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With the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria now issuing its Ninth Call for Proposals, it is imperative that ICEM affiliates involved in the fight against the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic respond now. The application form and support documentation are available in six languages at <a href="http://www.theglobalfund.org">www.theglobalfund.org</a>. 
 
Proposals Have to Reach the Global Fund by 21 January 2009 
 
All proposals submitted by the closing date of 21 January 2009 will be reviewed by the Secretariat to ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria. Eligible proposals will then be forwarded to the Technical Review Panel (TRP) for consideration. The TRP will make recommendations to the Global Fund Board, which will then decide. 
 
How Does the Global Fund Work? 
The Global Fund, itself a public/private partnership, is a funding mechanism. Since it was registered in January 2002 and up to December 2007 the Global Fund has approved grants with a total commitment of US$14.5 billion, more than half of it designated for HIV/AIDS. 
 
The Global Fund is based in Geneva. It does not have any country representation. The proposal process and the implementation of grants are devolved to the national level. The Global Fund gives the policy framework and issues guidelines on various aspects of its operations. It raises money, spends it and proves it &ndash; the Global Fund is performance based. 
 
All proposals have to go through the Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCM). The composition of the CCMs is supposed to be representative of all stakeholders in the fight against HIV/AIDS, including civil society, the private sector and organisations of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). 
 
How Can Unions Get Involved? 
The role of the workplace in the fight against HIV/AIDS is officially recognised. The workplace is an important entry point for HIV/AIDS services and no workplace activities can be efficiently implemented without unions. The role of national unions and their international bodies, including the Global Union Federations, is acknowledged by international organisations such as the ILO, the World Health Organisation, and UNAIDS. 
 
The Global Fund is supportive of public/private partnerships or co-investment arrangements. Without the involvement of the private sector, universal access to voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), and to anti-retroviral treatment (ART), is not possible or will be further delayed. The private sector is business and trade unions as workers&rsquo; representatives. The Guidelines for R9 proposals mention unions under eligible organisations of the private sector. 
 
The manpower capacities of unions are limited. They have to attend to other day-to-day business. Unions are not single-issue NGOs. They have to look for partners and build alliances with companies and NGOs. 
 
Very few CCMs include unionists. While we continue to call for union representation on CCMs, in the short term, it is vital that unions work through members of the CCMs who are sympathetic to their cause. It is important that unions find cooperating partners who can develop their project ideas into proposals for the CCM. 
 
The German Organisation for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) operates the BACKUP Initiative (Building Alliances &ndash; Creating Knowledge &ndash; Updating Partners), which provides support. GTZ is represented in more than 130 countries. Many USAID offices have HIV/AIDS Coordinators and certain embassies, notably of Nordic countries, the Netherlands, the UK, and the European Union, may be able to give assistance. Global Unions and the WHO have agreed to use the potential of unions in up-scaling and accelerating access to VCT and ART. The ILO and its workplace programme ILOAIDS has focal points on HIV/AIDS in a number of offices. 
 
The most significant feature in recent Rounds has been that the Global Fund recommends that applicants specify one (or more) Principal Recipients (PRs) from the government sector and one (or more) from the various non-government sectors, including the private sector which includes unions (dual-track financing). 
 
What are Your Next Steps? 
&bull; Put down your ideas about a workplace programme on one page and prepare a draft budget. 
&bull; Get to know the members of your country&rsquo;s CCM and lobby those who are potentially sympathetic to union causes for the inclusion of workplace programmes in Round 9 proposals. Country-specific information is accessible at <a href="http://www.theglobalfund.org">www.theglobalfund.org</a>. 
&bull; Contact GTZ, USAID, the ILO, UNAIDS and WHO offices in your country. 
&bull; Build alliances with companies; remind them of their social responsibility. 
&bull; Cooperate with NGOs and organisations of PLWHA. 
&bull; Access the website <a href="http://www.aidspan.org/guides">www.aidspan.org/guides</a> on which a guide to Round 9 applications is available. 
 
How Can the ICEM Help? 
The ICEM Global Coordinator has good working relations with all the organisations mentioned. He can help you with contacts and links to materials. Send your ideas about a workplace programme and mail inquiries to the ICEM Coordinator below. The ICEM has Global Agreements with a dozen multinational companies, which can be engaged in the fight against the pandemic. 
 
