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The oil sector's first-ever globally applicable agreement on industrial relations was signed in Copenhagen on 7 July between energy multinational Statoil and the trade unions. 
 
A major player in oil, gas and related industries, Statoil has operations in 27 countries and employs more than 18,000 people. 
 
The agreement covers basic trade union rights, health, safety and the environment, information and training. 
 

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IN GLOBAL ACCORD: (l. to r.) Statoil's Jostein Gaasemyr, ICEM's and NOPEF's Lars Myhre and ICEM's Vic Thorpe. 
(photo: ICEM) 

Signing for the unions were Lars Myhre and Vic Thorpe.
Myhre is President of the Norwegian oil and petrochemical workers' union NOPEF and chairman of the oil industry section of the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM). 
 
Thorpe is the ICEM's General Secretary. 
 
For Statoil, the agreement was signed by Jostein Gaasemyr, Vice-President of Labour Relations. 
 
The declared aim of the agreement is to &quot;create an open channel of information between NOPEF/ICEM and Statoil Management about industrial relations issues in order to continuously improve and develop good work practices in Statoil's worldwide operations.&quot; It applies to &quot;all Statoil operations over which the company has direct control, i.e. Statoil is the operator.&quot; 
 
Statoil, NOPEF and the ICEM &quot;affirm their support for fundamental human rights in the community and in the place of work.&quot; They also &quot;recognise the importance of protecting health, safety and well-being at work&quot; and share concerns about the impact that &quot;production and distribution may have upon the natural and human environment.&quot; 
 
Many of the agreement's specific provisions are linked to the relevant standards (Conventions) set by the UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO). 
 
In particular, the unions' new global agreement with Statoil includes the following commitments [quote]: 
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 <div>the right of every employee to be represented by a union of his or her own choice and the basic trade union rights as defined by ILO Conventions 87 and 98. Statoil therefore agrees not to oppose efforts to unionise its employees. 
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 <div>to employ no forced or bonded labour as proscribed in the ILO Conventions 29 and 105 
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 <div>to employ no child labour as proscribed by ILO Convention 138 
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 <div>to exercise equality of opportunity and treatment in employment as required by ILO Conventions 100 and 111 
 to pay fair wages and benefits according to good industry standards in the country concerned 
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 <div>to provide a safe work environment, deploying common &quot;best practice&quot; standards. 
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</ul>
 
NOPEF/ICEM and Statoil will meet annually to review progress in implementing the agreement. In addition to general industrial issues and matters concerning health, safety and the environment, the annual meeting may address the following topics [quote]: 
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 <li>the economic and financial position of the company and the development of its business, major industrial and technological projects 
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 <li>general corporate policy on employment/occupational health, safety and environmental issues affecting the company 
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 <li>training matters 
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 <li>issues affecting the exercise of trade union rights 
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 <li>any other issues mutually agreed upon. 
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</ul>
The agreement gives full protection to union officers and to employees who provide information on its observance and implementation. Statoil itself undertakes to make available &quot;relevant information and other agreed facilities&quot; to union delegates, in return for a commitment by the unions to respect the commercial confidentiality of the information provided. 
 
The global agreement explicitly does not replace local-level industrial relations, and it embodies &quot;the principle that industrial relations issues are best resolved as close as possible to the place of work.&quot; 
 
&quot;NOPEF/ICEM and Statoil will both contribute to specific training programmes,&quot; the agreement states. This will include health and environment &quot;best practice&quot; training for union delegates from countries where Statoil is the operator and management training programmes within Statoil. &quot;In case of NOPEF/ICEM contributions to Statoil training programmes, costs may be covered by Statoil subject to agreement.&quot; 
 
Commented Statoil's Jostein Gaasemyr : &quot;This is an important step for Statoil, because we see the implementation of human rights as a crucial challenge in some of the environments in which we do business. This is an extension to the global level of the constructive, problem-solving relationship that Statoil has maintained with NOPEF for the past twenty years. We have long worked together with NOPEF,and NOPEF has now provided the link forward to our new global cooperation with the ICEM&quot;. 
 
