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With the announcement the week before last by US-based International Paper Co. that its Inverurie printing and writing papers mills is &ldquo;unprofitable and not financially viable,&rdquo; ICEM UK affiliate Unite the Union said it will do everything possible to save the mill and the jobs. 
 
The company says the 255,000-tonne-per-year could shut next year. At stake are 371 well-paying jobs in recession-bitten Scotland. A mandatory three-month consultation period between International Paper (IP) and Unite representatives and shop stewards must now commence before any final is taken. 
 
&ldquo;Our first concern is for our members and their families at the mill,&rdquo; said Unite Assistant General Secretary Tony Burke. &ldquo;This is another body-blow to the papermaking industry in Scotland and to manufacturing throughout the UK.&rdquo; 
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An MP in the area near Aberdeen met with both the union and local mill management on 23 October. Alex Salmond told the Herald of Glasgow newspaper that two things are clear following the meeting: &ldquo;One, and it is agreed by everyone, is that the plant continues throughout the consultation period and that means well into next year. Secondly, the management has confirmed that all options are on the table for consideration.&rdquo; 
 
IP&rsquo;s Inverurie mill is some 40 kilometres inland from Aberdeen. It has two paper machines, with the No. 4 machine having been rebuilt in 1996. IP&rsquo;s tentative plans are to cease papermaking and develop the site into other uses. 
 
The mill has been a mainstay in the area since papermaking began near Inverurie in 1852. The American company, Federal Paper Board, bought the family-owned Tait paper mill in 1989. In 1996, IP acquired the mill when it took over Federal Paper Board and its three paper mills, several wood operations, and some 700,000 acres of forestlands, mainly in the US southeast.

Unite the Union in UK Will Fight to Save International Paper Mill in Scotland

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The fourth regional meeting of the Asia-Pacific Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Workers&rsquo; Network was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 28 October, with 20 delegates from five Asian nations attending. Previous Goodyear Asia-Pacific network meetings were held in Manila, Philippines, in 2005; Singapore in 2002; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2000. 
 
&ldquo;The continuity of our regional network activity since 2000 shows the commitment of participating unions for international solidarity and cooperation, which gives us high hopes for the future,&rdquo; stated Toshiaki Hojo, President of the Japanese Rubber Workers&rsquo; Union Confederation (GOMU-RENGO). &ldquo;It is very important to carry out our activities in parallel with ICEM&rsquo;s Goodyear Global Union Network.&rdquo; 
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Toshiaki Hojo, President, GOMU-RENGO
Hojo added that the Asia-Pacific Workers&rsquo; Network of the American company has worked successfully on health and safety issues, and pledged to do more on this issue. 
 
Delegates evaluated past activities of the Goodyear Global and Asia-Pacific Region networks, and the meeting received a detailed report on Goodyear&rsquo;s financial situation and the labour relations of a company that employs 70,000 workers in 60 factories, operating in 25 countries. Delegates on 28 October identified specific situations in their plants by giving current figures on salaries, working hours, and collective bargaining developments. 
 
Health and safety was handled in a separate session, in which past histories were summarized by ICEM Chemicals and Rubber Officer Kemal &Ouml;zkan. Following, specific health and safety problems were put forward, and the importance of information exchange was highlighted. The ICEM was requested to provide some information on global standards, specifically on heat limits and safety glasses. 
 
After discussing the ICEM&rsquo;s 2009 World Conference for the Rubber Industries and other industry conferences to occur next year, the meeting decided &ndash; through an action plan &ndash; to escalate targeting of joint organising efforts, to focus on training and education programmes, as well as to engage in regular and detailed information exchange through electronic means. 
 
The 2008 regional network meeting also adopted a special announcement toward further action for reinstatement of Thai and Malaysian colleagues, workers who have been unjustly fired by the company.

Fourth Asia-Pacific Goodyear Rubber Workers’ Network Meets in Jakarta, Indonesia

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Twenty-Five trade union representatives from Japan, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam organising rubber workers&rsquo; met in Jakarta, Indonesia, 27 October, and formed the ICEM Asia-Pacific Rubber Unions&rsquo; Network. Sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Siftung, a German labour-supportive foundation, and hosted by the ICEM affiliate, Chemical, Mining, and Energy Workers&rsquo; Union (FSP KEP), the meeting was also attended by Japanese ICEM-JAF, and by staff of the ICEM Secretariat. 
 
