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GLOBAL: On April 29, 2009 the IMF wrote that, after years of strong criticism by trade unions, the World Bank had finally decided to stop using the labour indicators of its &quot;Doing Business&quot; annual report that for years has given higher rating to countries with the lowest workers' protection. We were wrong! It was not true. Read again our story <a href="../index.cfm?id=622&amp;l=2&amp;cid=19361">here</a> and you will see how wrong and naïve we were.We believed the leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund when, in January this year, they told a high level global unions delegation that they fully understood the anger of trade union members who are paying the price for a crisis that they have not caused.We were wrong when we thought that the Bank in April was serious in recommending social safety nets to shield vulnerable parts of society and protect the rights of workers (<a href="http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/EWI_revisions.pdf">http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/EWI_revisions.pdf</a>). No! It's just business as usual!The just released &quot;Doing Business 2010&quot; discourages countries from adopting social protection schemes and designates governments that do so as anti-business. The recipe is the usual one: reduce severance pay for dismissed workers; reduce or eliminate requirements for prior notice about job cuts; and, get rid of measures to retrain redundant workers. So, Portugal is bad because it increased the dismissal notice period by two weeks, and Belarus is good because it made it easier to eliminate jobs! Honduras is bad because it increased severance pay and advance notice requirements in response to the economic crisis, but Rwanda is very good because it eliminated any requirement for prior consultation of employees' representatives or notification to labour inspectors about job cuts!Congratulations, Mr Zoellick! But, didn't you announce in April that the Doing Business indicator of labour market flexibility which encouraged reduction of workers' protection &quot;shouldn't be used as basis for policy advice or in any country programme documents&quot;? Please, tell us when, exactly, the Bank plans to stop promoting the elimination of social and workers' protection?

The "Doing Business 2010" report contradicts the World Bank reiterated endorsement of improved social safety nets and continues discouraging workers' protection against job losses.

It&#039;s business as usual: the World Bank says that increased social protection schemes are anti-business

FIM-CISLFIM-CISL deltar som följer i IMFs andra globala mobilisering mot otryggt arbete, den 3-10 oktober 2009 i samband med IFS' internationella dag för anständigt arbete, som också de andra globala fackliga organisationerna och Europeiska Metallfederationen deltar i:  &#160;1. Den 5-9 oktober anordnar FIM-CISLs, FIOM-CGILs och UILM-UILs gemensamma lokala representanter i Brembokoncernen i Bergamo (RSU Brembo) möten i alla anläggningar för att tala om kollektivavtalsförhandlingarna i Brembo, om den kamp som förs av Brembo- och Boschanställda i Pune, Indien, och om solidaritetsaktioner. 2. FIM-CISLDen 10 oktober deltar FIMs medlemsförbund i den nationella marschen i Rom som anordnas av huvudorganisationen CISL, som uppmanar regeringen och företagen att sörja för lika rättigheter för immigranter och arbetstagare med otrygga anställningar: &quot;Det sker ingen integration utan rättigheter, plikter, anständigt arbete och trygghet&quot;.

ITALIEN

In Serbia, l'affiliata alla FISM, il sindacato metalmeccanico Nezavisnost, porterà avanti diverse attività:•·        Insieme ai colleghi della Repubblica della Macedonia organizzeremo un seminario congiunto su &quot;Il lavoro precario&quot;, che si svolgerà a Ohrid, Macedonia.•·        Dal 3 al 10 ottobre si svolgeranno riunioni tematiche nei nostri uffici regionali in tutta la Serbia, imperniate sulla tematica &quot;Il lavoro precario e lo stress che ne consegue&quot;.•·        Distribuzione di materiale promozionale relativo ai dipendenti di aziende che impiegano personale con un contratto a durata indeterminata o sulle cooperative giovanili.

SERBIA

&#160;In Ucraina, le organizzazioni affiliate alla FISM prevedono di distribuire volantini ed informare i lavoratori sulla minaccia rappresentata dal lavoro precario.

UCRAINA

&#160;Am 7. Oktober wird es in den Unternehmen Zusammenkünfte und an öffentlichen Plätzen Mahnwachen geben. Dank der Initiative der IMB-Mitgliedsorganisationen wird die FNPR (Russlands größte nationale Zentrale) zusätzlich zu den Slogans der Globalen Kampagne für menschenwürdige Arbeit auch Slogans gegen prekäre Beschäftigung einsetzen. Die Massenmedien sind dazu eingeladen, über die Kundgebung der russischen Gewerkschaften zu berichten.Das IMB-Regionalbüro hat zusammen mit der IUF, der VKT, der School of Workers' Democracy und dem Center of Social and Labour Rights einen Ausschuss eingerichtet, um  Ende November eine GUS-Konferenz über prekäre Arbeit und Erfahrungen bei deren Bekämpfung durchzuführen.