The new agreement is &quot;a major step forward for global industrial relations in the oil industry,&quot; Lars Myhre commented. &quot;It will benefit the workers and the company. Not for the first time, Statoil has shown itself to be a far-sighted employer with a good understanding of its own longer-term interests.&quot; 
 
&quot;This is an important day for the ICEM and for the world trade union movement,&quot; said Vic Thorpe. &quot;Statoil has recognised that it makes sense for a global company to relate to trade unions globally, as well as nationally and locally. We are confident that more such agreements will follow soon in the oil industry and in other sectors where the ICEM represents the world's workers.&quot;

Oil Company and Unions Sign First Worldwide Agreement

&quot;Global unionism&quot; is a must for the world's rubber manufacturing workers' unions. To achieve it, they launched a new action plan in Kuala Lumpur today. 
 
Worldwide employment in the rubber manufacturing sectors has been heavily impacted over the past five years by the twin pressures of technology and industry concentration. 
 
 

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ICEM's George Becker: 
 
&quot;We will add a new global - global unionism.&quot; 
 
(Photo: USWA) 

Unions representing rubber manufacturing workers of all continents met in the Malaysian capital today and yesterday to assess the effects of these trends and to draw up a strategic plan of action. The union leaders were taking part in the World Rubber Industry Conference of the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM). 
 
&quot;The largest tyre manufacturers all have global strategies,&quot; George Becker pointed out. Becker is President of the ICEM-affiliated United Steel Workers of America (USWA), which organises rubber workers. &quot;With the help of the ICEM,&quot; he said, &quot;the major unions in the tyre industry are putting together a team to develop our own strategic plan.&quot; 
 
Becker chaired the discussions in Kuala Lumpur and was unanimously re-elected as chairman of the ICEM Rubber Industry Section. 
 
Elements of the rubber unions' new worldwide action plan include: 
 
Regular detailed information exchange between unions on company strategies and terms and conditions of employment. This will assist unions' preparations for collective bargaining. 
 
An integrated global support system between unions in the industry. This will uphold and extend the organisation of workers in independent and strong unions. 
 
Where necessary, recourse to the international standards and monitoring mechanisms of the UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO) on the protection of basic trade union rights. Special attention will be paid to the concerns of women, who often form the majority of the workforce in the rubber industry's important non-tyre sector. 
 
Strategic planning through a newly established Steering Group which will identify targets and coordinate support and solidarity activities on an ongoing basis. 
 
Intensified work on building trade union networks within key rubber multinationals. These Company Networks involve trade union representatives and officials who negotiate with the company in question. 
 
A higher profile for health, safety and environment issues within the industry. Action will include a campaign to &quot;responsibilise&quot; the various company &quot;Responsible Care&quot; programmes and to ensure trade union involvement in all such initiatives. 
 
Global companies need to be confronted by global unions, the Kuala Lumpur delegates insisted. A key trade union demand must, they said, be the establishment of international agreements guaranteeing basic trade union rights and accepting the principle of universal &quot;best practice&quot; health and safety standards throughout each company's worldwide operations. 
 
&quot;We are constantly reminded of the global economy and global trade,&quot; Becker concluded. &quot;Well, we will add a new 'global' - global unionism.&quot;

Rubber Unions Go Global

T he New Zealand's Engineering, Printing &amp; Manufacturing Union Inc. (EPMU) is fighting for a new collective agreement at Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) - as the last one expired nearly two years ago. 
 
At the global level, the Engineering, Printing &amp; Manufacturing Union Inc. is affiliated to the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) 
 
On 8 March 2003 an indefinite strike by Production workers began. They have had no wage increase since two years, even though down-sizing means workers are expected to do more. 
 
CHH wants to: 
 
 
 
&sect; Reduce safety standards on site by replacing the on-site professional fire brigade and requiring production workers to train for fire-fighting and emergency rescue duties. 
 
&sect; Reduce workers' incomes. The salary offer means a loss of $10,000 pa for most, with longer hours. The choice? Keep existing pay structure, but lose conditions such as safety and the certainty of an agreed training and promotion process. 
 
Carter Holt Harvey is New Zealand's second-largest company, employing 8000 workers in this country. It is controlled by the giant American company International Paper. 
 
