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A planned protest inside Finland&rsquo;s Stora Enso pulp and paper mills for 6 February was cancelled, following a Labour Court ruling that saw the demonstration as a collective bargaining act. The case was brought to the court by the Finnish Forest Industries Federation, on behalf of Stora Enso. 
 
The work-time protest, decided a week earlier by Stora Enso workers, was aimed at the Finnish government, which holds 16% of Stora Enso&rsquo;s shares, and controls 34% of the company. On 29 January, at a public meeting in Helsinki attended by 500 people and sponsored by Finnish unions Paperiliitto and Toimihenkil&ouml;unioni, three government ministers declined to intervene to halt Stora&rsquo;s mill and paper machine shutdowns.
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Two days later, workers themselves decided to do on-the-job protests against the Finnish government. This was quickly met by employers rushing to Finland&rsquo;s Labour Court and getting an expedited ruling forbidding the protests. The unions and Finnish employers officially opened industry-wide talks on 5 February for 25,000 workers employed by multiple pulp and paper companies. 
 
&ldquo;We are disappointed that the government did not take action to stop the closures, at least until further study and other remedies could be found,&rdquo; stated ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;We also find it unusual that in a country such as Finland, a Labour Court would be used to block a legitimate workers&rsquo; protest.&rdquo; 
If the 7,000 Stora Enso workers had defied the ruling, Finnish trade unions would have been subjected to a compensatory fine, payable to the employer. There is no procedure for appeal of the Labour Court ruling.
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At the 29 January public meeting, Finnish Defence Minister Jyri H&auml;k&auml;mies, who heads the government&rsquo;s enterprise ownership oversight, as well as Labour Minister Tarja Cromberg and Economic Affairs Minister Mauri Pekkarinen, gave no pledge that the government could or would intervene on Stora Enso&rsquo;s latest restructuring plan. 
 
The following day, 30 January, Stora Enso permanently idled one paper machine at its Summa, Finland, newsprint and book papers mill in Kymenlaakso, while it shut the mill&rsquo;s second paper machine on 31 January. A total of 450 jobs were lost. An equal number also will be eliminated when the Kemij&auml;rvi pulp mill shuts in April 2008, and a paper machine at the Anjala mill ceases production in November. 
 
The 20-million-member International Federation of Chemical, Energy, and Mine Workers&rsquo; Union (ICEM) is also critical of Stora Enso&rsquo;s unwillingness to grow jobs rather than destroy them at the company&rsquo;s Norrsundet, Sweden, mill. There, 350 jobs are expected to be made redundant when Stora closes the bleached softwood kraft pulp mill late this year rather than sell it to a perspective buyer. 
 
In Finland, industry-wide social talks did begin on 5 February with the unions and Finnish Forest Industries Federation exchanging initial proposals. The existing three-year contract for Finland&rsquo;s number one industrial sector expires on 31 May 2008.

Finnish Paper Industry Uses Court Order to Block Government Protest

ICEM affiliates&nbsp;responded in large numbers to a global survey on Contract and Agency Labour (CAL), allowing the Global Union Federation to analyse extensive data. 
 
The survey supports predictions that temporary work and work through labour agencies is becoming more common, and that workers employed through such work are in far worse economic and job security situations than permanent workers. The survey also illustrated how trade unions are prioritising the organising of temporary and agency workers. 
 
&ldquo;The response to this survey was impressive,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;But even more impressive is the depth to the responses. Both are an indication that this issue is growing in importance for virtually all workers and unions around the world.&rdquo; 

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ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda
Data was collected in the second half of 2008. In total, over 100 trade unions completed the survey. The responses came from all regions of the world and from all ICEM sectors, including energy, mining, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, rubber, pulp and paper, and building materials manufacturing. Click <a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/Overview%20of%20results%20of%20ICEM%20CAL%20Survey(1).pdf">here</a> for the visual representation of data collected. 
 
The ICEM survey follows a 2007 query by the International Metalworkers&rsquo; Federation (IMF) of its affiliates, which allows certain comparisons between the two surveys. For instance, 20% of all ICEM respondents said wages of non-permanent workers are less than half that of permanent workers. Of IMF affiliates that indicated wages for precarious workers are lower than those of permanent workers, one-third indicated those wages are less than 50%. 
 
Another similarity is the level of fear bought on by the changing employment landscape. The ICEM survey reveals that 83% of unions responding cite fear among workers over job security as a major concern, while 9 of 10 IMF respondents say workers in their countries feel less secure because of the changing work relationship. 
 
In addition, the ICEM poll reflects that fear is by far the biggest obstacle to union organising of temporary workers, specifically the fear of getting fired for such activity. Government legislation, union rules and structures, and opposition by trade unionists are cited as lesser obstacles to overcome. (An overview to the ICEM survey, complete with the IMF similarities, can be found <a href="/wp-content/migration/icem/CALdbase/CALattachmentforFeb09NR-final.pdf">here</a>.) 
 
