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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

BRASILIEN

&#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

&#160;Im Jahr 2009 waren nur 64% der Arbeitsplätze in Kanada „Standard&quot;, also unbefristete Vollzeitarbeitsplätze. 36% der Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer hatten befristete oder Teilzeitverträge oder waren selbstständig (einschließlich falsch klassifizierter abhängiger Leiharbeitnehmer). Unsicherere, instabile und größtenteils schlecht bezahlte Arbeitsplätze mit geringen Leistungen wirken sich auf alles aus - angefangen vom Zugang des Einzelnen zu Sozialleistungen und Kinderbetreuung bis hin zu den öffentlichen Kosten, wenn Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer über keine Betriebsrenten oder keine Krankenversicherung verfügen. Diese Situation wirkt sich zudem auf unsere Möglichkeiten aus, die Arbeitnehmerschaft gewerkschaftlich zu organisieren.CAW Die kanadische Automobilarbeitergewerkschaft nimmt zusammen mit anderen Gewerkschaften an den globalen Aktionen des Internationalen Metallgewerkschaftsbundes teil, um auf die ausufernde Verbreitung der atypischen Arbeitsverhältnisse und die Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitnehmer und ihre Gemeinschaften hinzuweisen. Am Mittwoch, dem 7. Oktober - am internationalen Aktionstag gegen prekäre Beschäftigung und für menschenwürdige Arbeit - lädt die CAW verschiedene CAW-Vertreter, Koordinatoren unserer Aktionszentren, Forscher und andere Aktivisten, die sich für die Frage der prekären Beschäftigung interessieren, ein, um an einem Diskussionspodium zu diesem Thema teilzunehmen.Ken Lewenza, Präsident der CAW, wird die Veranstaltung eröffnen. Wir werden einige Teilnehmer bitten, über ihre Erfahrungen mit prekärer Arbeit zu berichten. Zudem werden wir über Forschungsergebnisse debattieren. Danach folgt eine Diskussionsrunde über die Auswirkungen und mögliche neue Wege - im Arbeitsgesetz, in der Tarifpolitik, bei der Mitgliedergewinnung, sozialen Programmen und Beschäftigungsstrategien.Die Ergebnisse der Veranstaltung sollen veröffentlicht werden. Weitere Informationen können auf der Homepage <a href="http://www.caw.ca/">http://www.caw.ca/</a> abgerufen werden.

KANADA

CANADA: According to a recently released study, precarious working conditions can have a profound affect on the health outcome of workers. The study, conducted by Dr. Charles Mutaner of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, shows that part-time workers with no job security will develop more physical and mental health problems than their full-time counterparts. The study shows that precarious employment conditions can create inequality in the workplace, such as lower wages, or non-payment of pensions, sick leave and other benefits enjoyed by regular, full-time workers in the same position. Adding to this is the fear of termination. This fear prevents temporary and part-time workers from speaking up and asserting their rights when faced with harassment and/or unfair or unsafe working conditions.According to Mutaner and his research team, when compared with those with full-time work with benefits, workers who report employment insecurity experience significant adverse effects on their physical and mental health. The research team have also found that stress at work is associated with a 50 per cent excess risk of coronary heart disease, and there is consistent evidence that jobs with high demands, low control, and effort-reward imbalance are risk factors for mental and physical health problems. The findings of this research project are part of a landmark study by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the social determinants of health. In the final report called: Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health the WHO made several recommendations including calling for governments to &quot;make full and fair employment and decent work a central goal of national and international social and economic policy-making&quot;.For more details on the CAMH study got to: <a href="http://www.camh.net/News_events/News_releases_and_media_advisories_and_backgrounders/WHO_work_report_muntaner.html">http://www.camh.net/News_events/News_releases_and_media_advisories_and_backgrounders/WHO_work_report_muntaner.html</a>For a copy of the World Health Organization&#039;s report on social determinants of health go to: <a href="http://www.who.int/social_determinants/final_report/en/">http://www.who.int/social_determinants/final_report/en/</a>Find out more about IMF&#039;s global mobilisation against precarious work at: <a href="../precariouswork">www.imfmetal.org/precariouswork</a>

New Canadian research finds a link between "precarious employment" and poor mental health.