RUSSLAND

CNM/CUT<a href="http://www.cnmcut.org.br/verCont.asp?id=19529" title="http://www.cnmcut.org.br/verCont.asp?id=19529">http://www.cnmcut.org.br/verCont.asp?id=19529</a>  Die CNM/CUT wird im Rahmen der Aktivitäten zum Welttag für menschenwürdige Arbeit zusammen mit anderen Gewerkschaften und nationalen Zentralen am 7. Oktober am Arbeitermarsch in Brasilia teilnehmen.Auf dem Arbeitermarsch werden wir folgendes fordern:•·   Arbeitszeitverkürzung bei vollem Lohnausgleich;•·   Mindestlohn;•·   IAO-Übereinkommen 151 &amp; 158;•·   Billigung des PEC 438 gegen Sklavenarbeit;•·   Sofortige Rücknahme der Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsregelungen PL 4302/98 und PL 4330/04.

BRASILIEN

I samband med verksamheterna kring den globala aktionsdagen om anständigt arbete kommer CNM/CUT att tillsammans med andra fackförbund och huvudorganisationer delta i arbetarklassens marsch i huvudstaden Brasilia den 7 oktober.Några krav under marschen är de följande:•·   Kortare arbetstid, utan lönesänkningar•·   Minimilön•·   ILO-konventionerna 151 och 158•·   Ett godkännande av lagförslag PEC 438 mot slavarbete•·   Omedelbart upphävande av lag PL4302/98 och PL 4330/04 om utkontraktering

&#160;In Bielorussia, il REPAM prevede di:•·        Pubblicare un numero speciale del giornale &quot;Solidarietà dei lavoratori&quot; dedicato alla Giornata di azione globale contro il lavoro precario•·        Inviare una richiesta di autorizzazione dall'amministrazione di Minsk per il picchettaggio nazionale del REPAM il 7 ottobre 2009•·        Negoziare con BKDP e SPM sulla cooperazione per l'allestimento della Giornata globale di azione•·        Organizzare una tavola rotonda con i media•·        Distribuire gli opuscoli della FISM nelle vicinanze delle aziende e dei quartieri operai delle città industriali

BIELORUSSIA

&#160;In Belarus plant die REPAM folgendes:<ul><li>Veröffentlichung einer Sonderausgabe der Zeitung „Arbeitersolidarität&quot; zum globalen Aktionstag gegen prekäre Beschäftigung.</li><li>Einreichung eines Antrags bei der Stadtverwaltung von Minsk für die Genehmigung einer nationalen Mahnwache am 7. Oktober 2007.</li><li>Verhandlungen mit der BKDP und der SPM über die Zusammenarbeit bei den Vorbereitungen und der Durchführung des globalen Aktionstags.</li><li>Organisierung eines runden Tisches mit Vertretern der Massenmedien.</li><li>Verteilung der IMB-Broschüren in der Nähe von Unternehmen und in den Arbeitervierteln der Industriestädte.</li></ul>

BELARUS

INDONESIA: Unions from seven Asian countries came together in Batam, Indonesia on September 30 to share successful strategies for organizing workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZs). The island of Batam is itself an EPZ where IMF Indonesian affiliates FSPMI and Lomenik-SBSI have managed to organize many of the factories located there.Delegates once again emphasized the poor quality of jobs in EPZs and the enormous difficulties that must be surmounted in order to make contact with workers and organize them. Precarious employment is endemic in EPZs, wages are low and often underpaid and working hours are excessive, in many cases exceeding legal maximum hours. Unions are restricted from entering EPZs and so are forced to find alternative means to reach workers.Given the high percentage of women workers in EPZs, at times up to 90 per cent, affiliates reaffirmed the importance of ensuring that women take on leadership roles and are given training to be active in the union.Wages emerged as a key issue to organize around with some unions taking action in support of increases to the minimum wage. In other cases unions have discovered workers being underpaid and have motivated them to join the union by helping them ensure they are paid correct wages.All unions involved in EPZ organizing stressed the value of taking organizing beyond the workplace and into communities. Delegates from TEAM in Thailand said that organizing in the communities where workers live helps raise the profile of the union and creates a positive impression. In the Philippines, workers that have been laid off organize on the ground in their communities. One union in India has a special unit dedicated to helping members address their social needs. This can involve assistance in securing places in school for workers' children, or support in applying for a bank loan.At the same time as organizing, unions are taking action at the political level to persuade governments of the negative impacts of their EPZ policies. In India there is strong resistance from unions and other social groupings to the government's policy to promote SEZs, or Special Economic Zones. The net outcome of constructing an SEZ is often the opposite of the stated intention, namely the loss of jobs and reduction in incomes. This is because construction of an SEZ involves massive displacement of people dependent on agricultural, fisheries and related self-employment. The meeting concluded that unions must work on two fronts: to organize EPZ workers and improve their working conditions and at the same to force governments to reconsider whether their EPZ policies promote sustainable industries and employment.

Throughout Asia, EPZ workers face the worst working conditions and the most obstacles to joining a trade union. But unions in the region are developing creative ways to reach EPZ workers and improve their working lives.

Unions rise to challenge of EPZ organising