&ldquo;Under conditions of the current economic crisis throughout the world and specific difficulties in the Asia-Pacific Region,&rdquo; said FSP KEP President D. Pataobong Sjaiful, in opening the conference, &ldquo;the ICEM initiative of networking unions in the rubber industry is very vital. We need this togetherness to better defend rights of our members who work in severe conditions.&rdquo; 
 
The meeting saw a presentation by ICEM Chemicals and Rubber Officer Kemal &Ouml;zkan on major developments and challenges in the global rubber industry. Questionnaires were distributed prior to the meeting, so country reports given had a firm base for discussion over the situations unions face in the various countries. 
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The meeting also focused on ICEM&rsquo;s global and regional company networks, as well as Global Framework Agreements. Using global agreements as tools in organising was thoroughly discussed, while company networks were considered to be crucial instruments to organise solidarity and the exchange of information. 
 
The topic of networks was also emphasized in regards to experience on other topics, such as collective bargaining, health and safety, employment, and general work conditions. 
 
Elected to chair the newly-founded Asia-Pacific Rubber Workers&rsquo; Network was Toshiaki Hojo, President of the Japanese Rubber Workers&rsquo; Union Confederation (GOMU-RENGO). The meeting also adopted an action plan of follow-up activities, which includes the regular circulation of information and targeting rising multinational companies such as Korean-based Hankook and Kumho, and Apollo from India. 
 
Contract and Agency Labour was also a key topic discussed since its use has spiraled upward in the rubber industry of Asia. Delegates decided to further their work on this challenging issue that faces global labour. 

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Asia-Pacific Rubber Workers’ Unions Form Regional Network

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Twenty-nine Chinese coal miners will be confirmed dead today, following a gas explosion at the state-run Yaotou colliery in Shaanxi Province on 29 October. The methane gas blast was just one of three accidents causing death that day in China&rsquo;s coal mining industry. 
 
At least three others were killed and 20 more trapped after flooding filled shafts at separate mines in central Henan Province and at Quinghai Coal Mining Co. in Shanxi Province. In the month of October, recorded killings inside the country&rsquo;s coal mines rose well over the 100 mark, as China&rsquo;s coal mining industry remains the deadliest in the world. 
 
Also in October, authorities began unravelling a cover-up in which 35 miners were killed on 14 July. That happened due to the mishandling of explosives at the illegal Lijawa Coal Mine in Yuxian County, Hebei Province. Owners had destroyed the bodies, hidden evidence, and paid off journalists and the victims&rsquo; families to keep the July incident quiet. A total of 63 people are under investigation. 
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Last week&rsquo;s Shaanxi Province blast killed 29 of 36 workers who were inside shafts. They were draining water for the municipal government, which operates the enterprise, when gas ignited. The Yaotao mine had been idle since 3 October due to flooding. 
 
On 19 October, a rope snapped on a cage carrying miners underground at Shenzhou Mining Co. in northern Shanxi Province, China&rsquo;s centre of coal production. Five miners were killed, and 36 of the 42 inside the cage were seriously injured. The tragedy occurred near Luliang city. Shenzhou Coal&rsquo;s main shareholder is Taiyuan Coal Gasification Co. 
 
Perhaps the most egregious mine safety crime of late &ndash; next to the Lijawa cover-up &ndash; happened on 16 October in the Ningxia Autonomous Region of China. Sixteen people were killed at Shenhua Coal&rsquo;s Dafeng Mine when workers set off two tons of dynamite while blasting rock, well exceeding limits regarding safety. 
 
The victims included five miners who were passing by in a vehicle, and others who were off-duty and in a nearby shed. A total of 48 were injured, including 16 seriously. The blasting firm, Guangdong Blasting Co. Ltd., is being held responsible for its workers&rsquo; actions. 
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A day earlier, the bodies of seven more miners were recovered at the Fuhua Coal Mine, lifting the death count from a 20 September fire caused by an explosion to 26. The mine is in Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province. 
 
