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The ICEM Global Framework Agreement with French specialty chemicals producer Rhodia took a major forward step with inclusion of specific neutrality language. The two parties formally signed the renewal agreement in Paris on 25 March. 
 
The Global Agreement, originally signed on 31 January 2005, also includes stronger language regarding responsible behaviour by the company&rsquo;s suppliers and subcontractors, as well as integration of the agreement with the &ldquo;Rhodia Way,&rdquo; a set of principles aimed at continuous progress on social and environmental responsibility.
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ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda and Rhodia CEO Jean-Pierre Clamadieu at the 25 March signing&nbsp; 
 

The renewal agreement is supported by ICEM French affiliates Fedechemie CGT-FO and Federation Chimie Energie CFDT. It follows a favourable assessment of the terms of the agreement carried out over that past two years that included a joint trip to China last fall to observe work conditions at Rhodia&rsquo;s operations there. 
 
&ldquo;We feel we have taken the agreement with Rhodia to a new level,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;The commitment for trust and earnest dialogue is genuine.&rdquo; 
 
The agreement did contain, and still does, adherence to ILO Core Labour Conventions 87 and 98 regarding freedom of association, and the right of representation and collective bargaining, but it now goes further. Under a section entitled Labour-Management Dialogue, a clause now states: &ldquo;Rhodia respects the right of employees to be collectively organised and shall remain strictly neutral concerning their choices in this matter.&rdquo; 
 
Further to that section, &ldquo;Rhodia pledges to not practice any discrimination due to unionisation either when hiring or when managing employees&rsquo; careers.&rdquo; 
 
Rhodia also pledges to take a hands-on approach in assuring that suppliers and subcontractors adhere to the framework of the Global Agreement, as well as all laws and human rights standards. 
 
In addition, the renewal agreement sets formal ICEM involvement in tracking &ldquo;Rhodia Way&rdquo; performance; it creates a joint safety issues discussion group; allows the agreement&rsquo;s application to be audited by an outside expert jointly chosen by the two parties; and, following the successful Chinese mission, sets up an annual mission to a country to assess terms of the accord. The next such visit will be to Brazil.
The English and French versions of the agreement can be found <a href="/en/?id=98&amp;la=EN">here</a>.
Rhodia, which generated sales of &euro;5.1 billion in 2007, supplies chemicals for the automotive, tyre, electronics, perfume, and health, beauty, and home care markets. It employs 15,500 workers worldwide.

Renewal Rhodia Global Pact Has Specific Neutrality Language

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The Eighth ICEM Steering Committee of the Bridgestone-Firestone Global Union Network met in Las Vegas, Nevada, 27-28 June, preceding the constitutional convention of the United Steelworkers (USW). The USW hosted the meeting, which was chaired by Tashiaki Hojo, President of the Japanese Rubber Workers&rsquo; Union Confederation (GOMU-RENGGO). 
 
The conference welcomed the Network&rsquo;s newest trade union affiliate, the Firestone Agricultural Workers&rsquo; Union of Liberia (FAWUL), as well as Liberian Labour Minister Samuel Kofi Woods. FAWUL won bargaining rights for 5,000 workers at Firestone Rubber Plantation in Harbel last year, bringing a legitimate and democratic voice to workers long neglected by both management and a prior union.
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Particpants at the Eighth Bridgestone-Firestone Global Workers' Union Network&nbsp; 

FAWUL President Austin Natee and General Secretary Edwin Cisco told Bridgestone-Firestone unionists about working conditions at the plantation, and their struggle to gain recognition through an internationally-monitored ballot. They also underscored the global solidarity they received from the ICEM, the USW, and the US-based Solidarity Center. 
 
&ldquo;This is a moving moment for the ICEM and to one of our newest affiliates, we applaud your heroic struggle to bring dignity and full rights to your co-workers in Liberia,&rdquo; ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda told the Liberians. Warda attended the network meeting along with ICEM Chemicals and Rubber Officer Kemal &Ouml;skan. 
 