On 25 March 2003 CHH tried to make Kinleith product at its Whakatane Mill. CHH's lawyer argued that this was not a breach of s97 of the Employment Relations Act (substituting for striking workers) because the work was not being done on the same premises. CHH contended workers would be refusing a lawful instruction if they did not do the work. CHH later abandoned the attempt to do Kinleith work at Whakatane, but the incident again signals the extent to which CHH will go to test out the boundaries of the law and gain an advantage in the bargaining. 
 
 
 
Local MP urges resolution to Kinleith dispute 
 
 
&quot;We are in a new era, and the clear intent of legislative change was to promote a more co-operative industrial environment,&quot; Mark Burton said. 
 
&quot;I urge Carter Holt Harvey to move on from the outmoded attitudes of the 1990s and get around the table with union representatives to negotiate a fair settlement. 
 
&quot;This is an issue of import to our local community and to all of New Zealand. The situation requires nothing less than genuine good faith negotiations.&quot;

Strike of IP-controlled Carter Holt Harvey Kinleith in New Zealand

M ARLBORO, Mass., March 24-- At a news conference held here this morning, trade unionists and political leaders from France joined U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), U.S. Representative James McGovern (D-Mass.) and the mayors from Worcester and Marlboro, Mass. in calling on the management of Saint Gobain, a multinational company based in Paris, to bargain a fair contract with the UAW-represented workforce at Saint Gobain's abrasives factory in Worcester. 
 
&quot;We believe the company should show the union here the same respect they show us in France,&quot; commented Michel Decayeux, General Secretary of the Fedechimie CGT-FO union and Chairman of the Materials Section of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM). 
 
In addition to Decayeux, the delegation from France included: Bernard Soulage, National Secretary for Economic Affairs of the French Socialist Party; Thierry Soret, Coordinator of International Programs of the French Socialist Party; and Patrick Mazeau, National Officer for European and International Affairs of Federation Chimie Energie CFDT. Both French unions represent workers in the chemicals, oil and glass industries, including workers employed by Saint-Gobain in France. 
 
U.S. Senator John F. Kerry said the company's stalling needs to come to an end. 
 
&quot;Saint Gobain management should identify where the decision makers are for these talks. Whether it is in Paris, at Saint Gobain North American headquarters in Pennsylvania or here in Massachusetts, they should come to the table prepare to negotiate in good faith until an agreement is reached,&quot; said Kerry. &quot;This company resisted the effort of their workers to unionize, but they lost. They should quit resisting now by stalling in these negotiations. These workers are not against this company and their proposals are not unreasonable.&quot; 
 
Asked whether they would meet with company officials, Patrick Mazeau, National Officer for European and International Affairs of Federation Chimie Energie CFDT, said that the company had offered to meet, but with the condition that UAW representatives would be excluded. 
 
&quot;That is unacceptable,&quot; said Mazeau, who pledged the French union officials' ongoing support for the UAW when they return to France. 
 
Philip Wheeler, who directs UAW Region 9-A, which includes Massachusetts, said the support of international and national political and labor leaders, and local religious and community activists showed a strong sense of solidarity as contract negotiations move ahead. 
 
&quot;International solidarity isn't just a slogan. This delegation from France represents real cooperation in the struggle to win justice for our members at Saint Gobain here in Massachusetts. The tension at this time between the governments of our two countries over matters of foreign policy makes the expression of global trade union solidarity represented by your trip here all the more significant, said Wheeler. &quot;We also greatly appreciate the support of Senator Kerry, Representative McGovern and the other Massachusetts officials including Senator Kennedy who have signed a letter a letter to the company.&quot; 
 
Rep. McGovern released to the press today a letter to Saint-Gobain from the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation, urging management &quot;to ensure that a fair and just agreement can be negotiated with the union as soon as possible.&quot; Rep. McGovern also released a letter from U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) to Saint-Gobain, stating, &quot;The right of workers to form or join a union is an essential part of respect for democracy and basic human rights. The employees at the Worcester facility have made their will clear.&quot; Kennedy urged the company to &quot;reach a prompt and amicable resolution&quot; of the contract negotiations with the UAW. 
 