The results of the survey support the 20-million-member ICEM&rsquo;s four-and-a-half-year campaign to respond to the rampant increase in the use of contract and agency labour. An alarming number of respondents wrote that temporary and agency workers not only are paid less, but also do not receive pay for overtime and holiday work. 
 
Health and safety conditions are far worse for temporary workers, and often they are not entitled to medical benefits. ICEM-affiliated unions also note that unskilled temp workers are abused more than skilled workers. 
 
Some positive points for trade unions did come out of the study. For instance, unions are increasingly aware of the importance of organising precarious workers and some 87% stated that they are actively engaged in organising such workers. For 62% of the respondents, organising part-time and agency workers is a priority and 69% of unions inform their members on issues related to part-time and precarious work. 
 
For the ICEM, the survey&rsquo;s outcome confirms that CAL will remain a focal issue for the coming years. Establishing communication networks in order to inform trade unions on this growing menace to the concept of decent work, as well as bringing unionisation to non-organised workers will therefore remain high on the ICEM&rsquo;s agenda.

ICEM Contract and Agency Labour Survey Shows Troubling Trends

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The ICEM fully supports the work of the National Federation of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Workers of Pakistan, an affiliate of the International Union of Food Workers&rsquo; Association (IUF). The 723 contract labourers at Unilever&rsquo;s last directly-owned and operated Lipton Tea factory in Pakistan have organised to form the Unilever Mazdoor Union Khanewal. The newly organised workers, with the support of the IUF and ICEM, are preparing a new round of public action to press their case. 
 
The ICEM and IUF call for international support for the cause of these contract workers to form their union. To support their struggle click <a href="http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/campaigns/show_campaign.cgi?c=396">here</a> to send a message to Unilever. Tell corporate management that the Lipton Khanewal temporary workers must be given permanent employment status - and the way to implement this is through direct negotiations with the affiliated National Federation of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Workers of Pakistan. 
 
Unilever's Khanewal factory employs 22 permanent workers, union members who are covered by a collective agreement. But another 723 workers are hired through six contract labour agencies. The union is assisting contract agency workers to file petitions in the Labour Court to secure their right to permanent employment. 

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The permanent workers receive a monthly base wage of PKR 18,000 - some US$226. The basic wage for non-permanent workers is PKR 6,000, if they are lucky enough to work a minimum 26 days per month. Otherwise the daily wage is PKR 232 - less than three US dollars a day. Where permanent workers receive double for overtime/holiday work, agency workers simply receive the basic hourly wage. Disposable workers have no annual or medical leave. From one week to the next, they do not know their assignments or work schedules - or whether they will have work. Through exploiting workers in this way, Unilever was able to send CEO Niall Fitzgerald into retirement with a &pound;17 million golden handshake. 
 
Unilever employees at the site are illegally blocked from becoming permanent workers, as national legislation states that after nine consecutive months employed under a temporary contract, an employee must be offered a permanent contract to stay. The majority of agency workers at the Khanewal site have been on the job for more than 10 years, with some there for as long as 30 years. But since they are not formally employed by Unilever, they are barred from joining a union of Unilever workers and bargaining with Unilever as their employer. The labour agencies who supply the temporary employees to the factory do not have any other client, and operate their offices inside the Unilever factory itself, clearly a false way of flouting labour law. 
Two Lipton workers dismissed in August after 30 years of working at Unilever's Khanewal tea factory at minimum wage and received no social security, medical benefits or pension. 
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The Lipton workers are fighting for the right of workers everywhere to decent work - secure employment, a living wage, health and retirement benefits, and the right to join a trade union with a collective bargaining relationship to their real employer. 
 
Copies of your messages will be sent to Unilever corporate and Pakistan management, to the union, and to the IUF secretariat. 
 
You can give additional support by taking a moment to visit <a href="http://www.unilever.com/sustainability">http://www.unilever.com/sustainability</a>. Scroll down the page to a section on the lower right entitled &quot;Sustainability during the credit crunch&quot; There you can &quot;vote&quot; yes/no to the question, &quot;Do you consider sustainability in your product purchasing decisions?&quot; This is followed by &quot;Please tell us what actions you are taking to make the world more sustainable,&quot; with fields for name/message. Please take a moment to send the following response, or a message of your own: 
 
&quot;Sustainability is about investing in sustainable jobs - over 700 workers at the Khanewal Lipton factory are disposable workers hired through labour hire agencies, with no employment security and inferior wages and benefits though many have worked continuously for decades. Make the Khanewal workers permanent through direct negotiations with the National Federation of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Workers of Pakistan!&quot;

Support Needed for Contract, Agency Workers Forming Union at Unilever Tea Factory in Pakistan

Estimados trabajadores de MASSUH SA y dirigentes de FOEIPCyQ: 
 
 
La ICEM, federaci&oacute;n sindical internacional del sector de la pulpa y papel, ha dado a conocer a nuestro sindicato la lucha que enfrentan con el fin de lograr que la empresa MASSUH pague como corresponde los sueldos a sus trabajadores. A pesar de que muchas empresas de diferentes partes del mundo enfrentan actualmente una p&eacute;sima situaci&oacute;n econ&oacute;mica, la mayor&iacute;a paga a sus trabajadores, porque saben que sus ganancias provienen exclusivamente del esfuerzo de los trabajadores. 
 