Warda presented the current activities of the ICEM to the Bridgestone-Firestone network, and specifically outlined the resolutions and the work plan coming from the ICEM&rsquo;s Fourth Congress in Bangkok last November. &Ouml;skan delivered a general report on global developments in the tyre and rubber industry, along with trade union activity within the industry throughout the world. 
 
Regional and country reports then were presented, followed by a full report on industrial accidents within the Japanese-based company from around the world. Delegates then engaged in a lengthy discussion on measures to improve occupational health and safety at Bridgestone-Firestone. 
 
Delegates attending included: Gen Tashiro and Akihiro Nagasawa, from the Japanese Bridgestone Workers&rsquo; Union; Jo&atilde;o Batista Goncalves, S&atilde;o Paulo Rubber Workers&rsquo; Union of Brazil (FUB); European Works Council Secretary Jesus Delgado and Eduardo Alonso, both of the Federation of Related Industries of Spain (FIA-UGT); Ron Hoover, John Sellers, and Melinda Newhouse, all from host union USW: and Yoshio Sato, General Secretary of ICEM&rsquo;s Japanese Affiliates Federation (ICEM-JAF). 
 
The next meeting of the Steering Committee is scheduled to occur in June 2009 in Japan.

ICEM’s Bridgestone Workers’ Network Meets in the United States

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Coal mining deaths, as well as recorded tragedies happening in iron ore and clay mining, shot up over the past month in China. Chinese authorities continue to be vigilant on mine managers and others when mining deaths occur. The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) is quick to say that deaths are down this year over each of the past few years, with gas-control utilization procedures the reason. 
 
The statistics, however, may point more to the fact that the Chinese government, as well as several coal-producing provinces, have embarked on an ambitious plan to close small-scale coal mines. China is in the process of closing 10,000 of 14,500 small mines. Indeed, For each one million tonnes of coal mined, the death rate at smaller mines is eight times the rate of state-owned mines or mines where multinationals are involved.
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Overall, the death rate in the first half of 2008 fell to 1.05 for each one million tonnes of coal mined, compared to 1.485 in 2007, and 3.08 in 2005. 
 
But since mid-June, and certainly coincidental to China then placing a cap on coal price increases to steady supplies, thus to avoid blackouts during the Olympic games, a rash of mining accidents have happened across several provinces. The biggest mine disaster of 2008 occurred on 13 June, when 34 miners perished at the Anxin mine in Shanxi Province, and the latest happened on 10 July when bolting sheered on an elevator, causing it to collapse with 11 miners aboard. That occurred at Jiyuan Mining Industries Co. in the central province of Henan. 
 
The Anxin disaster near the Shanxi city of Xiaoyi occurred because of a major underground explosion caused by home-made explosives igniting inside a mine shaft. Fifty-eight miners were inside shafts at the time of the blast, nearly double the number that were supposed to be inside the mine. Anxin was working an area that was off-limits to mining. 
 
Although Anxin is a licensed enterprise with authority to mine 90,000-tonnes-per-year, it was found that its annual coal output was estimated at 300,000 tonnes. 
 
Chinese authorities arrested the mine owner, the mine&rsquo;s legal representative, and two workers charged with responsibility for the explosives. Six municipal and township officials, all representatives of the local Communist Party committee, were also sacked due to their lack of oversight.
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On 5 July, 21 miners died in the coal-rich Datong City area of Shanxi Province when a methane gas explosion struck. The owner of the colliery, Wujiu Coal Mine, was detained at the 150,000-tonne-per-year colliery. And four days earlier, on 1 July, 18 miners died when a shaft collapsed at state-owned Huisen Liangshuijing coal mine in Shaanxi Province. Sixteen workers died immediately, and two other miners died later from gas inhalation after being rescued. 
 
