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Today, in S&atilde;o Paulo, Brazil, a country-wide network of Freudenberg workers is being launched in the rubber, chemicals, metals, and textile sectors. The meetings today and tomorrow, 23 October, will be attended by six unions and is organised by ICEM affiliate Rubber Workers Union of Brazil (FUB) and ICEM Vice President Sergio Novais. 
 
The conference will include representatives from all six Freudenberg plants in S&atilde;o Paulo state, the Latin American Rubber and Tyre Workers' Federation (FUTINAL), and ICEM affiliate IGBCE from Germany. Also due to play a key role in the formation is Bernd Schneider, the secretary and chief workers&rsquo; representative from the Freudenberg European Works Council. Schneider is an IGBCE member.
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Brazil is the major manufacturing country of Freudenberg in Latin America, where 1,400 company workers are employed. The German company also has manufacturing operations in Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela. The aim of the 22-23 October conference is to establish a workers&rsquo; network in Brazil, and then to expand network activities to the other Latin American countries next year. 
 
Discussion will occur on the ICEM&rsquo;s Global Framework Agreement with Freudenberg, as well as on common work aspects and problems inside the six plants. Delegates attending will also visit Freudenberg-NOK&rsquo;s rubber and metals suspension plant in Diadema.
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Worker representatives from that plant, as well as the company&rsquo;s Kl&uuml;bler Lubrificantes plant in Baurueri, its Vibracoustic business in Taubat&eacute;, Brugmann business in Campinas, and textile operations in Jacare&iacute; and Novo Hamburgo will attend. Two other operations in Diadema &ndash; Freudenberg&rsquo;s after-market Corteco production of rubber gaskets and seals and its Simrit auto components business, both also shared partly by Japanese-based NOK &ndash; will have worker representatives attending.
The formation of the workers&rsquo; network is getting major support and participation from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) of Germany.

Network of Freudenberg Brazilian Workers Begins Today

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On the occasion of its ten-year anniversary in Hannover, Germany, ICEM affiliate IGBCE hosted 380 guests in the atrium of its building, with President Hubertus Schmoldt reflecting on the past and the view forward. The event occurred on 15 October 2007. 
 
Schmoldt called the past decade &quot;a time of great challenges&rdquo; in which the union created several excellent bases for the future of German workers. The evening event also featured a panel discussion, with participants that included Schmoldt, Social Democratic Party General Secretary Hubertus Heil, Christian Democratic Party General Secretary Ronald Pofalla, and IGBCE Governing Board Member Michael Vassiliadis participating.
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&nbsp;IGBCE President Hubertus Schmoldt

Discussion centered on the political pros and cons of Germany&rsquo;s Agenda 2010. The IGBCE participants pledged to continue to improve the basic industries of the country by promoting education and innovation. Industrial competitiveness, they said, must come through developing high-tech workplaces. They also reiterated the demand that the federal government promote research and technology in the life sciences so that employment and growth occurs. 
 
Schmoldt also took the opportunity during the panel discussion to say that social benefits for older, unemployed workers must be improved. 

The IGBCE was formed at a founding Congress that took place from 6-10 October 1997 in Hannover. It was the result of a five-year cooperation process and three-way merger between IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik, IG Bergbau and Energie, and Gewerkschaft Leder, the Leather Workers&rsquo; Union. It represents 770,000 workers in mining, chemicals and plastics, utilities, oil and gas, glass, ceramics, leather, pulp and paper, non-metallic materials' industries, and environmental job sectors.

IGBCE Celebrates 10 Years in Germany with Bold Agenda Forecast for the Future

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ICEM principals and leaders of French chemicals company Rhodia journeyed to China from 8-12 October, as part of monitoring the Global Framework Agreement between the company and the Global Union Federation. Rhodia operates two plants in China and the purpose of the visit was to inspect working conditions in the plants, as well as work terms. 
 
General Secretary Manfred Warda and Chemicals and Rubber Officer Kemal &Ouml;zkan represented the ICEM, while Rhodia&rsquo;s CEO Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, Sustainable Development Director Jacques Kheliff, and Group Vice President of Corporate Communications, Lucia Dumas, represented the company.
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The delegation met with Chinese leaders of the company at Rhodia&rsquo;s regional headquarters in Shanghai, toured plants in Lyang and Zhenjiang, and met with chemical, energy, and mine leaders of the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) in Beijing. 
 