 
On Sunday, the French delegation met with Saint Gobain UAW members, spoke at a community rally and joined a march of several hundred to the Saint Gobain factory in Worcester. More than 350 union members, community activists, and religious and labor leaders attended the community rally and march.

UAW fight for First Contract at Saint Gobain

Trade unions across Russia are to hold a day of protest on 9 April under the slogan Wages! Employment! Legality! A prominent part will be played by affiliates of the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM). 
 
Top of the Russian unions' concerns is unpaid wages. The total pay backlog owed to Russian workers has now reached 57 billion new roubles (about 9.5 billion US dollars), unions and Russian TV say. The protesters will also be demanding an increase in the minimum wage and new labour legislation to protect workers' rights. 
 
ICEM-affiliated electric power workers' union Electrounion will be in the thick of the action on 9 April. The union already has confirmation that more than 18,000 members will be taking part in meetings, demonstrations, pickets and negotiations with city administrations in 53 regions of Russia. Workplace meetings are planned by 435 local trade union committees - a number likely to increase by Thursday. 
 
In Moscow, members of Electrounion will be joining a picket in front of the &quot;White House&quot;, the seat of government. Electrounion's action will not be limited to pickets and demonstrations. The ICEM has received reports of major strikes being planned, involving thousands of workers in Dagestan and Buriatia. 
 
Meanwhile, nuclear workers in the Urals have sent an open letter to President Boris Yeltsin, pointing out that his presidential decree on priority funding for nuclear centres and &quot;radiation facilities&quot; has not been implemented. Nuclear workers are preparing to join the day of action. The staff of the Snezhinsk nuclear centre, for example, have not been paid for 3-4 months. They often go to work hungry. 
 
As the action inside Russia mounts, the ICEM is further stepping up its &quot;cybercampaign&quot; in support of Russia's workers. From special pages on the ICEM website, supporters worldwide can get news on the action as it is received, plus a full range of hyperlinks for actively backing the Russian workers' campaign.

Russians&#039; Pay Protest Set For 9 April

The 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) has sent its deepest condolences to the bereaved families of Ukrainian miners killed in Saturday's disaster. At the same time, the International again calls attention to the &quot;unacceptable&quot; conditions in Ukrainian mines and emphasises the need for strict mining safety regulations workdwide. 
 
Following is the full text of today's message from ICEM General Secretary Vic Thorpe to the ICEM-affiliated Miners' Independent Trade Union of Ukraine: 
 
We have heard news of the tragic disaster at the &quot;Skachinskoho&quot; coal mine in the city of Donetsk, where a methane gas explosion has resulted in the deaths of at least 63 mineworkers. Nothing can compensate for their irreparable loss. Please pass on the deepest sympathy and condolences of all our members to the families and comrades who have been thus bereaved. Another 45 injured mineworkers are in hospital. We send our earnest wishes for their full and early recovery. 
 
We hope that the Commission of Inquiry, which has been set up and includes union officials, will discover the causes of this accident and the means of prevention of such occurrences in future. In the interests of miners everywhere, this full inquiry should contribute to develop and further improve the safety of all mines in Ukraine. 
 
Ukraine's mining industry is undergoing a major restructuring programme under pressure from the International Monetary Fund. Shortage of funds for maintenance, modernisation and replacement of safety equipment does nothing to improve the poor safety conditions in Ukraine's mines. 
 
The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) has repeatedly denounced the fact that mineworkers in Ukraine see themselves condemned to accept a trade-off between paid wages or safe working conditions. ICEM has also drawn attention to Ukraine's unacceptable high record of mine accidents, which resulted in 290 mineworkers killed last year and over 160 miners killed so far this year. Health and safety aspects must be an integral part of any restructuring programme and be treated with highest priority. The life of a mineworker is not just a variable in a cost-benefit analysis! 
 
This terrible disaster further underlines the pressing need for a rapid ratification and full application worldwide of the ILO Convention No. 176 on Health and Safety in Mines, adopted at the eighty second International Labour Conference 1995. 
 