From the mid-point of June, besides the major Anxin tragedy, at least 20 other coal miners died in recorded accidents, while multiple deaths occurred in two iron-ore mines, and in one clay mining operation. 
 
On 17 June, at the Laojunmiao Coal Mine in Mulei County, part of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, five persons died and three were seriously injured in a mine cave-in. On 12 June in Hubei Province at the Tuya Coal Mine, seven miners died 700 metres underground when a gas explosion occurred. And on 13 June, flooding of mine shafts caused the deaths of eight workers employed underground by Yutian Coal Mining Ltd. in Ningwu County, Shanxi Province. 
 
Freak accidents occurred in the iron-ore pits. On 25 June, 12 farmers were working an abandoned mine owned by Taochong Mining Co., part of the massive Ma&rsquo;anshan Steel Group, when heavy rain caused the mine to collapse. This occurred in Fanchang, eastern Anhui Province. The illegal entrepreneur who was supervising the small-scale mining venture fled the area before he could be arrested. 
 
On 17 June, in Guyang County of the Inter Mongolia Autonomous Region, seven miners died during a mine collapse at the mined-out iron ore pit of Julong Mining Co. 
 
The disaster at the clay mine happened on 18 June near the Zhejiang Province capital city of Hangzhou, when six miners died due to flooding. Lax safety operating procedures was pinned as cause. 
 
Coal powers nearly 75% of all of China&rsquo;s energy needs. Coal prices in China have risen 70% over the first six months of 2008. The price increases are not extraordinary when compared to the overall global spike in coal price levels this year. But in China, with low inventories and insufficient supplies, the National Development and Reform Commission decided on 19 June to put a temporary cap on spot coal prices through the end of the end to prevent power blackouts. What effect this will have on safety in China&rsquo;s notoriously deadly coal mines is anybody&rsquo;s guess

Mine Deaths Accelerate in China Over the Past Month

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Unlike last summer, ICEM affiliate Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU) of South Africa is reaching settlement with employer groups in several industrial sectors. A strike by 5,500 furniture workers who have taken industrial action is the only exception to date. The union is, or has been in recent months, bargaining on behalf of 40,000 workers in some 11 industrial sectors. 
 
Last summer, nearly all of the union&rsquo;s sectors, ranging from petroleum, plastics, industrial chemicals, to paper, packaging, and wood products took strike actions. So far, in bargaining that started in April with employers&rsquo; associations, agreements have been reached in petroleum, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, paper packaging, and plastics. 
 
The agreements exceed, or at least match, South Africa&rsquo;s current inflation rate of 10.5%. CEPPWAWU General Secretary Welile Nolingo said, &ldquo;If there are to be further strikes, it will not exceed more that two or three sectors.&rdquo;
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CEPPWAWU Gen. Sec. Welile Nolingo&nbsp;
CEPPWAWU&rsquo;s furniture-making members, employed at some six factories of Steinhoff International subsidiaries and spin-off companies now owned by ABSA Capital, struck on 1 July in a wage reopener. The union filed the necessary 48-hour strike notice with South Africa&rsquo;s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration (CCMA), but the employers&rsquo; association is challenging that as an illegal strike. CEPPWAWU is refuting that through the legal process. 
 
Employers are offering only 8%, and are seeking major pension changes, and restrictions on union leave. 
 
In the Tissue and Allied sector, the stalemate can be seen as differences between the two major companies in that sector, Nampac and Kimberly-Clark. Nampac is willing to offer a pay increase matching the inflation rate of 10.5%, but US-based Kimberly-Clark refuses to move beyond 9%. Some 2,000 CEPPWAWU members are employed in Tissue and Allied. 
 