Precarious work can lead to poor mental health

GLOBAL: Metalworkers around the world are holding a series of actions aimed at bringing an end to precarious work in the last week, with many also participating in the global trade union movement&#039;s World Day for Decent Work taking place in more than 100 countries on October 7.There is a frightening increase in the number of temporary, casual and contract jobs, at the expense of permanent jobs, according to reports from metalworker trade unions in a recent survey. The effect is a devastating erosion of workers&#039; rights to join a union and bargain collectively resulting in lower wages and conditions and an insecure future for working people.In a short video released on October 6 on the International Metalworkers&#039; Federation&#039;s website as part of the campaign, precarious workers from Australia, Indonesia, South Africa and Ukraine can be seen joining the global campaign to end precarious work.The IMF campaign highlights that precarious work is bad for all workers as today&#039;s secure job could be tomorrow&#039;s temporary contract.To view the video, go to:<a href="../precariouswork">www.imfmetal.org/precariouswork</a>Some of the actions that metalworkers will take include widespread workplace meetings and seminars and national demonstrations in Australia, Belarus, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey and Ukraine. To find out more about these and other metalworker actions taking place around the world, go to:<a href="../precariousworkactions">www.imfmetal.org/precariousworkactions</a>To see online reports on World Day for Decent Work events, go to:<a href="http://www.wddw.org/">http://www.wddw.org/</a>

Metalworkers around the world mobilize against precarious work on October 7, a World Day for Decent Work.

Metalworkers mobilise against precarious work

GLOBAL:  As part of the global campaign against precarious work, Global Union Federations raised with the International Labour Organization (ILO) secretariat their concerns about the devastating erosion of workers' rights through the rise in the number of temporary, casual and contract jobs.The meeting with the members of the ILO secretariat, &quot;Towards Social Justice: applying labour standards to precarious workers&quot; was held with the co-sponsorship of the ILO Bureau of Workers' Activities (ACTRAV). Representatives of global unions outlined the impact of precarious work in sectors and on rights and called on the ILO to address this growing problem that undermines the very basis of international labour standards, the employment relationship.Manfred Warda, general secretary of the International Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Union (ICEM) and chair of the meeting said, &quot;The issue of precarious work is fundamental to the very essence of the ILO. The erosion of employment structures robs workers of the will and capacity to join unions, and it gives families a permanent feeling of insecurity.&quot;Speakers from International Union of Foodworkers (IUF), Building Workers' International (BWI) and Union Network International (UNI) and ICEM provided various examples illustrating the ways that companies use precarious forms of employment to systematically undermine the rights of workers.IMF general secretary Marcello Malentacchi called attention to an ILO complaint that IMF together with the Korean Metal Workers' Union brought before the Committee on Freedom of Association over the use of sub-contracting effectively preventing workers from being represented by a union. &quot;Our unions are facing an uphill battle and they need the support of the ILO. The best hope for precarious workers to improve their situation is to unionise,&quot; he said.&quot;For the union movement, collective bargaining holds the key to both determining the circumstances under which non-permanent or outsourced employment is justified, and ensuring that wages and conditions of precarious workers are equal to those of regular workers,&quot; said Malentacchi. A copy of his speech to the ILO can be viewed on the IMF website <a href="../main/index.cfm?n=12&amp;l=2&amp;c=18319" title="MM's speech">here</a>.During the forum, members of the ILO secretariat discussed how existing ILO standards and instruments could be used to improve the situation of precarious employment. Information was given on ongoing activities, including by the Gender Bureau and the branches on Sectoral Activities as well as Migration. Participants were encouraged to take account of the issue of precarious work in activities planned for next year celebrating the 60th anniversary of the ILO Convention 98 on the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining.

Global Union Federations sound alarm on precarious work epidemic at ILO.

Precarious work and the role of the ILO

GERMANY: Siemens AG's announcement to cut 16,750 jobs, or about 4 per cent of its workforce worldwide, has drawn heavy opposition from IG Metall, the union which represents the majority of Siemens workers in Germany, calling the mass restructuring plan extreme, and unjustified.The German electronics and engineering conglomerate employs 400,000 workers worldwide. Almost one third of the cuts are planned for its German operations, of which IG Metall has reported that 75 per cent of these jobs slated for downsizing are covered by the union's collective agreement.IG Metall has criticized the job cuts pointing out that the company is financially sound and that product order books &quot;are full.&quot; The union and its members question whether the company will be able to reach its goal of gaining market dominance with less staff. &quot;The strength of Siemens is the highly qualified and motivated staff,&quot; said Werner Neugebauer, district manager of IG Metall Bavaria.&quot;Cost reduction through job cuts does not replace any sustainable strategy, but is a sign of the lack of good ideas,&quot; he added. Neugebauer was also quoted in the press as saying &quot;Cutting only jobs and selling (off production sites) is irresponsible.&quot;Siemens management plans to begin negotiations with unions and worker representatives immediately. The company has said it would use transfers, and part-time pre-retirement schemes, with contracts terminated &quot;only as a last resort.&quot; The union is waiting until after discussions with Siemens management before announcing any collective response, however union representatives have not ruled out the possibility of coordinated protest in the future. The next meeting between the Siemens management board and employee representatives will take place at the general works council meeting July 23.