Above all 
&bull; Start today if you want to do something. 
&bull; Remember that the private sector includes business, and unions as the legitimate workers&rsquo; representatives. 
&bull; Remember that you have allies who can be mobilized and who can give assistance. 
&bull; Write to the ICEM Global HIV/AIDS Coordinator at <a href="mailto:hiv.aids@icem.org">hiv.aids@icem.org </a>for further information and help.

ICEM HIV/AIDS e-Bulletin: Global Fund Calls for Round 9 Proposals

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The ICEM has received a request for affiliation by the National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union of Mexico (SNTMMSRM), a progressive trade union of 250,000 members. Although formal acceptance of the affiliation is subject to approval by the regional committee and the ICEM Executive Committee, it is anticipated that approval will be unanimous. 
 
ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda, in a letter to SNTMMSRM Secretary General Napoleon G&oacute;mez Urrutia and the union&rsquo;s executive board, welcomed the application for affiliation: &ldquo;We view your affiliation as an historic step to not only align with mining unions throughout the world but also to further integrate the struggle for free and democratic trade unionism in Mexico with both the North America and Latin America regions of the ICEM.&rdquo; 
 
The ICEM has joined a global campaign, initiated by the International Metalworkers Federation (IMF), to bring more public attention and pressure on the Mexican government to stop efforts to destroy the union. Numerous ICEM affiliates have sent letters to Mexican President Felipe Calder&oacute;ne, protesting the collaboration of the government with Grupo M&eacute;xico to crush one of the few examples of democratic trade unionism in the country. The ICEM encourages additional letters, please refer to <a href="/index.php?id=155&amp;la=EN&amp;doc=2797">here</a>. 
 
Napoleon G&oacute;mez and his family, fearing assassination or incarceration on trumped up charges by the Mexican government, have been in exile in Canada under the sponsorship of the United Steelworkers. In May 2008, he was unanimously was re-elected as general secretary while in exile. 
 
In February 2006, a coal mine explosion killed 65 miners and only two bodies were ever recovered. The government has refused to investigate the cause of the accident. The government has also refused to investigate Grupo Mexico&rsquo;s involvement in the murder of Reynaldo Hern&aacute;ndez Gonz&aacute;lez, a miner who was applying for reinstatement, and the detention and torture of union members in Nacozari, Sonora. 
 
In April 2006, the government of Mexico sent 1,000 armed officers in an unsuccessful attempt to crush a strike in the State of Michoacan which resulted in two workers being killed and more than 100 persons injured. Strikes, prompted partly by health and safety concerns, continue at Grupo M&eacute;xico mines.

ICEM Welcomes Affiliation Request from Mexico’s National Miners’ and Metalworkers’ Union

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A methane gas explosion killed 13 miners and wounded 14 others at the Petrila site of the National Coal Co. in the Jiu valley, Romania. The tragedy occurred 15 November. 
 
Among the dead were four emergency workers who were killed by a second explosion four hours later. They were attempting to rescue survivors, and recover bodies. All rescue activities were put on hold for 48 hours following the second blast. The final miner died of cardiac arrest early last week at a Bucharest hospital. 
 
The mine was shut down for two weeks, and reopened on 27 November. Workers held a memorial service on 18 November. The company paid the wages and seniority bonuses for the mine&rsquo;s 1,490 workers during the two-week shutdown. 

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Romania&rsquo;s worst mining disaster in 28 years, the two Petrila explosions on 15 November had attracted serious attention by the country&rsquo;s President. Both called for tougher scrutiny of safety at Romanian mining sites. &ldquo;This is too big a tragedy not to wonder about the causes,&rdquo; stated President Traian Basescu. &ldquo;The inquiry will determine if all protective measures were taken when the first miners went down the shafts and if the rescuers&rsquo; intervention was done according to the rules,&rdquo; said Varujan Vosganian, Romania&rsquo;s Minister of Economy and Commerce. 
 
Rumours were backed up by relatives that miners had been forced to continue working despite high readings of methane levels six days before the disaster. Smaller gas explosions had occurred in the mine. 
 
Ovidiu Jurca, Vice President of a national trade union bloc, BNS, said, &ldquo;Its criminal negligence to let these people work when the accepted methane gas level has been topped.&rdquo;

Thirteen Dead in Romania Mine Blast

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Mine safety in South Africa was enhanced on 21 November when the country&rsquo;s Parliament passed amendments to the Mine Health and Safety law. The legislation must now go to President Kgalema Motlanthe for his signature before becoming effective. 
 