In the glass sector, an agreement appears imminent for 2,500 workers for a 2008 pay increase of 11%. The major employers there include Consol, Nampak Wiegand Glass, and Glass of Africa.
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In the Industrial Chemicals sector, union leadership was waiting last week for a mandate from chemical workers for the next step. Some 13,000 workers are employed at plants of Sasol, Dow Chemical, PetroSA, and others. The union and employers&rsquo; association are close on wages at 12%. CEPPWAWU also is seeking the collective agreement to be extended to workers of labour agencies, with all temporary and casual workers to be made permanent employees after working 45 days in a three-year cycle. 
 
Agreements are not in place for the Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector, Sasol Mines, and the Sawmilling and Fibre and Particle Board Sectors. 
 
In agreements that have been concluded, some 6,000 paperworkers, primarily employed at Sappi and Mondi mills, agreed to 12% wage increases on 27 June. CEPPWAWU and the Pulp and Paper Employers&rsquo; Association also agreed to minimum salary levels of R4,660-per-month, and a shift allowance of 6% above basic pay. 
 
In Paper Packaging, wage increases of 11.5% took effect 1 July. Paper converting workers also won three-month maternity leave language, as well as an annual bonus of 4.33% of basic pay, and study leave of ten days per annum. A severance formula of two weeks pay for each year of work service also was achieved. CEPPWAWU covers 3,000 workers in this sector, with Nampak and Mondi Packaging serving as the major employers. 
 
In the Petroleum sector, agreement was also reached for salaries to increase by 12%. Employers include BP, Sasol, Chevron&rsquo;s Caltex, and PetroSA. Some 3,000 workers are covered in that sector. In Plastics, a 10.4% increase was won across the board with employers Consol Plastics, Nampak Plastics, and Transpeco. 
 
In the Pharmaceutical sector, where 3,000 workers are employed by such companies as Pfizer, Aspen, and Adcock Ingram, a 12% increase was gained. 
 
All of CEPPWAWU&rsquo;s one-year sector agreements expired on 1 July, with the exception of the furniture one, a three-year accord with wage reopeners each year.

CEPPWAWU Resolving Some Sector Agreements in South Africa; Furniture Workers on Strike

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A four-day strike by 10,000 workers of the Petroleum Tank-Truck Drivers&rsquo; Branch of ICEM affiliate NUPENG in Nigeria was suspended this morning, 14 July, for two weeks. A memorandum of understanding was reached in a four-hour meeting Saturday between the union and Ministry of Petroleum, calling on all parties to meet tomorrow, 15 July, in Abuja in efforts to resolve a range of issues. 
 
NUPENG President Peter Akpatason said if the talks beginning Tuesday are not successful, the union will not hesitate to renew the strike on 28 July. &ldquo;This is a matter of drivers&rsquo; welfare,&rdquo; said Akpatason. &ldquo;We will not tolerate high petrol prices, inadequate roads and access to and from refineries and depots, and a continuation of the low salaries that drivers receive.&rdquo;
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&nbsp;NUPENG President Peter Akpatason
The ICEM is supportive of the drivers&rsquo; demands, and urges the various government ministries, as well as the handful of employers&rsquo; groups to accede to NUPENG&rsquo;s agenda tomorrow to bring safety and security to Nigeria&rsquo;s roads and fair pay to petroleum tank-truck drivers. 
 
On Saturday, the Ministry of Petroleum agreed to begin the process to reduce the price of diesel fuel, just one of several issues that brought on the 10 July strike. NUPENG had given two separate ultimatums to resolve issues, a 21-day one at the end of May and a seven-day one on 3 July.
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Tomorrow&rsquo;s meeting is expected to include officials from the Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Ministry of Work and Housing, and the State Security Services, as well as road police senior officers. It will also include top officials from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC), the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), independent fuel-oil marketers, and other transporters. 
 
According to Saturday&rsquo;s memorandum, the meeting is intended to set guidelines on lowering diesel fuel and kerosene prices. Discussion is also expected to establish a firm timetable to improve highways and access roads around refineries and duel depots. 
 
