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<a href="../index.cfm?c=19957&amp;ol=2">3.3.1. Fight for trade union rights</a> <a href="../index.cfm?c=19958&amp;ol=2">3.3.2. Fight for Equal Rights</a> <a href="../index.cfm?c=19959&amp;ol=2">3.3.3. Fight for safe workplaces</a>

Preface

3. GLOBAL SOLIDARITY IN ACTION

3.3 Defend and protect workers rights

1. OUR MISSION

2. THE WORLD TODAY

2.1 Profits over people

2.2 Unemployment and job insecurity

2.3 Unions under attack

2.4 Fundamental workers´ rights denied

2.5 Spreading influence of Transnational Corporations

2.6 World trade system in disarray

2.7 An unsustainable future

2.8 Alliances, resistance and opportunities

3.1 Build strong national trade unions

3.1.1 Organise the unorganised

3.1.2 Strive for trade union unity at the national level

3.1.3 Build unions through education, training and effective exchange of information

3.2 Strengthening collective bargaining

3.3.1 Fight for trade union rights

3.3.2 Fight for Equal Rights

3.3.3 Fight for safe workplaces

3.4 Build a counterweight to the power of transnational corporations

3.4.1 Strengthening union solidarity and cooperation across sectors and TNCs

3.4.2 Advance fundamental rights through International Framework Agreements

INDONESIA: The industrial dispute with PT Toshiba Consumer Products Indonesia was finally resolved on August 22 after months of struggle and weeks of intense negotiations.Toshiba CPI management locked out and dismissed 697 workers, including 15 local union leaders, after the workers, members of IMF Indonesian affiliate the Federasi Serikat Metal Indonesia (FSPMI), went on strike on April 16 in support of a dispute during collective bargaining. At its Congress in May the IMF passed a <a href="../congress2009/files/09052622311279/Toshiba_IndonesiaEN.pdf" target="_blank">resolution</a> in full support of FSPMI and Toshiba workers, condemning the company for its total disregard of workers' rights.After initial attempts by the IMF and its affiliates to engage the management of the parent company failed, a breakthrough was eventually achieved when a delegation from IMF-JC, Denki-Rengo and Toshiba Japan union arrived in Jakarta on July 23 and persuaded the management to reconvene negotiations in good faith with the union. Through this initiative the management finally agreed to resolve the dispute with FSPMI through negotiations, which began on the July 23.  A memorandum of agreement was signed on August 22 and includes the following points:<ul><li>All the 697 workers except the local union leaders would be unconditionally reinstated immediately</li><li>All the local union leaders would resign from employment and be adequately compensated</li><li>A new local union committee would be elected and be entrusted with the task of reconvening collective bargaining for a new collective agreement</li></ul>The agreement means that Aghni Dhamanyanti, Chairman of the local union and member of the IMF Executive Committee, and Vonny Diananto, Senior Vice President of FSPMI, would lose their employment, along with 13 other union leaders at the plant. Both Vonny and Aghni will continue as officers of FSPMI, including working with the union at the plant to assist the new leadership.Vonny said that after working for Toshiba for more than twelve years he was compelled by circumstances to sacrifice his job for the sake of other workers who were dismissed. &quot;The fifteen leaders have resigned from the company and they will be paid adequate compensation. Most important is that the union status in this company is restored. If we had prolonged this struggle the company could have replaced the dismissed workers with contract workers because the Labour Court granted such decision in favour of the company,&quot; he explained.The FSPMI took the strike action after the management of Toshiba CPI refused to register the mutually agreed provisions of the collective agreement. The workers launched a peaceful, legal strike on April this year and the company immediately locked out and dismissed the workers, the majority of them women workers who have worked for the company since it was established twelve years ago.In response to the strike the company cancelled the health insurance scheme and stopped wage payments to the workers, which led to severe hardship and suffering among the workers. One of the members died due to inability to seek medical treatment during the strike. The Manpower Ministry ordered the company to immediately reinstate the workers with full wages but the company refused to heed this advice. The company, in an apparent attempt to seek revenge and punish the union leadership and workers, also filed several criminal charges against union leaders and  a law suit for USD 1.6 million  damages against the FSPMI for loss of production and business. These charges, and charges brought by the union against the company, have been dropped.Said Iqbal, FSPMI President, said that though the union fought very hard under extremely difficult conditions the deal reached is the best they could negotiate. &quot;Justice was trampled when the Labour Court decided in favour of the company despite the fact the union launched a legal strike,&quot; he said. &quot;This TNC does not respect local laws and rules and, to add insult to injury, the Labour Court is corrupt. What choice do we have given this scenario but to accept a compromised settlement?&quot; lamented Iqbal. He thanked the IMF for all the solidarity assistance to highlight the plight of the workers and assist the FSPMI in facing this challenge. He added that without the support of the IMF the workers could not have been reinstated.In July the IMF set up a strike fund for the workers, to which IMF affiliates generously contributed. With these contributions the FSPMI was able to offer three hot meals per day for the striking workers and their families and pay some of their medical bills.

After four months of intense struggle, followed by a return to the bargaining table, settlement is reached at Toshiba CPI with the reinstatement of 697 workers, but not the 15 local union leaders.