From 10 to 13 October, another 29 Chinese miners perished in recorded gas explosions at three collieries. On 13 October, nine died inside Hebei Coal Industries in central Henan Province; on 12 October, 10 were killed when 5,000 cubic metres of methane gas ignited inside the Xingfu Coal Mine in Sichuan Province; and on 10 October, nine Chinese miners died in the Guangxi Autonomous Region&rsquo;s largest colliery, the Heshan Coal Mine of Heshan City. 
 
Outside the coal sector, a mudslide at an iron-ore tailings dam broke on 8 September killing at least 300 people, with scores more still counted as missing. This happened at Tashon mine in Xiangfen County, northern Shanxi Province. The mine was unlicensed and lax safety procedures were blamed for the collapse of a 3,000-metre-long embankment. Over 1,000 survivors were left homeless, and the governor and vice-governor of Shanxi Province were forced from office because of the disaster.

China Coal Mine Deaths Rise in October; Last Week, 29 killed in Blast in Shaanxi Province

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A six-month rubber workers&rsquo; dispute in South America, involving 4,000 staff represented by ICEM affiliate Sindicato Unico del Neum&aacute;tico Argentina (SUTNA), ended on 22 October when workers agreed to a mediated contract arrangement. It ended under terms put forth by the country&rsquo;s Labour Ministry through mandatory conciliation in September and October.&nbsp; 
 
SUTNA and management representatives of Bridgestone-Firestone, Pirelli, and Argentine-based FATE accepted a salary increase of 28% that was defined by the ministry, plus reinstatement for many of the 214 workers of the three companies who were fired during July industrial actions. Others accepted compensation as terms set in the government-mediated resolve. 
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The agreement calls for a 15% wage increase backdated to 1 July 2008, and another 13% on 1 December, but based on salaries that were effective in June 2008. As well, an allowance of 1,800 pesos was agreed to be paid in three installments: 1,000 pesos at the signing of the agreement, 400 pesos late in October, and another 400 pesos in March 2009. 
 
The ardent and pitched dispute, dating back to expiration of a prior agreement on 1 April 2008, was marked by a 48-hour strike on 24-25 July, in which the 214 were sacked. When the companies refused to reinstate the workers, an indefinite strike then began on 25 August. That was suspended only when the Labour Ministry declared compulsory conciliation. 
 
The ICEM issued an alert to its affiliates in the rubber sector, asking for support to the union and its 35% wage demands. July and August also saw several trade unions and civil society organisations in Argentina take to the streets to support SUTNA and the rubber workers. 
 
&ldquo;We thank the ICEM affiliates from around the world that sent messages to SUTNA during this difficult dispute,&rdquo; said ICEM general Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;A settlement is now in place and we hope reconciliation and mutual respect become the norm in all three tyre plants.&rdquo; 
 
Japanese-based Bridgestone-Firestone and Pirelli of Italy operate factories near Buenos Aires, each employing 1,400 rubber workers, while FATE employs 1,200 at a plant in San Fernando.

Tyre Dispute in Argentina Ends with Ministry of Labour Intervention

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Scores of ICEM affiliates have sent letters to Mexican President Felipe Calder&oacute;ne condemning the Mexican government&rsquo;s campaign to destroy the Mexican National Miners&rsquo; and Metalworkers&rsquo; Union (SNTMMSRM), known as Mineros, and undermine the union&rsquo;s duly elected general secretary, Napoleon G&oacute;mez Urrutia. 
 
The Mexican government has colluded with Grupo M&eacute;xico to destroy Mineros, which stands out as one of the few democratically elected trade unions in a country in which genuine trade union rights are routinely repressed. G&oacute;mez, who exited the country under threats of assassination and arrest on false charges, was subsequently overwhelmingly re-elected to head Mineros. However, the government has refused to recognize the election as lawful, further demonstrating the government&rsquo;s complicity with Grupo M&eacute;xico.
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Political leaders in Europe, the US, Canada, and Latin American have also sent letters of protest to the Mexican government. 
 
Two members of Mineros, who have been on strike for over a year at a Grupo Mexico copper mine, attended the ICEM&rsquo;s Global Mining Conference in August in St. Petersburg, Russia. They gave a stirring presentation of the strike by 3,000 miners and the repressive actions taken against their union and Napoleon G&oacute;mez. ICEM affiliates agreed to engage in actions in support of Mineros, and the letter to Calder&oacute;ne represents a first-step in a widening campaign of support. 
 
