağıtım iş&ccedil;ilerinden y&uuml;zde 30 kadar daha az &uuml;cret &ouml;alıyorlar ve y&ouml;neticilerin aşağılayıcı davranışlarıyla karşı karşıya kalıyorlar. Yeni Zelanda'daki antrepoda L&rsquo;Oreal 20 kadar taşeron iş&ccedil;isi istihdam ediyor. 
 
11 iş&ccedil;inin Ekim sonlarındaki iki kosa grevinin ardından iş&ccedil;ilerin taleplerine sahip &ccedil;ıkan Avrupa'daki kozmetik şirketinde &ccedil;alışan iş&ccedil;ileri temsil eden sendikalarla temasa ge&ccedil;ti ve onlardan Fransa'da kurulu şirket hakkında şik&acirc;yette bulunmalarını istedi. 
 
Yeni Zelanda'daki uyuşmazlık Fransız, Bel&ccedil;ika, Alman, İspanyol ve İtalyan sendikalarının, ICEM'in de katılımıyla, Br&uuml;ksel'de d&uuml;zenledikleri L&rsquo;Oreal'le ilgili bir toplantıda ele alındı. Toplantıda şirketin Avrupa'daki durumu ve koşulları &uuml;zerine ciddi bir değerlendirme ve g&ouml;r&uuml;ş alışverişi yapıldı. Katılımcı sendikalar şimdi Yeni Zelanda'daki uyuşmazlıkla ilgili gelişmeleri dikkatle izliyorlar. 
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NDU yeni antrepodaki iş&ccedil;ileri bu yılın başlarında &ouml;rg&uuml;tledi, ama L&rsquo;Oreal bir toplu s&ouml;zleşme bağıtlama fikrine baştan karşı &ccedil;ıktı. 5 Kasım'daki g&ouml;r&uuml;şmelerde şirket NDU'nun diğer dağıtım iş&ccedil;ileriyle eşitlik sağlamaya y&ouml;nelik &uuml;cret teklifini aldı, fakat y&ouml;neticilerin bir toplu s&ouml;zleşme isteyip istemediklerinden emin olmadığını s&ouml;yledi. 
 
Genel Sekreter Manfred Warda şirketin Fransa'daki genel merkezine g&ouml;nderdiği bir mektupta, şirketin NDU'ya y&ouml;nelik tutumunun ILO'nun 98 nolu &Ouml;rg&uuml;tlenme ve Toplu Pazarlık Hakkı S&ouml;zleşmesi'ni ihlal ettiğini, bu s&ouml;zleşmenin &ouml;ng&ouml;rd&uuml;ğ&uuml; kuralları hem Fransa hem Yeni Zelanda y&ouml;netimlerinin onayladığını ağır bir &uuml;slupla hatırlattı. 

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ICEM Genel Sekreteri Manfred Warda 

Warda, mektupta ayrıca, Br&uuml;ksel'de yapılan toplantının ana konusunun &ldquo;L&rsquo;Oreal ile sendikalar arasında sosyal diyalogu karşılıklı tanıma ve saygı temelinde g&uuml;&ccedil;lendirmenin yollarını aramak olduğunu&rdquo; vurguladı ve ş&ouml;yle dedi: &ldquo;ICEM i&ccedil;in bu k&uuml;resel d&uuml;zeyde anlam taşımaktadır.&rdquo; 
 
&ldquo;Sizin Yeni Zelanda'daki y&ouml;netiminizin &ccedil;alışma ilişkilerine y&ouml;nelik tutumu buna t&uuml;m&uuml;yle aykırıdır. Auckland'daki sorun en kısa s&uuml;re i&ccedil;inde &ccedil;&ouml;z&uuml;me kavuşmayacak olursa, ICEM bu uyuşmazlığa d&uuml;nyadaki ICEM &uuml;yesi diğer L&rsquo;Oreal sendikalarını katmayı d&uuml;ş&uuml;n&uuml;yor.&rdquo;

ICEM Üyesi Avrupa Sendikalar Yeni Zelanda&#039;daki L&#039;Oreal İşçilerinin Mücadelesine Destek Verdi

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Nigerian Oil Workers Move Closer to Strike

ICEM, ITF ‘Well to Wheel’ Seminar held in Aqaba, Jordan

ICEM Calls for Immediate Ceasefire to Ease Gaza Hostilities

Likely End to Petro-Canada Lockout to Come Tomorrow

Joint Global Union Action Gives Contract Workers of Unilever First Grasp of Victory in Turkey

South African Parliament Passes Mine Safety Reform; Year-long Safety Audit Still Held-up

South African Study Shows Contract Labour ‘Growing Alarmingly’ in Mining

Today, 1 December, is World AIDS Day

ICEM Marks 20th World AIDS Day with Commitment to the Future

ICEM Üyesi Avrupa Sendikalar Yeni Zelanda'daki L'Oreal İşçilerinin Mücadelesine Destek Verdi

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