The issue of salaries will also be heard. NUPENG&rsquo;s three-year collective agreement with NARTO expired in May and average pay for drivers has been stuck at NGN 10,500-per-month (US$100) since 2005. With overwhelming inflation in the country, NUPENG is seeking an increase in salaries to between NGN 30,000 and 40,000 per month. 
 
NUPENG contends that the deplorable state of roads has caused accidents, deaths, and horrendous losses of productivity and time away from families. The high cost of fuel has made petroleum product distribution unprofitable, with severe hardships placed on small businesses and citizens alike. NUPENG is calling on NNPC and the government to halt the sale of petrol products to middle-men and other dealers, who increase products to retail outlets by as much as 300%.

NUPENG Suspends Tank-Truck Drivers’ Strike for Multi-Party Talks to Take Hold

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UNI-Europa, the European section of the Global Union Federation UNI, signed an agreement in May 2008 with Euriciett, Europe&rsquo;s only association of temporary work agencies. UNI-Europa and Eurociett agreed on a joint declaration related to the draft EU Directive on Agency Work, while UNI also made improvements in a renewed Global Framework Agreement with ISS, a Danish-based company that provides property services worldwide. 
 
UNI-Europa&rsquo;s accord with the umbrella association of temp work agencies &ldquo;recognises the principle of equal treatment from day 1 for temporary agency workers,&rdquo; the same language as contained in the draft EU Directive.
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The text of the document improves on the draft Directive by providing two definitions for the comparability of workers, &ldquo;extending the comparison of the working and employment conditions to those workers doing the same or similar job in the user company.&rdquo; 
 
The agreement also enjoins both parties to a commitment that temporary agency workers should not replace workers who are on strike. 
 
These issues are viewed as sensitive within the industry, as they are important for its public image. Larger agencies like Adecco, Manpower, Randstad, and Vedior are concerned that smaller and mid-size agencies will not follow the rules. 
 
Most agency workers do not work for companies with which UNI is dealing. UNI therefore hopes to first reach an agreement with employers on workers&rsquo; whose interests are directly represented by UNI. After this is signed, possibly in September 2008, it is hoped to extend this to all temporary agency workers, perhaps early next year.
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&nbsp;UNI-Europa Gen. Sec. Bernadette S&eacute;gol 
 

UNI-Europa General Secretary Bernadette S&eacute;gol said, &ldquo;It is now urgent that the EU institutions finally agree on a Directive on (temporary agency work) to protect the interest of workers.&rdquo; UNI-Europa has lobbied the European Commission for the past ten years for a Directive on agency work. 
 
The renewal agreement between UNI and ISS, which employs 440,000 workers 
worldwide, was signed in June and gives staff the right to join unions and to bargain collectively.

UNI-Europa Signs Accord with Temp Work Association; UNI Renews Global Agreement with Danish Firm

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In early 2008, with support from the ICEM CAL Project, workers at German-owned Thai Industrial Gases (TIG), a subsidiary of Linde, and their union TIGLU, signed a milestone agreement with the company. The accord secured their rights to organise TIG workers across Thailand. 
 
TIG/Linde is Thailand&rsquo;s biggest provider of industrial gases. The agreement came only after a struggle, including a month-long protest at all of the company&rsquo;s 13 work sites. It also saw support and pressure by the ICEM and its global affiliates, including ones in Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium.
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This was a remarkable achievement for the TIGLU, which was established only three years ago. 
 
In one situation, jobs had been contracted out first to Adecco. That temporary agency firm was then replaced by an unknown agency, whose address turned out to be a building under construction. This made the agency seem a sham, making it appear that this was an attempt by TIG/Linde to circumvent the union. 
 
Most workers signed the new work agreements, but nine refused and were fired. Reportedly, some who did sign were threatened with dismissal if they got involved in union activities. 
 