The ICEM is working closely with International Metalworkers&rsquo; Federation (IMF) and the United Steelworkers (USW) to build global trade union support for the union and G&oacute;mez.

ICEM Affiliates Protest Mexican Government’s Assault on Mine, Metalworkers’ Union

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Last week&rsquo;s Eighth National Convention of the Communications, Energy, Paperworkers (CEP) Union of Canada saw the announced a national boycott of Petro-Canada products. That announcement was made by Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, on 28 October in Montr&eacute;al. 
 
The boycott will target all of the company&rsquo;s petrol-filling stations and retail products. It comes 21 days before Petro-Canada&rsquo;s one-year lockout of 260 oil refinery workers, proud union members of CEP Local 175 of Montr&eacute;al. 
 
In collective negotiations leading up to the 17 November 2007 lockout, Local 175 rejected inferior company proposals that undercut the union&rsquo;s National Energy and Chemical Bargaining Programme for 2007-2008. Petro-Canada&rsquo;s sub-par proposals fell even short of the negotiated and agreed to provisions that other CEP branch unions ratified with the company. 
 
To date, a Quebec-wide boycott of the company has diminished company sales by 20% in that province. A more pronounced national boycott will have a deeper impact. Local 175 members have remained steadfast toward achieving the national pattern collective agreement. Again in September, they voted by 96.5% against Petro-Canada&rsquo;s inferior offer.
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&nbsp;CEP President Dave Coles at Petro-Canada Picket line, 28 October 
 

The 260 trade unionists have been financially supported by the CEP&rsquo;s strike fund, plus supplemental funds generated from energy and other trade unions across Canada. (Messages of support can be directed <a href="mailto:scep175@qc.aira.com">scep175@qc.aira.com</a>.) 
 
&quot;Canadians should not support any company that has the gall to wrap itself in our flag, use our maple leaf as part of its logo while it breaks the law by using scab labour,&rdquo; Georgetti said at the congress. 
 
The CEP marked the full boycott by temporarily adjourning the congress and transported the 1,200 delegates and guests to picket lines at Point-aux-Trembles, an industrial and residential area of Montr&eacute;al. 
 
There, CEP President Dave Coles said the locked-out workers&rsquo; proven resolve has been an inspiration to all inside the union, and the 150,000-member CEP would ensure that their struggle for the Canadian pattern would be realised.
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Locked-Out&nbsp;CEP Local 175 Members&nbsp;
The 300 locals at the congress re-elected Coles for a second two-year term, and Ga&eacute;tan M&eacute;nard was also re-elected as Secretary &ndash; Treasurer. After an amendment was submitted on a resolution calling for re-establishing Canadian public ownership over the oil and gas sectors, the resolution was adopted. The union seeks to maintain Canadian jobs in the energy sectors, as well as create new jobs through eco-friendly and sustainable means. 
 
The union also adopted a set of policies in a resolution that addresses the pulp, paper, and wood crisis in Canada, a sector that has seen massive job losses, with 20% of it not closed down in Canada. 
 
&ldquo;There are critical problems with our economic system that need to be addressed,&rdquo; said Coles. &ldquo;Privatisation, de-regulation and the &lsquo;let-the-markets&rsquo; rule premise that our capitalist system was built on is proving to be a giant hoax.&rdquo; 
 
The CEP also held an International Solidarity Night on 27 October, which included ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda, and Finnish Paperiliitto President Jouko Ahonen and General Secretary Petri Vanhala, as well as others. Warda congratulated the CEP on the meaningful work that its Humanity Fund is doing globally, particularly its joint HIV/AIDS projects with the ICEM in Africa. 
 
The CEP also bestowed a Peace and International Solidarity Award to the US International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), an ICEM affiliate. The award honoured ILWU for its one-day strike on 1 May 2008 at American west coast ports and ports in British Colombia, Canada. The day-long work stoppage was in protest to the US-led occupation of Iraq. ILWU Secretary-Treasurer William Adams accepted the award on behalf of the union.

Canadian Labour Declares National Boycott of Petro-Canada at CEP Convention

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Bookings for the ICEM&rsquo;s World Conference for the Pulp and Paper Industry, scheduled from 8-10 December 2008 in Piri&aacute;polis, Uruguay, are filling fast, and the last of some 150 spots are expected to be taken in the coming fortnight. Uruguay President Tabar&eacute; V&aacute;zquez will open the conference on 8 December, and he will be joined by the country&rsquo;s Ministers for Energy, Labour and Social Security, Economy and Finance, and Tourism, with some of the government officials closing the conference on 10 December. 