[end of message] 
 
The world's governments, employers and unions are represented within the UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO), which adopts and monitors international standards on a wide range of labour issues. Its Convention No. 176, adopted after a major trade union campaign, sets standards for mining safety practice worldwide. The ICEM and its affiliated unions have been pressing all national governments to ratify and fully implement the Convention.

Ukraine Mine Disaster: World Unions Highlight &quot;Unacceptable&quot; Accident Levels

Power workers' leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region have condemned the dismissal of Korean electricity workers. 
 
Marching to the Korean embassy in Bangkok this Monday, electricity unions also demanded the &quot;immediate and unconditional release&quot; of union leaders now being held in South Korea's prisons. 
 
A protest message over the jailings and sackings was unanimously passed by the Asia-Pacific Regional Network Meeting for the Electric Power Industry, held in Bangkok on 15-16 June by the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Taking part were power union leaders from Thailand, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Nepal, Vietnam, Fiji, Australia, India and Korea. 
 
438 Korean electricity workers were sacked this March for staging a strike against a unilaterally imposed plan to privatise the power industry. A number of their union leaders were subsequently arrested. 
 
The Bangkok meeting condemned the Korean government for keeping trade unionists in prison despite an international campaign for their release. The Asia-Pacific labour leaders urged the Korean government to enter into &quot;meaningful dialogue&quot; with the unions. They also vowed to keep up the international protests until the Korean union leaders are freed. 
 
Leading the embassy demo were the ICEM-affiliated Thai EGAT power workers' union and Bangkok's Metropolitan Electricity Authority union. A petition was handed to the embassy's First Secretary by union representatives, including ICEM Energy and Mines Officer Gino Govender. 
 
The mood became angry when the First Secretary described the jailed Korean trade unionists as &quot;criminals&quot;. But he subsequently agreed to pass the protest message on to his government.

Release Jailed Koreans, Asian Power Unions Demand

A big mechanical excavator cruised genteel St. James's Square in London this morning. Dangling from the scoop was a giant banner: Rio Tinto Dumps On Human Rights. 
 
Looking on to the square is the global headquarters of Rio Tinto, the world's biggest mining company. 
 
 

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GLOBAL DEMO 
(Almost) simultaneous union protests outside Rio Tinto's offices in London (above) and Melbourne. 
This was not the first digger to spoil Rio Tinto's day. Just hours earlier, in a coordinated global protest, Australian miners and their allies had demonstrated outside the company's offices in Melbourne (see ICEM News release 26/1998). 
 
Rio Tinto's anti-union stance in many parts of the world has sparked a global trade union campaign, coordinated by the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM). 
 
 

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Allied with the ICEM and its affiliated unions worldwide on this issue are a wide range of campaigning organisations on environmental issues and human rights, notably worker rights and indigenous people's rights. Rio Tinto is currently under heavy fire on all these counts. 
 
Leading the protesters in London this morning was ICEM British Vice-President Fred Higgs, who is National Officer of ICEM British affiliate the Transport and General Workers' Union. 
 
&quot;This is one more step in our campaign to turn Rio Tinto into a decent citizen,&quot; Higgs emphasised. &quot;It is simply unacceptable that a multinational based in this country should trample on people's rights worldwide. Our ICEM is a global union federation dedicated to practical global solidarity. We are determined to bring Rio Tinto to book.&quot; 
Higgs declared the unions' support for a motion tabled in the British House of Commons last week. 29 British parliamentarians signed up to the motion, which strongly condemned Rio Tinto and called on shareholders to ensure that the multinational mends its ways (for the full text of the motion, see ICEM UPDATE 24/1998). One feature of the global campaign is the tabling of parliamentary questions about Rio Tinto in countries where it has a presence. 
 
During the demo, Higgs received a call on his mobile from the ICEM's Australian Vice-President, John Maitland of the mining and allied workers' union CFMEU. Maitland outlined the successful Melbourne event, and Higgs assured him of full solidarity at the British end. 
 
Also taking part in the London demo today were Maureen Rooney, National Secretary of the ICEM-affiliated Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union, and ICEM Mines Officer Damien Roland. 
 