In the end, TIG/Linde agreed to reinstate the nine dismissed workers, who were all truck drivers. The company also agreed not to victimise workers by transferring them, a common tactic used by the company. TIG/Linde also agreed to give the 19 agency workers the same conditions as TIG&rsquo;s regular employees.
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TIGLU has also used the Thai labour inspection service to counter bad employment practices at TIG&rsquo;s branch in Saraburi province, a worksite where agency workers had received lower overtime pay, no sick leave payments, and were issued inadequate safety equipment. After the inspection, the employment agency paid the workers in full, but then retaliated by giving them contracts which had to be renewed every three months. 
 
A national campaign in Thailand calling for recognition of workers&rsquo; rights for temporary or agency workers, and their right to unionise and join the same union as permanent workers, has now been started through support of the ICEM campaign. Union networks have been formed to organise and protect agency and contract workers throughout Thailand.

Positive Developments for Agency Workers in Thailand

The ICEM Women&rsquo;s Committee adopted a strong action plan on Zimbabwe 19 June, at its annual Women&rsquo;s Committee meetings, which followed the Global Union Federation&rsquo;s Executive Committee in Geneva, Switzerland. The action plan, prepared by Angeline Chitambo, an ICEM Vice President, who is President of the Zimbabwe Electricity and Energy Workers&rsquo; Union (ZEEWU), presents a six-point plan in which ICEM affiliates can lend assistance to what has become a deteriorating political situation.
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&nbsp;ICEM Women's Leaders and Vice Presidents, Evgenia Esenina and Angeline Chtambo 
 

In a statement presenting the plan, the Women&rsquo;s Committee said: &ldquo;Though the situation has always been bad in Zimbabwe, we have seen the worst after the 29th March 2008 elections &hellip; the violence that was released by the government, mainly in rural areas, affected women mostly, as the bulk of women stay in the rural areas where they work on the land for survival.&rdquo; 
 
The statement says that many women give in to pressure, and become prostitutes in order to make ends meet. The result is the increasing spread of HIV/AIDS. 
 
The statement adds: &ldquo;Those who are affected by HIV/AIDS are more vulnerable. Imagine you are the mother, your child dies of AIDS and after all that you have gone through, you cannot bury your child in time because there is no fuel, or the gravediggers are on strike because the city council cannot pay their salaries.&rdquo; 
 
The statement reports that women in Zimbabwe are prepared to go to the offices of the ruling ZANU PF political offices on 27 June to stand up to their repressive and violent measures, and demand the reconstruction of their country.
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The ICEM Women&rsquo;s Committee is calling on affiliated trade unions to: 
 
Understand what is occurring in Zimbabwe and how it affects workers and the poor; Send a team to get a full understand of the Zimbabwean situation; Mobilise basic food supplies to assist affiliated trade unions inside Zimbabwe; Task neighbouring trade unions in respective countries to assist; Press Zimbabwean embassies in home countries on the situation, and get NGOs and other Global Union Federations to assist; and pressure Zimbabwe&rsquo;s government to make food commodities available and affordable.
The ICEM will issue a Circular related to the Women's Committee action in the enar future.
&nbsp;