But South Africa&rsquo;s government is still withholding a presidential audit on health and safety in the mining industry. And ICEM&rsquo;s largest affiliate in Africa wants the report brought into the open. 
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South Africa President, Kgalema Motlanthe
At its National Executive Meeting (NEC) in Vereeniging, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) called for the immediate release of the national audit. &ldquo;The way the report has been held up gives suspicion that it may contain controversial safety details. We believe that the audit will reveal the true status of safety standards in the various mining companies,&rdquo; said NUM General Secretary Frans Baleni. 
 
After months-long lobbying to derail the safety reform bill by the Chamber of Mines, Parliament passed the measure ten days ago. A memorandum attached to the final version of the bill called it &ldquo;premised on the principle that the responsibility for health and safety lies with the employers.&rdquo; 
 
The reform measure includes insistence that mine safety investigations be carried out within ten days of occurrence, and that the reports are issued within 30 days. The reform also contains a criminal liability clause in which company executives can face a five-fold increase in fines and penalties if convicted of responsibility in health and safety accidents or deaths. 
 
Although NUM applauded passage of the stricter safety enforcement, it insists that the Mbeki safety audit must be forthcoming immediately. The audit was commissioned by former president Thabo Mbeki in October 2007, after 3,200 workers were trapped underground at Harmony Gold's Elandsrand mine. Miraculously, they were all rescued. The Mbeki national safety report, despite at least two pronouncements that it would be issued, has still has not been made public. 

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NUM Gen. Sec. Frans Beleni
&quot;The NEC noted with serious concern the escalating number of workers who perish in the line of duty,&rdquo; said the NUM&rsquo;s Baleni. &ldquo;Over 180 mineworkers have died (this year) and thousands others have been injured, while thousands more suffer from respiratory diseases,&quot; he added. He called on the government to &quot;beef up inspectors&rdquo; to ensure that companies operating mines and building sites adhere to proper safety measures.&quot; 
 
Following the Elandsrand accident 14 months ago, the NUM called for an independent safety audit of mines and facilities. The national audit instead was carried out by the inspectorate of the Mines and Energy Department. 
 
More recently, the NUM presented an impact assessment report to a discussion forum on health risks to miners. The NUM proved that the blasting process produces large amounts of dust in both air and water. According to the NUM, this dust causes most miners to suffer for respiratory diseases, such as pulmonary tuberculosis and silicosis, as well as asbestos-related, skin and eye diseases, acute diarrhoea or noise-induced hearing loss. 
 
Meanwhile, the death toll continues to mount in the country&rsquo;s mines. Deaths in recent weeks have included: two miners killed at AngloGold Ashanti&rsquo;s TauTona mine near Carltonville, on 27 and 31 September; a miner killed at Harmony&rsquo;s Elandsrand operation in a cave-in; a miner killed at Gold Fields&rsquo; Driefontain mine following an earth tremor on 16 October; a fatality caused by electrocution from underground machinery at AngloCoal&rsquo;s Greenside Colliery, 19 October; a Northam Platinum employee who died in an underground industrial accident near Thabazimbi on 11 November; and a miner employed by DeBeers at its Finsch mine in the Northern Cape died on 17 November.

South African Parliament Passes Mine Safety Reform; Year-long Safety Audit Still Held-up

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A recently released study by the Human Science Research Council of South Africa&rsquo;s Witwatersrand University reveals that the country&rsquo;s mining industry is becoming more and more reliant on short-term contract workers and casual labour. The survey found, for instance, that over 60% of the platinum mines in the Rustenburg area use non-regular workers in order to avoid accountability and reduce their costs.
Overall nationally in South Africa, 36% of all platinum mines use subcontract labour, with researchers finding that many of the workers come from other southern African countries. That gives employers less direct responsibility in the event of injury or economic liability. 
 
The Witwatersrand study said the number of subcontractors in South Africa&rsquo;s mining sector increased from 90,231 in 2003 to 122,589 in 2005. 

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The study, commissioned by the government&rsquo;s Labour Department, reveals that the trend is growing alarmingly. A spokesperson for the study, Professor Edward Webster, said a lesson can be drawn that the informal economy of three decades ago, which drew workers from the urban poor into unregistered enterprises, has now been replaced by formal enterprises utilizing more and more casual and subcontract workers. 
 
The research also found that most employers surveyed do not adhere to stipulated wage minimums, resulting in exploitation and disempowerment of workers, and threats of dismissals are common if casual workers attempt to align with trade unions. 
 
