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BRAZIL: As in many parts of the world, subcontracting in Brazil has resulted in widespread precarious work. Although described as modern and competitive, in practical terms subcontracting has meant a reduction of wages and benefits, an increase in the hours of work and has created job instability. Terceitização en Brasil (Subcontracting in Brazil), a recent publication of the national trade union centre CUT, brings to light all the consequences of subcontracting in Brazil. Written by university professors and trade union activists, the publication explores the impact of subcontracting in eight sectors of the Brazilian economy and also looks at the important contribution Brazilian unions are playing in responding to the practical reality of subcontracting.In a section on the metal sector, Valter Sanches General Secretary of IMF affiliate CNM-CUT, speaks of the a historical changes caused by the implementation of subcontracting in the sector, citing examples of how metalworkers are trying to prevent subcontracting through collective bargaining agreements. Sanches also explains how international framework agreements can be important instruments in the fight against precarious work.The book also sets out the project of regulating subcontracting through the law, elaborated for CUT after a vigorous internal debate, and recommends a debate in the National Congress, making it obligatory reading for all that are fighting for a better life.

A new publication on subcontracting in Brazil explains how it is a fundamental cause of lower wages, conditions and job insecurity and explores how trade unions are responding to subcontracting and precarious employment in Brazil.

Subcontracting in Brazil

THAILAND: International trade union federations lend their support to the Thai labour movement's campaign to protect precarious workers and their demands for the ratification of fundamental International Labour Oraganisation (ILO) conventions numbers 87 and 98, on Freedom of Association and the Right to Organise and the Right to Collective Bargaining. Thousands of workers will gather outside the United Nations Building on Ratchadamnoen Road from 10:00am to attend the big open air seminar on ILO Conventions 87 and 98 in front of the UN Building where the ILO office is also located.The workers then will march to Government House in Bangkok at noon on October 7 demanding the abolition of temporary, casual contract and other form of non-regular employment and calling for the ratification of the core ILO conventions to protect workers' rights in Thailand.Representatives of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) and the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) attended the rally in support of the Thai unions' action, which coincides with the World Day for Decent Work and a week of global mobilisation against precarious work.  Fernando Lopes, Assistant General Secretary of the IMF, will speak at the rally. Lopes states, &quot;across Thailand and around the world regular employment is systematically being replaced by precarious employment and this situation not only affects workers but also trade union membership. With low wages, lack of social security and tenure of employment these workers are the most exploited.&quot;&quot;Around the world today, unions 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,&quot; added Lopes.&quot;The economic crisis has made this demand all the more urgent, not only because precarious jobs have been the first to be lost, but because there is a real risk that employers will use the crisis as a justification to replace permanent jobs with precarious jobs. We support our affiliate the Confederation of Thai Electrical Appliances, Electronic Automobile &amp; Metalworkers (TEAM) in their demands on government to protect workers and ensure that employers can't treat them as a disposable commodity,&quot; he argued.For the ICEM, ICEM Thai Union Affiliates' Committee Chairman Rawai Pupaga, the President of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation Labour Union (GPOLU), said, &quot;For decades, the labour movement has urged the Thai government to ratify these Conventions, but prior governments have neglected the labour demands.&quot;&quot;Non-ratification of these important Conventions has resulted in barriers and obstructions to workers who want to form trade unions and pursue collective bargaining. Now is the time for the Thai government to prove that we have a democratic country, because Conventions 87 and 98 give basic and democratic rights inside the workplace.&quot;Added ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda, &quot;It is important that the Thai government lead by starting the process toward ratification of these ILO core labour standards. It is also important that the government create and maintain a healthy, sustainable economy by promoting temporary and agency work into permanent, full-time employment opportunities.&quot;Besides GPOLU, Warda commended other Thai labour federations affiliated to the ICEM that are taking action in Bangkok tomorrow on World Day for Decent Work. They include the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Labour Union (EGATLU); the Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Federation (PCFT); the Paper and Printing Workers' Federation (PPFT); and the Chemical Workers' Union Alliance (CWUA).In addition to ICEM and IMF, the rally is supported by the International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF), Public Services International (PSI), International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), State Enterprise Relations Confederation (SERC), Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), and all the national trade union congresses in Thailand.The action is being organized by TEAM, ICEM Thai Committee, Thai Labour Solidarity Committee and the State Enterprise Relations Confederation.

Global Union Federations support Thai workers in their demands for permanent jobs first and raitfication of ILO Conventions 87 and 98.

