The EMF welcomes the Romanian court’s ruling that the employees’ strike action was completely legal. The right to strike is a fundamental right in Europe and cannot be circumvented by employers when it suits them. The Dacia workers’ action is a clear illustration of the fact that social democracy is progressing in Romania.

The struggle of the Dacia workers is the struggle of all European workers who are fighting for wages that allow them to support their families decently - and especially in the NMS where multinational companies try to take advantage of the low wage situation.

The EMF will call for solidarity with the Dacia workers - including financial solidarity - on the part of all its members in order to provide concrete support for the Romanian workers and their trade unions.

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Press 11/2008

The EMF is the representative body defending the interests of workers in the European metal industry. The EMF has a mandate for the external representation and coordination of the metalworkers' unions and a mandate to engage in bargaining at European level.

For further information please contact:

Editor, Peter Scherrer, EMF General Secretary

Isabelle Barthès, Senior Advisor, Company Policy