Solidarity archive
Solidarity addresses from 2006 can be found in this section.
EMF Executive Committee in solidarity with Mexican mine- and metal workers
Today the EMF Executive Committee voted unanimously in support of the solidarity action for Mexican Miners and Metalworkers.
Declaration of the company OS KOVO organisation at Škoda Auto a.s. Mladá Boleslav
Trade union Members associated in ZO OS KOVO at Škoda Auto a.s. Mladá Boleslav are aware of the fact, that solidarity is today not just word, but the expression for understanding, support and especially help and assistance to those, who need it in these days also in the Volkswagen Company.
Trade union members from ZO OS KOVO at Škoda Auto a.s. Mladá Boleslav would like to express their strong solidarity to their colleagues who have decided to defend their jobs. We know that in today’s´ globalised world is solidarity the most important tool employees could use to help each other in different parts of the world.
With solidarity
We are with you!
Participants of the ZO OS KOVO Conference at Škoda Auto a.s. Mladá Boleslav
Solidarity message for the workers of VW Forest (Belgium)
The participants at the EMF Company Policy Conference, held in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 2006, declared their solidarity and full support for the workers at VW Forest whose jobs and future are now under threat.
The participants overwhelmingly agree that every effort should be made at European level to seek a viable alternative industrial plan for the Belgian VW plant to safeguard a maximum number of jobs and provide the basis for a sustainable future for the plant.
We call on VW management to show responsibility towards the workers affected by their decisions and to provide alternatives for the production in the Forest plant.
We are all aware that the European automotive sector is going through a period of far-reaching restructuring and that manufacturing jobs are under threat in general in Europe.
We therefore call on European politicians to act quickly to develop a strategy guaranteeing a future for manufacturing industry in Europe.
Solidarity ABVV-METAAL
ABVV-METAAL
Bremberg 20/11/06
De delegees in de voertuigenindustrie van de auto-, bus- en truckconstructeurs en hun respectievelijke toeleveranciers, samen in vergadering op 20 november 2006 te Bremberg, betuigen hun solidariteit met de arbeiders van Volkswagen.
Zij vinden het onverantwoord dat de arbeiders van VW dagenlang gegijzeld worden door een gebrek aan informatie over de toekomst van hun productie.
Daarom eisen zij onverkort van de Duitse zowel als van de Belgische directie, dat de arbeiders snel klaarheid krijgen omtrent de toekomst van de Volkswagen Brussel.
Zij pleiten onverwijld voor een Europese aanpak van dit probleem in de schoot van de Europese Metaalbond (EMB).
Daarom roepen zij de collega’s van IG Metall en het management van Volkswagen op om samen met de vakbondsvertegenwoordigers van alle Europese vestigingen, snel aan tafel te gaan in functie van de onderhandeling van een Europees kaderakkoord omtrent deze herstructurering.
ABVV-Metaal staat klaar om de eisen van de VW-arbeiders krachtdadig te ondersteunen.
Herwig JORISSEN
Voorzitter ABVV-Metaal
Letter to Serkan El from FIM, FIOM, UILM
Gesamtbetriebsrat IG Metall
München, 19.06.2006
Gesamtbetriebsrat und IG Metall bedauern den Abschied von COM und üben scharfe Kritik am Management
From IG Metall
Malta dispute between GWU and Government over public holidays and free collective bargaining
Malta dispute between GWU and Government over public holidays and free collective bargaining
For circulation amongst affiliates
Birlesik Metal officers chained to ILO building today!
Birlesik Metal together with confederation DISK has organized an action at the gate of the ILO Office in Ankara in order to protest violations of trade union rights and anti-democratic TU legislation in Turkey.
At the moment four trade union officers have chained themselves to the main gate of the ILO building and they are waiting for ILO officers together with others to tell them the demands of Turkish workers.
Workshop on violations of trade union rights in Turkey
The workshop on the violations of trade unions rights in Turkey and its connections with Turkish legislation was held on 24th May 2006 by Birlesik Metal-Is Union with the financial support provided by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung / Istanbul.
Why the workers of Getronics Italia manifest in Amsterdam
One year ago a delegation of employees of Getronics Italia met with our Corporate Board to report on errors in the management, the non-respect of the rights of workers and the growing tendency towards the out-sourcing of the DTS activities and E-Learning. In such occasion we informed the Corporate that these decisions would have put many employees at risk let alone worsening the economic result of Getronics Italia with new losses.