Global unions supporting Thai workers&#039; October 7 actions

L'affiliata polacca NSZZ „Solidarność&quot; ha tradotto l'opuscolo in lingua polacca e lo distribuirà a tutta l'organizzazione durante la settimana di azione.<a href="../files/09100109463610005/PW_Poland.pdf">Potete scaricare l'opuscolo polacco in file pdf</a>

POLONIA

CSI-ITUC, ICEM. ITGLWF e FISMI sindacati globali saranno in Turchia giovedì 1° ottobre per incontrare il Ministro del lavoro e degli affari sociali della Turchia, Ömer Dincer ad Ankara.Venerdì 2 ottobre, alle 11.00, la delegazione del sindacato globale terrà una conferenza stampa sul lavoro precario in Turchia.Birlesik Metal-IsBirlesik Metal Is sta organizzando un'azione di solidarietà per la sera del 3 ottobre, che metteranno in relazione con la lotta del Sinter Metal. Inoltre proietteranno il film della FISM e distribuiranno l'opuscolo ed il manifesto della FISM in lingua turca.

TURCHIA

ITUC, ICEM. ITGLWF &amp; IMFDie globalen Gewerkschaften treffen sich am Donnerstag, dem 1. Oktober, in Ankara mit dem Minister für Arbeit und Soziales, Herrn Ömer Dincer.Am Freitag, dem 2. Oktober, wird die globale Gewerkschaftsdelegation um 11.00 Uhr eine Pressekonferenz zum Thema prekäre Beschäftigung in der Türkei durchführen.Birlesik Metal-IsDie Gewerkschaft Birlesik Metal bereitet für den Abend des 3. Oktober eine Solidaritätsveranstaltung vor, die an den Kampf bei Sinter Metall gekoppelt ist. Auf der Veranstaltung sollen der IMB-Film vorgeführt und die IMB-Broschüren und Poster in türkischer Sprache verteilt werden.

TURKEI

GERMANY: In the fourth round of collective negotations a new collective agreement for the 95,000 Volkswagen employees in the plants of the Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg / Hanover / Emden / Brunswick / Salzgitter and Kassel) was reached and signed.According to this agreement the employees receive a 4.2 per cent wage increase from January 2010. In addition a single payment of 710 Euros was agreed. 510 Euro will be paid out in October 2009 and the rest of 200 Euros in February 2010.Starting in 2011 a productivity bonus of around 100 Euros will be introduced.The program for part-time work for people approaching retirement will be continued. Also the apprenticeship program and the takeover of the apprentices are agreed.The duration of the agreement is 18 months.

Agreement includes 4.2 per cent wage increase and a 710 Euro single payment.

New collective agreement for Volkswagen AG, Germany

In Serbien wird die IMB-Mitgliedsorganisation Nezavisnost unter anderem folgende Aktivitäten durchführen: <ul><li>Zusammen mit Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus der Republik Mazedonien werden wir in Ohrid (Mazedonien) ein gemeinsames Seminar über prekäre Arbeit durchführen.</li></ul><ul><li>Vom 3.-10. Oktober werden überall in Serbien in unseren Regionalbüros Veranstaltungen zum Thema „Stress durch prekäre Arbeit&quot; stattfinden.</li></ul><ul><li>Verteilung von Informationsmaterialien über Beschäftigte, die mit unbefristeten Verträgen in Unternehmen arbeiten, sowie über Jugendinitiativen.</li></ul>

SERBIEN

I Serbien kommer det IMF-anslutna Metallarbetareförbundet Nezavisnost att genomföra flera verksamheter, som de följande:•·        Tillsammans med kolleger i Makedonien kommer vi att anordna ett gemensamt seminarium om otryggt arbete. Det skall äga rum i Ohrid i Makedonien.•·        Den 3-10 oktober kommer det att anordnas temasessioner i våra regionkontor i hela Serbien. Ämnet är &quot;Otryggt arbete och stress på grund av det&quot;.•·        Distribution av material om arbetstagare i företag som sysselsätter tillsvidareanställda, och om ungdomskooperativen.

&#160;In der Ukraine planen die IMB-Mitgliedsorganisationen die Verteilung von Broschüren. Zudem werden sie die Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer über die Bedrohung durch prekäre Beschäftigung informieren.

UKRAINE

&#160;I Ukraina planerar IMF-förbund flygbladsutdelningar och information till arbetstagare om det hot som otryggt arbete innebär.

UKRAINA

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