The Pulp and Paper Conference will feature an opening day panel and discussion on the state of the industry &ndash; both in the emerging economies and in the traditional pulp and paper countries. That forum will discuss the current economic crisis, its effect on the industry at present, as well as trends over the past few years on output shifting from the global north to the global south. Mets&auml;-Botnia President and CEO Ilkka H&auml;m&auml;l&auml; will be one of the panelists participating.
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&nbsp;Centre, CUOPYC Walter Silva and at right, Uruguay President Tabar&eacute; V&aacute;zquez&nbsp; 

Industry growth in China will also be on the agenda. A Friedrich Ebert Siftung expert, Bernd Reddies, will also take part in a panel. 

Day two will include a panel of trade union and NGO leaders. They will develop a concise solidarity action plan for ICEM affiliated trade unions and others representing global paperworkers. The afternoon session on 9 December will lay the practical foundation for that plan. 

The host union, ICEM affiliate Centro Uni&oacute;n Obreros Papeleros y Celulosa (CUOPYC) of Uruguay, has already done much groundwork to make sure the conference will be a success. The union has reserved 10 December as a social-events day to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UDHR was signed on 10 December 1948. 

Uruguay President V&aacute;zquez said this on the coming ICEM conference: &ldquo;It is a great challenge for CUOPYC, but it is also an excellent opportunity. Not just for CUOPYC, but for all in Uruguay, and the national government has committed to organize this event. We declare this meeting to be of national interest.&rdquo; 

Sizeable trade union delegations have already registered from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Sweden, and Thailand, as well as several countries from Europe. Finnish Paperiliitto President Jouko Ahonen, sector head of ICEM&rsquo;s Pulp and Paper Industry, will chair the conference.
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Trade unions still wishing to send delegates are encouraged to move fast in order to get visas, and to register through the ICEM Secretariat. Information and Registration documents can be found by going to the ICEM website <a href="http://www.icem.org">here</a>, clicking the respective language, and then going to &ldquo;Pulp and Paper&rdquo; for each language&rsquo;s homepage. The 8-10 December conference will be conducted in all seven statutory ICEM languages. 

The ICEM&rsquo;s Pulp and Paper Conference will be preceded by a 6-7 December workshop by South American forest-sector unionists on certification programmes, sponsored by the Building and Wood Woodworkers&rsquo; International (BWI). ICEM delegates are welcome to attend, with sessions to be conducted in Spanish.

Registrations Draw Tighter as ICEM’s Uruguay Pulp, Paper Conference Nears, 8-10 December

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Le Fonds Mondial de la lutte contre le SIDA, la tuberculose et la malaria a publi&eacute; son 9&egrave;me appel &agrave; propositions. Le formulaire d'inscription et la documentation de r&eacute;f&eacute;rence sont disponibles en six langues &agrave; l'adresse <a href="http://www.theglobalfund.org">www.theglobalfund.org/</a>
 
Les propositions doivent parvenir au Fonds mondial d'ici le 21 janvier 2009 
 
Toutes les propositions soumises d'ici l'&eacute;ch&eacute;ance du 21 janvier 2009 seront examin&eacute;es par le secr&eacute;tariat afin de v&eacute;rifier qu'elles r&eacute;pondent aux crit&egrave;res d'&eacute;ligibilit&eacute;. Les propositions recevables seront ensuite transmises au Comit&eacute; technique d'examen des propositions (Technical Review Panel - TRP). Le TRP fera part de ses recommandations au Conseil du Fonds mondial, qui prendra ensuite ses d&eacute;cisions en fonction. 
 
Comment fonctionne le Fonds mondial? 
Le Fonds mondial, lui-m&ecirc;me un partenariat entre secteur public et priv&eacute;, est une instance de financement. Depuis son lancement en janvier 2002 et jusqu&rsquo;en d&eacute;cembre 2007, le Fonds mondial a donn&eacute; son approbation pour des subventions dont la somme totale s&rsquo;&eacute;l&egrave;ve &agrave; 14,5 milliards USD, plus de la moiti&eacute; &eacute;tant destin&eacute;e &agrave; la lutte contre le VIH/SIDA. 
 