China leads Rhodia&rsquo;s Asia-Pacific region in sales growth, which, in total, gives the company &euro;938 million of its sales. Korea comes second, while Japan is third. 
 
In Shanghai, the ICEM learned that all Rhodia workers have written individual contracts, and, in the plant in which the ACFTU is present, a collective agreement is in place. That agreement is not negotiated, but rather only signed by the official ACFTU representative in the plant. The ICEM was critical of this, but company officials did state a willingness to engage with a partner representing all workers&rsquo; interests in negotiations. 
 
The Lyang plant, which produces chemicals for the auto and electronics industries, is now 95% owned by Rhodia and employs 570 workers, of whom 350 have signed long-term employment contracts. The ACFTU&rsquo;s Chemical, Energy and Mine Workers&rsquo; Industrial Union is active in the plant. 
 
The Zhenjiang plant is currently just going on-line with 67 workers, the majority of whom are engineers. It is a diphenols plant, using Rhodia technology to produce non-chlorinated guaiacol for the food industry. Since it is currently in start-up phase, there is no union present. At both plants, located in Jiangsu province, ICEM and Rhodia officials were informed about products, technology, safety, health and environmental matters, salary and social benefits, staffing, and local community relations.
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On the final day of the visit, the delegation met in Beijing with leaders of the ACFTU and Chemical, Energy, and Mine Union, through arrangement with the local office of Germany&rsquo;s Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The session was attended by ACFTU&rsquo;s deputy chair of the International Department, Zhang Tao; Jia Ziaodong, president of the 15-million-member Chemical, Energy, Mine Union; and Qingyi Li, ACFTU&rsquo;s officer for European Affairs. 
 
A main point of discussions was China&rsquo;s new labour contract law &ndash; to be effective on 1 January 2008 &ndash; and a law which the Chinese labour federation strongly supported and had great input on. The ACFTU criticized the US Chamber of Commerce for standing firmly against enactment of the law, and ICEM&rsquo;s Warda outlined the ICEM position. 
That stance, adopted at the May 2007 Executive Committee, stated some multinational companies from developed nations were working against adoption of the law, which gives some semblance of workplace rights and job security to Chinese and migrant workers. Rhodia senior officials at the meeting said the company supported enactment. 
 
A meeting at the French Embassy in Beijing concluded the final day of the visit.

ICEM, Rhodia Conduct Work Visit to China as part of Global Framework Agreement

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Thursday, 22 November 2007 
 
10.00 Opening Ceremony 
<ul>
 <li>Keynote Speakers </li>
 <li>ICEM President&rsquo;s Address </li>
 <li>Fraternal Messages </li>
</ul>
12.00 WFIW Integration 
 
12.30 &ndash; 14.00 Lunch 
 
14.00 Adoption of Agenda
Adoption of Standing Orders 
Report of Credentials Committee 
Election of Scrutineers 
Confirm composition of Motion Committee 
Ratification of New Affiliations and Disaffiliations since Third Congress 
 
15.30 &ndash; 16.00 Coffee Break 
 
16.00 Presentation of Secretariat Report on Activities - 
Discussion 
 
17.30 Congress Session closes 
 
19.00 Dinner 
 
Friday, 23 November 2007 
 
09.00 Presentation of Financial Report and background papers 
Auditors Report 
Motion on affiliation fees 
Discussion 
 
10.30 &ndash; 11.00 Coffee Break 
 
11.00 Statutory Motions 
Headquarters Location 
General Motions 
Discussion 
 
12.30 &ndash; 14.00 Lunch 
 
14.00 Continuation of discussion 
 
15.30 &ndash; 16.00 Coffee Break 
 
16.00 Elections 
a) Confirmation of Regional Seats on ICEM Executive Committee 
b) President 
c) Vice-Presidents 
d) General Secretary 
e) Internal Auditors 
 