IG Metall calls restructuring plan "irresponsible", "excessive", and "unacceptable".

In Germany, 75 per cent of Siemens&#039; cuts are union jobs

BRAZIL:  On September 1, workers at the Volkswagen-Audi factory in the city of Curitiba began a one-week strike. Workers at the Volvo and Renault/Nissan plants in the same town also went on strike on the same day.During that week 24-hour strikes occurred at Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Mercedes Benz and Scania in cities in the interior of Sao Paulo state.The first workers to reach an agreement were those at Volvo, on 4 September and Renault/Nissan, on 5 September. The unions accepted a 2.66 per cent real increase in pay plus 7.15 per cent in line with the increase in the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) over the last twelve months, making a total pay rise of 10 per cent. They also negotiated a one-off payment of R$ 1,500 (about US$863).Meanwhile, the dispute continued at VW-Audi in Curitiba where workers demanded a 12 per cent pay rise. On September 9, workers ended the strike after accepting an 11 per cent pay rise starting in November (3.6 per cent real increase plus 7.15 per cent in-line with inflation). Workers also negotiated a one-off payment of R$ 2,000 (about US$ 1,150).The strikes forced the companies to improve their offers, which were initially very low. The increase in real wages in addition to the inflation-linked pay rise, together with the one-off payments, represent a major victory for metalworkers. &quot;This is why we say it is worth putting up a fight. Now we are going to get ready for the next round of pay negotiations, for auto parts in October and metalworking and machinery in December,&quot; said Sergio Butka, President of the Curitiba Metalworkers' Union and of Força Sindical in Paraná state.&nbsp;The ABC - centre of the auto industryThe CUT-SP Federation of Metalworkers' Unions reached a good agreement for all auto workers in the state on September 6. The ABC Metalworkers' Union, representing workers in the country's main auto industry centre, had threatened to call a strike, but this was not required, with workers accepting the employers' proposal two days before the date set for the strike. The Taubaté union also accepted the proposal after bringing Volkswagen and Ford factories to a halt.The São Paulo federation agreement consisted of an 11.01 per cent pay rise (3.6 per cent real increase plus 7.15 per cent in line with inflation) for workers on wages of up to R$ 7,500.Workers with above R$ 7.500 received a 7.15 per cent pay rise in line with inflation plus a fixed amount of R$ 289.30. The minimum wage for the sector was increased from R$ 1,110 to R$ 1,250, an increase of 12.6 per cent.Similarly, ABC and Taubaté auto workers received a one-off bonus of R$ 1,450 (US$ 845) on September 22. Including this payment, the pay rise was five per cent, a historic victory for the union.The President of the ABC Metalworkers' Union, affiliated to CNN/CUT, Sergio Nobre, said that after 18 hours of meetings, an agreement was reached &quot;worth a significant amount&quot;. He added that the growth of the auto industry in recent years created the conditions for workers to seek these pay rises.

Workers at major auto industry plants in Brazil went on strike during September in support of their demands for improved pay. 

Wave of strikes and agreements in the Brazilian auto industry

GLOBAL:  Increasing numbers of workers around the world are faced with job insecurity, low wages and an uncertain future. In a week of mobilisation taking place around the world from September 30, metalworker trade unions affiliated to the International Metalworkers' Federation are holding a series of actions at the local and national level calling for an end to precarious employment.Actions include information campaigns, work place meetings, meetings with company management and major demonstrations in countries including Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, Sri Lanka and Turkey.Nine out of 10 unions affiliated to the IMF have reported an increase in the prevalence of precarious work in recent years. &quot;Together we must take action to stop the spread of precarious work,&quot; said IMF general secretary Marcello Malentacchi. &quot;Good jobs are what trade unions bargain for. Around the world, unions are mobilising, organising and bargaining for better, more secure work.&quot;Details and reports on actions being taken by metalworker unions around the world are available on the IMF website. On October 7, IMF and its affiliates will also participate in a global day of action in conjunction with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and all other Global Union Federations (GUFs).Precarious work affects us all is a global union campaign to stop the rise in precarious employment and regain power and justice for working people.To find out more about trade union efforts against precarious work and the week of mobilisation go to: <a href="../precariouswork">www.imfmetal.org/precariouswork</a><img src="" alt="" width="318" height="61" /> &#160;

Metalworkers around the world stand up and call for an end to precarious work.

Precarious work affects us all!

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