Labor Department Acting Director-General Les Kettledas told a news agency that the state has adequate laws and policies to prevent exploitation of short-term contract workers, but strategies to implement those policies and laws fall short. He said the aim of commissioning the university&rsquo;s Sociology of Work Programme for the study was to assure corrective measures are implemented. 
 
Kettledas admitted the findings are a reflection of the reality that now exists in the formal sectors.

South African Study Shows Contract Labour ‘Growing Alarmingly’ in Mining

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Today is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. To mark the day, the ICEM has issued a leaflet that can be found here. Since 1988, trade union and civil society efforts have engineered a strong response to the epidemic, and recorded results prove the engineering has solid footing, thanks to labour unions and NGOs. 
 
But more work remains. &ldquo;The fight to eliminate the scourge of the pandemic is far from finished, and more must be done,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re proud to recognise the 20th Anniversary of December 1, but even prouder to mark this day with a commitment to wage this fight until the disease is gone.&rdquo; 

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The role of trade unions is critical in the struggle against AIDS. Trade unions demonstrate leadership on the issue by pushing early testing and prevention methods in the workplace, and then in homes and communities. The issue is a priority in most governing bodies, in women&rsquo;s caucuses, on health and safety committees, and most importantly, in negotiations with companies. This impact is positive to the community, to family life, and to national level policies based on workable and achievable grass-roots principles aimed at combating the disease. 
 
Together with social partners, the World AIDS Campaign set this year&rsquo;s theme for World AIDS Day as &ldquo;Lead &ndash; Empower &ndash; Deliver,&rdquo; building on last year&rsquo;s theme to take the lead. Designating leadership as the overall theme for 2007-08 provides an opportunity to highlight the political leadership needed to fulfill commitments, particularly the promise of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support by 2010. 
 
Any union member, shop steward, union official, committee member, or gender representative who takes action today on HIV/AIDS is a leader in the fight against the deadly disease. 
 
The World AIDS Campaign has developed material that can be accessed at <a href="http://www.worldaidscampaign.org">www.worldaidscampaign.org</a>.

Today, 1 December, is World AIDS Day

Tomorrow, December 1, is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. To mark the day, the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General Workers&rsquo; Unions (ICEM) has issued a leaflet that can be found here. Since 1988, trade union and civil society efforts have engineered a strong response to the epidemic, and recorded results prove the engineering has solid footing, thanks to labour unions and NGOs. 
 
But more work remains. &ldquo;The fight to eliminate the scourge of the pandemic is far from finished, and more must be done,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re proud to recognise the 20th Anniversary of December 1, but even prouder to mark this day with commitment to wage this fight until the disease is gone.&rdquo; 

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The role of trade unions is critical in the struggle against AIDS. Trade unions demonstrate leadership on the issue by pushing early testing and prevention methods in the workplace, and then in homes and communities. The issue is a priority in most governing bodies, in women&rsquo;s caucuses, on health and safety committees, and most importantly; in negotiations with companies. This impact is positive to the community, to family life, and to national level policies based on workable and achievable grass-roots principles aimed at combatting the disease. 
 
Together with social partners, the World AIDS Campaign set this year&rsquo;s theme for World AIDS Day as &ldquo;Lead &ndash; Empower &ndash; Deliver,&rdquo; building on last year&rsquo;s theme to take the lead. Designating leadership as the overall theme for 2007-08 provides an opportunity to highlight the political leadership needed to fulfill commitments, particularly the promise of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support by 2010. 
 
Any union member, shop steward, union official, committee member, or gender representative who takes action today on HIV/AIDS is a leader in the fight against the deadly disease. 
 
The World AIDS Campaign has developed material that can be accessed at <a href="http://www.worldaidscampaign.org">www.worldaidscampaign.org</a>. 
 
 
 
For further information, contact Dick Blin or Tom Grinter, ICEM, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+41&nbsp;22&nbsp;304&nbsp;1840&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;; <a href="mailto:dick.blin@icem.org">dick.blin@icem.org</a> or <a href="mailto:tom.grinter@.icem.org">tom.grinter@.icem.org</a>.