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Previous news - IMF creates strike fund for Indonesian Toshiba workers

Previous news - FSPMI meets with Toshiba Indonesia management

Dispute at Toshiba Indonesia resolved

<a href="../index.cfm?c=19951&amp;ol=2">3.1. </a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19951&amp;ol=2">Build strong national trade unions</a> <a href="../index.cfm?c=19952&amp;ol=2">3.1.1. Organise the unorganised</a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19953&amp;ol=2">3.1.2. Strive for trade union unity at the national level </a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19954&amp;ol=2">3.1.3. Build unions through education, training and effective exchange of information</a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19955&amp;ol=2">3.2. </a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19955&amp;ol=2">Strengthening collective bargaining</a> <a href="../index.cfm?c=20557&amp;ol=2">3.3. </a><a href="../index.cfm?c=20557&amp;ol=2">Defend and protect workers' rights</a> <a href="../index.cfm?c=19957&amp;ol=2">3.3.1. Fight for trade union rights</a> <a href="../index.cfm?c=19958&amp;ol=2">3.3.2. Fight for Equal Rights</a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19959&amp;ol=2">3.3.3. Fight for safe workplaces</a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19960&amp;ol=2">3.4. </a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19960&amp;ol=2">Build a counterweight to the power of transnational corporations </a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19961&amp;ol=2">3.4.1. Strengthening union solidarity and cooperation across sectors and TNCs</a> <a href="../index.cfm?c=19962&amp;ol=2">3.4.2. Advance fundamental rights through International Framework Agreements</a> <a href="../index.cfm?c=19963&amp;ol=2">3.5. </a><a href="../index.cfm?c=19963&amp;ol=2">Fight for sustainable trade, development and employment</a> <a href="../index.cfm?c=../index.cfm?c=19963&amp;ol=2&amp;ol=2"></a>

GLOBAL:  The European and International Metalworkers' Federations with the assistance of IG Metall will hold their first joint EMF-IMF Communicators' Forum in Frankfurt (Germany) on November 17-18. During two days the union communication professionals representing IMF and EMF affiliates will discuss union campaigns, compare new media techniques, and build an effective communicators' network.The Forum will primarily focus on new media techniques and web-based campaign tools which help trade unions to achieve both union building and organising as well as to make breakthroughs on issues like climate change and the spread of precarious work. Participants will discuss examples on how FaceBook, YouTube, Flickr and others are being successfully used by unions across the metalworking industry.Both the European and International Metalworkers' Federations see a strong need for cooperation in order to protect the interests of the metalworkers and to enhance communications methods for their member organisations. The Forum will serve to improve joint global campaigning helping unions to fight back on increased globalisation and outsourcing, reduced social protection and labour rights, a rise in precarious work and the consequences of climate change.The last IMF Communicators' Forum took place in 2007 in Geneva. It offered in-depth discussions and examples of solidarity campaigns. Several joint EMF-IMF solidarity actions have taken place since then, such as campaigns in support of Sinter Metal workers in Turkey and mining workers in Mexico as well as the 2008 campaign against precarious work.To find out more please contact Alex Ivanou ( <a href="mailto:aivanou@imfmetal.org">aivanou@imfmetal.org</a> ) and/or ( <a href="http://www.emf-fem.org/Contact/Staff/Jacobsson-Caroline">Caroline Jacobsson</a> ).

Union communicators from different parts of the world will meet at the first joint EMF-IMF Communicators' Forum in Frankfurt to discuss union campaigns, innovative communication strategies and new media techniques.

IMF-EMF Communicators to debate global union campaigning

CANADA: Some 3,000 people crowded into the Sudbury, Ontario, ice hockey arena on September 19 and enthusiastically greeted global trade union leaders in what was billed as an &quot;International and Community Rally in Support of Sudbury's Strikers&quot;. International union leaders, including IMF general secretary Jyrki Raina, Manfred Warda, general secretary of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), Sharan Burrow, president of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, joined others to tell striking miners of the United Steelworkers (USW) that their nine-week strike against Vale has gained worldwide attention, and brought trade union pressure on Vale in all its global operations. The strike started on 13 July after USW Locals 6500 in Sudbury and Local 6200 in Port Colborne, joined in a common labour contract, gave the world's number two nickel producer a ten-week extension back in May. But instead of reaching agreement, based on Vale's vast profit margins despite the global downturn, managers of nickel entity Vale-Inco pressed ahead with concession-ridden proposals that would deflate the livelihoods of 3,500 workers and their families in Sudbury and in Port Colborne. Those concessionary proposals, still on the table, include retirement reductions, a two-tiered pension scheme, steep downgrades to a production bonus, and loss of value in cost-of-living adjustments. As well, Vale-Inco is seeking greater flexibility on outsourcing, standing as a serious affront to job security. On August 1, 450 workers of USW Local 9508 in Voiseys Bay, Labrador, struck. Saturday's rally by the USW was to show strikers - as well as the rest of Canada and the world's mining industry - that global labour will stand together to prevent a prosperous metal-mining house from boosting its profit sheet at the expense of workers.More coverage on the strike can be found at <a href="http://www.fairdealnow.ca/">http://www.fairdealnow.ca/</a>.

Canadian Nickel Strikers Receive Support from Labour Leaders from Around the World

Support striking workers at Vale in Canada

Global support to Vale workers in Canada

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

SIERSIER intende allestire una riunione speciale di apertura del suo Comitato Centrale, alla quale saranno invitati tutti i media, dedicata all'azione globale contro il lavoro precario. Inoltre, SIER pubblicherà un numero speciale del suo giornale informativo, con in prima pagina il logo del precariato. Si prevede inoltre di organizzare un seminario congiunto con la nuova dirigenza della GSM Nezavisnost il 1° e 2 ottobre, in parte dedicato alla tematica del lavoro precario.

MACEDONIA

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