Rio Tinto locked its front door when the demonstration began, and its staff had to enter the building at the back. But the union demonstrators were also outside the back entrance. 
 
Why Does Rio Tinto Riot Into People's Rights? asked leaflets handed to the multinational's headquarters staff, to watching journalists and to passers-by. The handbills went on to list just some of tainted Tinto's misdeeds - and to contrast these with the rosy picture in the company's new annual report. 
 
The protesters then went back round and knocked on the front door. It was opened just long enough for an unusually publicity-shy Rio Tinto to accept a few copies of the protest leaflet.

Diggers Of The World Unite As Rio Tinto Protests Grow

Measures to cut unemployment benefits have been brought in by Spain's centre-right government. The legislative changes would also make it easier and cheaper to fire workers. Spanish unions have announced a general strike against these moves. 

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The Spanish crisis has international implications at a time when globalisation is being invoked as a pretext for social cuts. Scheduled for 20 June, the Spanish general strike has received the full support of the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM). 
 
Acting on a unanimous decision by the international's Executive, ICEM General Secreteary Fred Higgs has written to the Spanish union confederations CC.OO. and UGT to declare &quot;full solidarity with your general strike and its aims&quot;. Copies of the letter have gone to ICEM-affiliated Spanish industrial unions. 
 
&quot;That the Spanish government should be taking such retrograde steps at all is a cause for deep concern,&quot; Higgs writes. &quot;That it should be doing so during the Spanish Presidency of the European Union is an ominous sign that workers' rights are under threat throughout Europe and beyond. The EU, once a bastion of social partnership, now seems to have fallen for the wrongheaded argument that social demolition is good for economic growth.&quot; 
 
Quite the reverse is true, Higgs points out. &quot;In Spain, in Europe and worldwide, lasting growth depends on secure, high-quality jobs, on social justice, on proper investment in skills, innovation, education, infrastructure, health and environmental protection and, last but not least, on full respect for human rights, including trade union rights.&quot; 
 
The declared aims of the Spanish general strike on 20 June are: 
 
- No cuts in unemployment benefits and no measures that would make dismissals easier and cheaper 
 
- Better unemployment coverage 
 
- Full, high-quality employment that is secure and respects workers' rights 
 
- High-quality education for all 
 
- A social model that combines growth with social cohesion. 
 
Consumer groups are also backing the protest. Shoppers should make 20 June a purchase-free day, says Andalusian consumers' federation FACUA. 
 
Take Part as a Worker, Take Part as a Consumer, FACUA advises. 
 
<a href="/index.php?id=22&amp;la=ES&amp;doc=1235">Read the support letter by the ICEM to CCOO and UGT 
(in Spanish)</a>

Spanish General Strike Gains World Union Support

A full investigation into the persecution and assassination of Colombian trade unionists was demanded today by the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM). 
 
Following is the full text of the resolution adopted unanimously by the ICEM Executive Committee, meeting in Brussels: 
 
The ICEM Executive Committee, at its meeting on 6-7 June 2002, expresses its profound disappointment at the lack of progress in dealing with the human rights tragedy in Colombia. 
 
This Executive calls for an urgent response to our request to have a joint trade union and UN Human Rights Commission delegation visit Colombia to specifically investigate the persecution and assassination of trade unionists and to develop recommendations for a long-term solution to the problem. 
 
The Executive calls for the immediate implementation of the protection measures determined by the Interamerican Commission and calls on all affiliates to register their protest at the Colombian Embassy in their respective countries.

Halt Colombian Killings, World Unions Demand

Archive

Oil Company and Unions Sign First Worldwide Agreement

Rubber Unions Go Global

Strike of IP-controlled Carter Holt Harvey Kinleith in New Zealand

UAW fight for First Contract at Saint Gobain

Russians' Pay Protest Set For 9 April

Ukraine Mine Disaster: World Unions Highlight "Unacceptable" Accident Levels

Release Jailed Koreans, Asian Power Unions Demand

Diggers Of The World Unite As Rio Tinto Protests Grow

Spanish General Strike Gains World Union Support

Halt Colombian Killings, World Unions Demand

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