ICEM Marks 20th World AIDS Day with Commitment to the Future

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ICEM &uuml;yesi Yeni Zelanda sendikası Ulusal Dağıtım Sendikası'na (NDU) &uuml;ye k&uuml;&ccedil;&uuml;k bir antrepo iş&ccedil;ileri grubu Auckland'da ilk toplu s&ouml;zleşmeyi bağıtlamak i&ccedil;in &ccedil;etin bir m&uuml;cadele veriyorlar. Auckland antrepo iş&ccedil;ileri y&ouml;redeki işyerlerinde &ccedil;alışan dağıtım iş&ccedil;ilerinden y&uuml;zde 30 kadar daha az &uuml;cret &ouml;alıyorlar ve y&ouml;neticilerin aşağılayıcı davranışlarıyla karşı karşıya kalıyorlar. Yeni Zelanda'daki antrepoda L&rsquo;Oreal 20 kadar taşeron iş&ccedil;isi istihdam ediyor. 
 
11 iş&ccedil;inin Ekim sonlarındaki iki kosa grevinin ardından iş&ccedil;ilerin taleplerine sahip &ccedil;ıkan Avrupa'daki kozmetik şirketinde &ccedil;alışan iş&ccedil;ileri temsil eden sendikalarla temasa ge&ccedil;ti ve onlardan Fransa'da kurulu şirket hakkında şik&acirc;yette bulunmalarını istedi. 
 
Yeni Zelanda'daki uyuşmazlık Fransız, Bel&ccedil;ika, Alman, İspanyol ve İtalyan sendikalarının, ICEM'in de katılımıyla, Br&uuml;ksel'de d&uuml;zenledikleri L&rsquo;Oreal'le ilgili bir toplantıda ele alındı. Toplantıda şirketin Avrupa'daki durumu ve koşulları &uuml;zerine ciddi bir değerlendirme ve g&ouml;r&uuml;ş alışverişi yapıldı. Katılımcı sendikalar şimdi Yeni Zelanda'daki uyuşmazlıkla ilgili gelişmeleri dikkatle izliyorlar. 
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NDU yeni antrepodaki iş&ccedil;ileri bu yılın başlarında &ouml;rg&uuml;tledi, ama L&rsquo;Oreal bir toplu s&ouml;zleşme bağıtlama fikrine baştan karşı &ccedil;ıktı. 5 Kasım'daki g&ouml;r&uuml;şmelerde şirket NDU'nun diğer dağıtım iş&ccedil;ileriyle eşitlik sağlamaya y&ouml;nelik &uuml;cret teklifini aldı, fakat y&ouml;neticilerin bir toplu s&ouml;zleşme isteyip istemediklerinden emin olmadığını s&ouml;yledi. 
 
Genel Sekreter Manfred Warda şirketin Fransa'daki genel merkezine g&ouml;nderdiği bir mektupta, şirketin NDU'ya y&ouml;nelik tutumunun ILO'nun 98 nolu &Ouml;rg&uuml;tlenme ve Toplu Pazarlık Hakkı S&ouml;zleşmesi'ni ihlal ettiğini, bu s&ouml;zleşmenin &ouml;ng&ouml;rd&uuml;ğ&uuml; kuralları hem Fransa hem Yeni Zelanda y&ouml;netimlerinin onayladığını ağır bir &uuml;slupla hatırlattı. 

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ICEM Genel Sekreteri Manfred Warda 

Warda, mektupta ayrıca, Br&uuml;ksel'de yapılan toplantının ana konusunun &ldquo;L&rsquo;Oreal ile sendikalar arasında sosyal diyalogu karşılıklı tanıma ve saygı temelinde g&uuml;&ccedil;lendirmenin yollarını aramak olduğunu&rdquo; vurguladı ve ş&ouml;yle dedi: &ldquo;ICEM i&ccedil;in bu k&uuml;resel d&uuml;zeyde anlam taşımaktadır.&rdquo; 
 
&ldquo;Sizin Yeni Zelanda'daki y&ouml;netiminizin &ccedil;alışma ilişkilerine y&ouml;nelik tutumu buna t&uuml;m&uuml;yle aykırıdır. Auckland'daki sorun en kısa s&uuml;re i&ccedil;inde &ccedil;&ouml;z&uuml;me kavuşmayacak olursa, ICEM bu uyuşmazlığa d&uuml;nyadaki ICEM &uuml;yesi diğer L&rsquo;Oreal sendikalarını katmayı d&uuml;ş&uuml;n&uuml;yor.&rdquo;

ICEM Üyesi Avrupa Sendikalar Yeni Zelanda&#039;daki L&#039;Oreal İşçilerinin Mücadelesine Destek Verdi