17.30 Congress Sessions close 
 
19.30 Gala Dinner 
 
Saturday, 24 November 2007 
 
09.00 Continuation of Congress Business 
 
12.30 &ndash; 14.00 Lunch 
 
14.00 New President&rsquo;s Closing Address and Closure of Congress 
 
15.00 New Presidium meets

Fourth ICEM World Congress - Draft Congress Agenda

The Global Union Federation ICEM today commends the Liberian Supreme Court's 21 December to certify the Firestone Agriculture Workers' Union of Liberia (FAWUL)&nbsp;as bargaining representative for workers at Firestone Rubber Plantation in Harbel. ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda called the decision start to &quot;ardent reconciliation that will finally give workers the fairness and equity they deserve.&quot;
The ICEM agrees with a statement on the Supreme Court's decision issued by the US-based United Steelworkers (USW), a union that has supported plantation workers at Firestone in&nbsp;organising their democratic and responsive Labour Union. &quot;The legal decision in favor of FAWUL signals a new day in Liberia,&quot; said USW President Leo Gerard and&nbsp;International Vice President&nbsp;Fred Redmond. The ICEM also joins the USW in calling on Bridgestone/Firestone management to begin earnest engagement with FAWUL in collective negotiations.
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In early July, a sizeable majority of some 5,000 plantation workers voted for FAWUL, which is now an ICEM&nbsp;affiliate. Liberia's Labour Ministry supervised the election, and a Special Elections Committee monitored the balloting.
On 10 December, after delays in certifying FAWUL, ICEM's Warda wrote Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: &quot;In the name of Free Trade Unions worldwide, we call on you to use your influence inside the Liberian government to recognise the legitimacy of the Firestone Agriculture Workers' Union. We insist that you certify the elected leaders of FAWUL, and ensure that local management at the Firestone plantation&nbsp;engages in full and meaningful collective negotiations with this union.&quot;
The ICEM welcomes the 21 December Supreme Court decision in Liberia, and, together with the USW and&nbsp;other worldwide unions,&nbsp;will continue to stand with the USW&nbsp;in aiding and assisting the&nbsp;FAWUL.
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ICEM Welcomes Liberia&#039;s Certification of Legitimate Firestone Union

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ICEM Women&rsquo;s World Conference Decides on 7-Point Programme 
 
The ICEM Women&rsquo;s World Conference was held on 17 and 18 November 2007 in Bangkok. Some 150 women from all continents listened to presentations and worked on their priorities in working groups. Women from Burma, Colombia, Iraq, Nepal, Palestine, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe presented their work in crisis situations and the fight for peace. All presentations are available in the original languages from ICEM. 
 
One special highlight was the presence of Hashemiyya Muhsin Hussein, President of the Electricity Workers&rsquo; Union for the Basra region, Iraq. In an interview conducted by ITUC she said among other things that, &ldquo;There is a great deal of women working in this sector. During the war between Iran and Iraq, the men left for the front and so women replaced them on a wide scale, which is why there are so many of them now&hellip; 
 
People write slogans on the walls of the markets and other public places against women, against women who work and against women who do not wear the veil. The simple fact of working is dangerous for a woman. But many women have no alternative, because of their financial difficulties. Yes, the fact that I am a woman has made things very difficult as well, but I didn&rsquo;t want to give up and so I fought for this position, even though I received death threats against myself and even against my son.&rdquo; Hashemiyya was elected to the ICEM Executive and women&rsquo;s committee. 
 
One other focus for the conference was work-life balance. The topic was introduced by women representing ICEM affiliates in Japan. Maternity protection was one of the priorities decided on for continuing work. 
 
One example of work in connection with hazardous substances and the dangers they represent for maternity as well as babyproofing the workplace was presented by Margreet Pasman from the Netherlands. FNV Bondgenoten has made folders available on these themes, and they can be accessed from ICEM or Margreet. Gender perspectives on women&rsquo;s health were presented by Edeltraud Gl&auml;nzer from Germany, and work on bullying, violence, HIV/AIDS and abortion was explained by sisters from Brazil. 
 
A publication on maternity protection with different case studies from all continents is available in English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish from ICEM. 
 
A session was held and facilitated by Ramona Parra from FITEQA-CCOO, Spain, to have an exchange with women from Europe. The conclusion was that more work has to be done in cooperation between EMCEF and ICEM. 
 