ICEM Women’s Committee Adopts Action Plan on Zimbabwe

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<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801KEMAL-OZKAN-SUNUM.ppt ">Altişveren ve D&uuml;zensiz Istihdam</a> 
Kemal &Ouml;zkan, ICEM
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<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801CAN-SAFAK-KRISTAL-IS-SUNUM.ppt ">T&uuml;rkiye'de Cam Fabrikalarinda Altişveren Uygulamalari 
</a>Can Şafak, Kristal-Iş Sendikasi, Turkiye
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<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801FIKRET-SAZAK-TURKIYE-MADEN-IS-SUNUM.ppt ">Madencilik Sekt&ouml;r&uuml;nde &Ouml;zelleştirmenin Etkileri ve Altişveren Uygulamaları</a> 
Fikret Sazak, Maden-Iş, Turkiye
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&nbsp;<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801CELIL-COBAN-FNV-BONDGENOTEN-SUNUM.ppt">Altişveren ve D&uuml;zensiz Istihdam</a> 
Celil &Ccedil;OBAN, FNV Bondgenoten, Netherlands
<img height="43" alt="" src="" width="30" />&nbsp;
<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801OSMAN-ELMACI-FNV-BONDGENOTEN.ppt ">Altişveren ve D&uuml;zensiz Istihdam 
</a>Osman Elmaci, FNV Bondgenoten, Netherlands 
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<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801EMCEF-TR.ppt ">D&uuml;zensiz İstihdam</a> 
&nbsp;Reinhard Reibsch, EMCEF 
(Turkish version)
<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801EMCEF-EN.ppt ">Contract and Agency Work</a> 
Reinhard Reibsch, EMCEF 
(English version)
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<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801HANS-PALMQVIST-IFMETALL-TR.ppt ">D&uuml;zensiz İstihdam &ndash; İsve&ccedil; Modeli </a> 
Hans Palmqvist, IFMetall, İsve&ccedil; 
(Turkish version)
<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801HANS-PALMQVIST-IFMETALL-EN.ppt ">Contract and Agency Labour &ndash; The Swedish Model 
</a>Hans Palmqvist, IFMetall, Sweden 
(English version)
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<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801ILO-TR.ppt ">D&uuml;zensiz Istihdam: ILO&rsquo;nun Faaliyetleri</a> 
Vladislav Egorov, ILO 
(Turkish version) 

<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801ILO-EN.ppt">Contract and Agency Labour - ILO Action</a> 
Vladislav Egorov, ILO 
(English version)
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<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801MICHAEL-WOLTERS-IGBCE-TR.ppt ">ICEM D&uuml;zensiz İstihdam Konferansı</a> 
Michael Wolters, IG BCE, Almanya 
(Turkish version)
<a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/0801MICHAEL-WOLTERS-IGBCE-EN.ppt ">ICEM Workshop on Contract &amp; Agency Labour</a> 
Michael Wolters, IG BCE, Germany 
(English version)

Contract and agency labour presentations, Turkey, February 2008

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The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the International Transport Workers&rsquo; Federation (ITF) are calling for another &ldquo;Day of Action&rdquo; on 6 March 2008, demanding the release of two trade unionists locked inside Iran&rsquo;s prisons. The two global federations are calling on trade unions worldwide to lobby their relevant governments, as well as public officials, regarding visits to Iran in order to win the release of the two trade unionists. 
 
The ICEM joins the ITUC and ITF in demanding the release of Mansour Osanloo, the leader of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Workers&rsquo; Union, and the release of Mahmoud Salehi, the founding member of the Saqez Bakery Workers&rsquo; Association. 
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ITUC and ITF chose the date of 6 March because it is just prior to Iran parliamentary elections, as well as the Iranian New Year. 
Osanloo was arrested for the third time on 10 July 2007, following a tour of European labour institutions and labour unions, in which he spoke of the labour abuses and restrictions on freedom of association by Iran&rsquo;s Islamic regime. He was taken from Evin Prison on 24 January to a hospital where he underwent a second surgery for an eye disorder, an injury caused by beatings from government agents. 
Despite doctors recommending that he remain in the hospital for a month, he was returned to the harsh conditions of Evin Prison on 2 February. The ITF&rsquo;s website page on Osanloo can be found here <a href="http://www.freeosanloo.org">www.freeosanloo.org</a>. 
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Mahmoud Salehi, an Iranian Kurd, is also in ill-health, suffering from kidney disease. He also had to be hospitalized in December 2007. He was arrested for union activities in April 2007. 
 
Already last week, the Indonesian Seafarers Union, an ITF affiliate, has written to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, urging him to cancel a planned trip to Iran in protest to the incarcerations, or face harsh political reprisals both at home and abroad. 
 
The ICEM strongly encourages affiliated trade unions to take meaningful action on 6 March.

Action Day in Support of Iranian Trade Unionists Set for 6 March

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