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Son g&uuml;nlerde Kolombiya'da ICEM Proje Koordinat&ouml;r&uuml; Carlos Bustos'un katkılarıyla iki &ccedil;alışma toplantısı d&uuml;zenlendi. Toplantılardan biri, Kolombiya Elektrik İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikası Sintralecol'un Bogota'daki genel merkezinde ger&ccedil;ekleştirildi. Bu toplantı &uuml;lkedeki sendikacıların karşı karşıya bulunduğu zor koşulların g&ouml;r&uuml;ş&uuml;lmesini ve iş&ccedil;i haklarının korunması konusunda sendikalar arasındaki iletişimin geliştirilmesini ama&ccedil;lıyordu. 
 
27-31 Ekim g&uuml;nlerinde yapılan bir dizi at&ouml;lye &ccedil;alışmasından oluşan ikinci toplantıya katılan 38 sendika y&ouml;neticisi tehlikelerle dolu zor bir d&ouml;nemde nasıl bir sendikal &ccedil;alışma y&uuml;r&uuml;tmek gerektiği konusunda fikir alışverişi yaptılar. 

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Elektrik İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikası'nın genel merkezindeki &ccedil;alışmaya değişik sendikaların temsilcileri, Endesa, Repsol ve Iberdrola gibi şirketlerdeki sendika y&ouml;neticileri ile Sintralecol genel merkez y&ouml;neticileri katıldılar. 
Kolombiya'daki politik durum &uuml;zerine konuşan katılımcılar, &uuml;lkede iş&ccedil;ilerin karşı karşıya kaldığı vahim durumdan ve insan hakları ihlallerinden duydukları ortak kaygıyı dile getirdiler. Ulusal ve uluslararası d&uuml;zeylerde ilişkileri ve dayanışmayı geliştirmenin yollarını tartıştılar. Uluslararası sendika temsilcileri Kolombiya'da iş&ccedil;i hakları i&ccedil;in verilen m&uuml;cadelede birlik &ccedil;ağrısı yaptılar ve b&uuml;t&uuml;n Latin Amerika'da insana yakışır &uuml;cret talebini vurguladılar. 
 
Ekim sonlarındaki &ccedil;alışma toplantılarında, şimdi sona ermiş bulunan şeker kamışı iş&ccedil;ilerinin grevi ve ICEM &uuml;yesi Kolombiya Kimya İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikası Sintraquim ile Laboratorios Biogen y&ouml;netimi arasındaki uyuşmazlık &uuml;zerinde duruldu. Bu iki olay iş&ccedil;ilerin ve sendikaların uğradıkları baskı ve zulm&uuml;n belirgin &ouml;rnekleriydi. 
 
&Ccedil;alışma toplantısının d&uuml;zenlenmesine katkıda bulunan &ouml;rg&uuml;tler şunlardı: Sintraquim, Sintraelecol, Sintracarbon ve Sintravidricol. Toplantının g&uuml;ndeminde k&uuml;reselleşme ve grev y&ouml;netimi teknikleri gibi konular da yer alıyordu. 
 
Katılımcılar Sintrabiogen'deki iş&ccedil;ilerle dayanışma eylemini g&uuml;&ccedil;lendirme konusunda g&ouml;r&uuml;ş birliğine vardılar.

Kolombiya Sendikaları Günümüz Koşullarında Dayanışmayı Güçlendirmek İçin Toplantılar Düzenliyor

ICEM WOMEN’S BULLETIN 32

Archive

ICEM HIV/AIDS e-Bulletin: Global Fund Calls for Round 9 Proposals

ICEM Welcomes Affiliation Request from Mexico’s National Miners’ and Metalworkers’ Union

Thirteen Dead in Romania Mine Blast

South African Parliament Passes Mine Safety Reform; Year-long Safety Audit Still Held-up

South African Study Shows Contract Labour ‘Growing Alarmingly’ in Mining

Today, 1 December, is World AIDS Day

ICEM Marks 20th World AIDS Day with Commitment to the Future

ICEM Üyesi Avrupa Sendikalar Yeni Zelanda'daki L'Oreal İşçilerinin Mücadelesine Destek Verdi

Kolombiya Sendikaları Günümüz Koşullarında Dayanışmayı Güçlendirmek İçin Toplantılar Düzenliyor

ICEM WOMEN’S BULLETIN 32

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