The conclusions from the conference work fed into the 7 points that were decided for ICEM&rsquo;s future work. The points are as follows: 
 
1. Do research and exchange information on best practices of maternity protection. Information on paternity leave is particularly interesting. 
2. Provide information and guides on how to bargain for paternity leave and work-life balance. 
3. General work must continue on maternity protection and work-life balance. 
4. Strengthen ICEM&rsquo;s work on informal workers, migrant workers and contract and agency workers, especially since a majority of these tend to be women. 
5. Build alliances with NGO&rsquo;s and civil society in order to change mentalities and expand gender equality. 
6. Expand women&rsquo;s leadership training and broaden women&rsquo;s leadership. 
7. Work will continue on Burma, Colombia, Iraq, Nepal, Palestine, Zimbabwe and all others where fights are on-going for human and trade union rights. 
 
The women&rsquo;s conference confirmed Evgenia Esenina as chair of the women&rsquo;s committee and vice-president of ICEM and elected Angeline Chitambo from ZEEWU, Zimbabwe, as vice-chair and ICEM vice-president. 
 
ICEM Congress was held from 22 to 24 November. A record number of women attended the Congress, although some delegations from developed countries were notable in their absence of women delegates. Some examples were very encouraging, however, such as Spain, Sweden, South Africa and Brazil among others. Japan must be lauded for including more women in their Congress delegation each time. Congress passed a motion on women&rsquo;s participation. The ICEM women&rsquo;s committee will be monitoring its implementation. 
 
On the last day of Congress Elena Guti&eacute;rrez, Sitrapequia Costa Rica, called for a minute of silence in memory of the many thousands of women worldwide who have died as a result of violence. This commemoration took place on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, explained below.
PLEASE FORWARD TO ICEM ANY INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF WOMEN&rsquo;S INVOLVEMENT THAT YOU FEEL SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED BY ICEM ON THE OCCASION OF 8 MACH 2008, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN&rsquo;S DAY. 
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ICEM Colombia Committee Organises Gender Workshop 
 
On 18 July the ICEM Colombia Committee organised a workshop on gender in Bogot&aacute; with 70 men and women participants. The group worked on the construction of patriarchy and the different attributions associated with women and men as well as maternity and paternity. The participants analysed the theory of gender and discussed socialization, abortion and quotas in government in groups. 
 
There were some prejudices such as the idea that gender only refers to women or that gender divides trade unions or that gender is a distraction from the class struggle. There are differences in concepts between gender, feminism and women&rsquo;s movements, and it is important to understand these differences. 
 
Some of the men participants felt threatened in their power position. Since the seminar was mixed, men and women together, the women participated less than the men. ICEM Colombia considers this work to be fundamental and women and men must be involved at all levels of debate. 
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ITUC Seminar on Diversity, Racism and Xenophobia 
 
The ITUC held a seminar on diversity, racism and xenophobia from 4 to 7 December in Geneva. This is a topic that has very strong gender perspectives. Migrant women are generally over-represented in low-skilled employment. 
 
The World Bank reports that women make up about 50% of the migrant population worldwide. The UN calculated in 2006 that about 190 million people live outside their country of origin. 
 
The meeting deplored the fact that racism seems to be on the rise worldwide and that racist policies can be used for electoral gain. ITUC will be developing activities to lead up to the conference in 2009 to follow up the 2001 Conference on racism held in Durban, South Africa.
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Resources 
 
<a href="http://www.ccoo.es/webCCOO/temp/recursos/1/44630.pdf">Good Practice Guide for Non-Sexist Language in Collective Bargaining</a> (in Spanish)&nbsp; 
 
<a href="http://www.uso.es">For an explanation of equality plans in Spain&nbsp; 
</a> 
<a href="http://www.un.org/womenwatch">United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality</a> 
 
<a href="http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getPage.asp?page=latestPeriods">For a look at the urban informal economy in UN Habitat</a>
<a href="http://www.homeworkersww.org.uk ">HomeWorkers Worldwide</a>
<a href="http://www.lo.no/lobasen/Content/122971/14-06-LO-magasin-eneglsk-skjerm.pdf">For a publication on Women in the South</a> 
 