Le Fonds mondial est bas&eacute; &agrave; Gen&egrave;ve. Il n&rsquo;est pas repr&eacute;sent&eacute; par pays. Le processus de propositions et l&rsquo;attribution des subsides sont d&eacute;l&eacute;gu&eacute;s au niveau national. Le Fonds Mondial donne le cadre de travail et publie les directives concernant plusieurs aspects de ses op&eacute;rations. Il r&eacute;colte de l&rsquo;argent, le d&eacute;pense et le v&eacute;rifie &ndash; le Fonds mondial fonctionne au m&eacute;rite. 
 
Toutes les propositions doivent passer par les Country Coordinating Mechanisms &ndash; CCM (Instances de coordination nationale &ndash; ICN). La composition des ICN est suppos&eacute;e &ecirc;tre repr&eacute;sentative de tous les acteurs de la lutte contre le VIH/SIDA, y compris la soci&eacute;t&eacute; civile, le secteur priv&eacute; et les organisations de personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA (PVVIH). 
 
Comment les syndicats peuvent-ils s'int&eacute;grer? 
Le r&ocirc;le du lieu de travail dans la lutte contre le VIH/SIDA est reconnu. Aucune des activit&eacute;s li&eacute;es au lieu de travail ne peut &ecirc;tre efficacement &eacute;tablie sans les syndicats. Le r&ocirc;le des syndicats nationaux et de leurs pendants internationaux, les f&eacute;d&eacute;rations de syndicats mondiaux (Global Unions), est reconnu par des organisations internationales telles que l&rsquo;OIT, l&rsquo;OMS et ONUSIDA. 
 
Le Fonds mondial est d&eacute;sireux de construire des partenariats entre le secteur priv&eacute; et le secteur public et de r&eacute;aliser des projets de co-investissement. Sans la participation du secteur priv&eacute;, l&rsquo;acc&egrave;s universel aux conseils et tests volontaires (CTV) et au traitement antir&eacute;troviral (ARV) ne serait pas possible ou serait encore plus retard&eacute; qu'il ne l'est d&eacute;j&agrave;. Les repr&eacute;sentants des travailleurs dans le secteur priv&eacute; sont les syndicats. Les directives de la 9&egrave;me S&eacute;rie de propositions mentionnent les syndicats comme organisations &eacute;ligibles du secteur priv&eacute;. 
 
Les capacit&eacute;s des syndicats en termes de main d&rsquo;&oelig;uvre sont limit&eacute;es. Ils ont en outre d'autres pr&eacute;occupations quotidiennes. Les syndicats ne sont pas des ONG qui ne traitent que d'un seul probl&egrave;me. Ils doivent trouver des partenaires et former des alliances avec les entreprises et les ONG. 
 
Tr&egrave;s peu d'ICN comptent des syndicalistes dans leurs rangs. Bien que nous continuions d&rsquo;&oelig;uvrer pour la repr&eacute;sentation des syndicats aux ICN, il vital qu'&agrave; court terme, ces derniers travaillent en collaboration avec les membres des ICN favorables &agrave; leur cause. Il est important pour eux de trouver des partenaires coop&eacute;ratifs qui peuvent d&eacute;velopper leurs id&eacute;es de projets &agrave; travers des propositions pour les ICN. 
 
L&rsquo;Organisation allemande pour la coop&eacute;ration technique (Deutsche Gesellschaft f&uuml;r Technische Zusammenarbeit &ndash; GTZ) g&egrave;re l&rsquo;initiative BACKUP (Building Alliances &ndash; Creating Knowledge &ndash; Updating Partners), sur laquelle vous pouvez vous appuyer. La GTZ est repr&eacute;sent&eacute;e dans plus de 130 pays. De nombreux bureaux d'USAID ont des coordinateurs VIH/SIDA et certaines ambassades, notamment celles des pays scandinaves, des Pays-Bas, du Royaume-Uni et de l&rsquo;Union europ&eacute;enne peuvent pr&ecirc;ter assistance. Les syndicats mondiaux et l&rsquo;OMS sont favorables &agrave; l'utilisation du potentiel des syndicats dans le but d'&eacute;largir et d'acc&eacute;l&eacute;rer l&rsquo;acc&egrave;s aux CTV et aux ARV. L&rsquo;OIT et son programme sur les lieux de travail OITSIDA ont des points de mire sur le VIH/SIDA dans de nombreux bureaux. 
 