<a href="http://www.all-together.org">Men and equality and work-life balance</a>

ICEM WOMEN’S BULLETIN 27

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The ICEM North American affiliate, Communications, Energy, Paperworkers (CEP) Union of Canada, announced its intention to re-open sector-wide Eastern Canadian pulp and paper bargaining in efforts to stop the closure of mills and the loss of jobs. Meeting in Montreal on 5-6 December, local union leaders at Canada's largest paper company, AbitibiBowater, adopted the measure as part of an action plan to halt mill closures. 
The announcement by leaders of 35 local unions came in the wake of AbitibiBowater&rsquo;s plan to sack 1,000 paperworkers with the closure of four mills &ndash; in Dalhousie, New Brunswick, McKenzie, British Columbia, and Shawinigan and Donnacona, both in Quebec. The closures mean Canada has now lost 20,000 forest sector jobs in the past two to three years. 
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The proposal to enter talks early will be put to a conference of all pulp and paper local unions from Eastern Canada early in 2008. CEP then will be entering year four of a five-year contract covering 25,000 paperworkers in the eastern half of the country. 
 
&ldquo;We&rsquo;re taking the bull by the horns,&rdquo; stated CEP President Dave Coles. &ldquo;As a union, there are ways we can help cut costs that don&rsquo;t involve concessions, and we want to put them forward.&rdquo; The CEP president stressed that the union will not re-open contracts with the intent to cut wages or benefits. 
 
In 2004, Abitibi was the lead company for the CEP in pattern bargaining in Eastern Canada. The company's latest round of announced cuts occurs shortly after the Canadian company finalised its merger with US-based Bowater. 
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CEP President Dave Coles
&ldquo;We want to sit down face-to-face with AbitibiBowater to explore their closure announcements in detail,&quot; said Coles, adding that talks would centre on all possible alternative plans for the mills. He said early retirements and transition plans for the affected workers would be on the table. 
 
The CEP is also calling on AbitibiBowater and all major pulp and paper companies to join the union in convening a national forest industry summit to agree on urgent matters to support the industry. The union believes the federal government, led by Premier Stephen Harper, has turned a deaf ear to the crisis in the country's forest products industry, a crisis that has severely impacted tens of thousands of Canadians residing in rural areas.

CEP Proposes to Re-open Eastern Canada&#039;s Paper Talks to Halt Rampant Mill Shutdowns

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BHP Billiton, the world's largest combined energy and mining company, will file a legal appeal to avoid hiring contract workers to full-time, permanent jobs at its Escondida copper mining operations in Chile. That was the Australian company's response to a directive from the country's Ministry of Labour on 7 December that it is to directly employ 767 subcontractors at its large copper mining operation in northern Chile, in order to comply with a Law on Subcontracting. 
 
The directive, issued in a report, follows the notice that state-run mining company Codelco, the world's largest copper mining enterprise, must bring over 5,000 workers onto its permanent rolls for the same reason. Codelco utilises the services of some 30,000 subcontractors, compared to 15,000 permanent workers. 
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Furthers reports from the Ministry are expected on Xstrata and AngloAmerican. BHP Billiton wasted no time in saying it will challenge the directive, which, it says, will raise its full-time employment at Escondida by 25%. Escondida is 57.5% owned by BHP, while Rio Tinto holds a 30% stake, and a Japanese consortium holds 10%. 
 
Chile's Law on Subcontracting was passed in 2006 and took effect in January 2007. It sets limits on the number of staff that can be used on short-term jobs. The law changed the secondary responsibility of companies utilising contractors regarding labour responsibilities, giving them primary responsibility. It also created a process in which enterprises must register and establish a fund to meet wage costs and guarantee the supply of full-time workers in case of non-compliance. 
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The purpose of the law is to ensure compliance with existing Chilean labour law and to prevent unfair competition between companies on work conditions. In Chile, some 50% of enterprises were estimated to contract out part of their production, while 20.7% contracted out their main economic activity. Prior to the law taking effect, a full 35% of Chile's labour force was estimated not to have a direct contractual link with the primary enterprise. 
 
In Chile's copper industry, permanent staff earns three times more than contract workers, who oftentimes perform the same work. This issue caused a six-week strike in June and July 2007 by the 30,000 subcontractors of Codelco at its five Chilean divisions. 
 
The Labour Ministry's report on Xstrata and AngloAmerican, which each own 44% of Chile's third largest copper operation, Dona Ines de Collahuase, is expected to be released this week.

BHP Billiton Files Legal Challenge to Chile&#039;s Law on Subcontracting

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ICEM affiliate Chemical, Manufacturing and Connected Trades Employees&rsquo; Union (CMCTEU) has engaged in a global effort to block two pieces of government legislation coming soon to a vote in the National Assembly of the Indian Ocean island-nation. 
 
The two bills the Employments Relations Bill and the Employment Rights Bill. CMCTEU issued a statement saying the government is pressing the measures to a vote in this legislative session before extensive dialogue between the social partners can occur. They ask the ICEM to take this struggle to a global level by asking trade union affiliates to write letters to the Mauritius Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment opposing the measures. 
 
That minister is Dr. Vasant Bunwaree and letters can go to <a href="mailto:vkbunwaree@mail.gov.mu">vkbunwaree@mail.gov.mu</a>. 
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The Employment Relations Bill has many shortcomings, namely an erosion of workers&rsquo; rights, a cumbersome strike certification process, and restrictions on jobless workers over unemployment pay and ability to regain employment. The legislation also decreases sick leave time and gives no collective trade union protection to workers in small enterprises. 
 
The proposed laws also contain no penalties for employers who unjustly fire workers. 
 
The ILO&rsquo;s International Labour Office has assessed both pieces of legislation. It said that social and labour policies enacted into law must be the result of extensive consultation and social dialogue. It also concluded that the draft statutes set forth no criteria on how the two will function together, and says the legislation as written is short on administrative monitoring compliance. The ILO was also critical of language in the proposed statutes, which, in many places, is not gender-neutral.

Mauritius Affiliate Seeks Halt to hasty Labour Reform Legislation

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Not only did ICEM Thai affiliate Paper and Printing Federation (PPFT) win the reinstatement of Thanet Jhanluechai at SIG Combibloc 11 days ago, it also won assurances from the New Zealand&rsquo;s Rank Group that contract and agency labour language in the collective agreement will be honoured. 
 
That language reads exactly as the ICEM&rsquo;s policy on contract labour in collective agreements: the trade union must be consulted prior to any decision to sub-contract work, or hire temporary workers. The language is contained in a 2005 collective pact inside the 420-work Rayong province paper plant, and Rank Group now has agreed to adhere to it. 
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SIG branch leaders of PPTF
&nbsp;Rank Group purchased SIG Combibloc from its Swiss owners last spring. In readying the mill for sale, the packaging plant&rsquo;s managing director eliminated 8-hour work days in favour of 12-hour shifts. This cost workers a portion of their pay and of their shift differential pay. The agreement that was struck on 6 December also included the Rank Group&rsquo;s sacking of the plant&rsquo;s managing director, an individual blamed by workers for bringing deteriorating work and productivity conditions. 
 
A tightly-held private equity company led by New Zealand&rsquo;s richest man, Graeme Hart, Rank Group has moved rapidly into the forest products sector since buying, and taking private, Carter Holt Harvey in 2006. Since, it has increased its industry portfolio by buying papers mills and plants throughout the world. The ICEM commends the global trade union support that lead to justice being restored at SIG Combibloc, and particularly salutes New Zealand trade unions Engineering, Printing, and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) and the National Distribution Union for their lead. 
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Senior managers from Auckland-based Rank Group came to Rayong in late November and early December to resolve the dispute. This happened after global pressure. They also accepted &ndash; and agreed to correct &ndash; unfair work rules and other workplace issues that have led to extremely low morale. The ICEM congratulates PPFT and the workers at SIG Local Union for their great victory. Read more on the reinstatement of Thanet Jhanluechai <a href="/en/?id=19&amp;doc=2510&amp;la=EN">here</a>.

Thai Paperworkers Win More Than Just Reinstatement of Workplace Leader

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IGBCE Celebrates 10 Years in Germany with Bold Agenda Forecast for the Future

ICEM, Rhodia Conduct Work Visit to China as part of Global Framework Agreement

Fourth ICEM World Congress - Draft Congress Agenda

ICEM Welcomes Liberia's Certification of Legitimate Firestone Union

ICEM WOMEN’S BULLETIN 27

CEP Proposes to Re-open Eastern Canada's Paper Talks to Halt Rampant Mill Shutdowns

BHP Billiton Files Legal Challenge to Chile's Law on Subcontracting

Mauritius Affiliate Seeks Halt to hasty Labour Reform Legislation

Thai Paperworkers Win More Than Just Reinstatement of Workplace Leader

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