Le Fonds mondial recommande aux candidats de nommer un (ou plusieurs) B&eacute;n&eacute;ficiaires principaux (BP) gouvernementaux et un (ou plusieurs) B&eacute;n&eacute;ficiaires secondaires de divers secteurs non gouvernementaux, y compris du secteur priv&eacute; dont les syndicats font partie (financement &agrave; deux voies de cession). 
 
Quelles sont vos prochaines &eacute;tapes? 
&bull; R&eacute;digez vos id&eacute;es d&rsquo;un programme sur le lieu de travail sur une page et pr&eacute;parez une &eacute;bauche de budget. 
&bull; Mettez-vous en relation avec les membres de votre ICN et influencez ceux potentiellement favorables aux causes syndicales afin d&rsquo;inclure des programmes li&eacute;s au lieu de travail dans les propositions de la 9&egrave;me S&eacute;rie. Les informations nationales sp&eacute;cifiques sont disponibles &agrave; l&rsquo;adresse <a href="http://www.theglobalfund.org">www.theglobalfund.org</a>. 
&bull; Contactez les bureaux de la GTZ, d&rsquo;USAID, de l&rsquo;OIT, d&rsquo;ONUSIDA et de l&rsquo;OMS. 
&bull; Tissez des alliances avec les entreprises; rappelez-leur leur responsabilit&eacute; sociale. 
&bull; Collaborez avec les ONG et les organisations de PVVIH. 
&bull; Consultez le site <a href="http://www.aidspan.org/guides">http://www.aidspan.org/guides</a>&nbsp;sur lequel un guide de la 9&egrave;me S&eacute;rie est disponible. 
 
Comment l'ICEM peut-elle vous aider? 
Le Coordinateur mondial de l&rsquo;ICEM a de bonnes relations de travail avec toutes les organisations mentionn&eacute;es. Il peut vous aider gr&acirc;ce &agrave; ses contacts et peut vous donner des liens menant &agrave; de la documentation utile. Envoyez vos id&eacute;es de programmes li&eacute;s au lieu de travail et vos demandes &agrave; <a href="mailto:hiv.aids@icem.org">hiv.aids@icem.org</a>. L&rsquo;ICEM a des accords mondiaux avec une douzaine d&rsquo;entreprises multinationales qui devraient s&rsquo;engager dans la lutte contre la pand&eacute;mie. 
 
Surtout : 
 
&bull; Commencez aujourd&rsquo;hui si vous voulez parvenir &agrave; quelque chose. 
&bull; Rappelez-vous que le secteur priv&eacute; inclut les syndicats au titre de repr&eacute;sentants des travailleurs. 
&bull; Rappelez-vous que vous avez des alli&eacute;s que vous pouvez mobiliser et qui peuvent vous aider. 
&bull; &Eacute;crivez au coordinateur mondial de l&rsquo;ICEM &agrave;&nbsp;<a href="mailto:hiv.aids@icem.org">hiv.aids@icem.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;pour plus d&rsquo;informations et d'aide.

ICEM VIH/SIDA bulletin électronique: Appels du Fonds Mondial pour les propositions de la 9ème Série

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The ICEM&rsquo;s World Conference for the Pulp and Paper Sector will be held in Piriapolis, Uruguay, from 8-10 December 2008. On 8 and 9 December, relevant panels and discussion on global trends in the sector will occur, as well as putting in place meaningful methods on developing practical solidarity between trade unions in the forest products industries.
On 10 December, host union Centro Uni&oacute;n Obreros Papeleros y Celulosa (CUOPYC) will sponsor a several gala social events for ICEM delegates. Uruguay President Tabar&eacute; V&aacute;zquez is expected to open the conference on 8 December. Trade unions wishing to send delegates are encouraged to check visa requirements now, and Letters of Invitation and Registration forms, in all languages can be found <a href="/en/?id=192">here</a>.

Uruguay the Destination for ICEM’s Pulp/Paper Conference, 8-10 December 2008

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