Por tanto, objetamos severamente la decisi&oacute;n de MASSUH de negarse a pagar los sueldos de sus trabajadores. Felicitamos a FOEIPCyQ, nuestro sindicato hermano en Argentina, el haber solidarizado con la lucha de los trabajadores de MASSUH. 
 
Exhortamos a los trabajadores para que se mantengan unidos en la defensa de sus derechos; la unidad en torno al sindicato es la clave del triunfo final. 
 
Saludos solidarios,

Transmit to e-mails: fedpapel@speedy.com.ar and alari@papeleros.org.ar

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The ICEM extended its congratulations to US trade union affiliates over the election of Illinois Senator Barack Obama as President of the country. In opening remarks at the ICEM&rsquo;s 6 November Presidium in Geneva, both President Senzeni Zokwana and General Secretary Manfred Warda paid tribute to the great role the American trade unions had in electing a progressive President. 
 
&ldquo;The whole world watched with pride and happiness the results that came from the US Presidential race,&rdquo; said Zokwana. &ldquo;The American people chose not only an honourable person, but an African-American. We now hope that our American comrades can convince a Democratic majority in both houses of their Congress to pass a law giving workers a level playing field in their lawful right to organise collectively.&rdquo; 

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ICEM President Senzeni Zokwana
In a letter to American trade union leaders, Warda said the opening of ICEM&rsquo;s Presidium was &ldquo;one of the most cheerful moments ever in a meeting&rdquo; of the body. 
 
&ldquo;Indeed, all agreed to congratulate you on your efforts and activities that contributed to this wonderful result,&rdquo; wrote Warda. &ldquo;We all feel that Barack Obama&rsquo;s election is not only the best news for the United States of America, but it also gives so much hope to the rest of the world.&rdquo; 
 
Another swift reaction to America&rsquo;s political change came from ICEM Vice President and United Steelworkers (USW) Canadian National Director Ken Neumann. In a letter to Canada&rsquo;s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, he urged Harper to establish a meeting with President-elect Obama to discuss the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). 

&ldquo;We believe it is the right time for Canada to make a case &hellip; about a revitalised Canada-US relationship based on mutual respect for our workers and our environment, something that the current North American Free Trade Agreement does not provide for,&rdquo; stated Neumann. 
 
&ldquo;Barack Obama&rsquo;s stunning election as President of the United States is cause for celebration around the world &ndash; and is a golden opportunity for Canada to take up Obama&rsquo;s invitation to rewrite NAFTA in a way that benefits Canadian, Mexican, and American workers.&rdquo;

ICEM Pays Tribute to US Unions in Key Role in Election of Barack Obama

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In Madrid, Spain, on 4 November, a protocol agreement was signed that provides management recognition of the ICEM-supported Latin American/Spanish Repsol-YPF Trade Union Network. Management of the Madrid-based oil and gas company agreed to recognise the workers&rsquo; network as a collective body to represent the trade unions in the countries where both Repsol and its 85% owned subsidiary, YPF, operate. 
 
The agreement is the result of three years work. The Spanish Peace and Solidarity Foundation of one of Spain&rsquo;s national labour centres, CC.OO, promoted the project to bring together the trade unions representing workers of Repsol and YPF. Meetings in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and Lima enabled the trade unions to establish themselves as a viable entity, as well as to prepare for recognition and social dialogue with Repsol-YPF senior management. 

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Both the trade union network and management signed the protocol agreement early this month, expressing a will to discuss labour issues important to men and women employed by the company, as well as questions involving global corporate policies in Latin America and Spain. 
 
The network is composed of trade union representatives of branch federations at Repsol and YPF workplaces, as well as ICEM representatives. The trade union network elected a coordinating body of ten people, whose role is to manage union activity and prepare the meetings of the entire network. The meetings see active exchanges of information, and serve to analyse working conditions at Repsol and YPF worksites in the countries. 
 
The annual meetings now will include full-day discussions with the group&rsquo;s management to deal with concerns put forth by the unions, and then Repsol and YPF&rsquo;s industrial situations will be reported, including results and investments broken down by country. 
 
At the meeting in Madrid, held from 3-4 November, the trade unionists decided to increase communication and the flow of information by providing more content to a website that was created last year. Specifically, they will prepare a report on working time at all worksites and the elements relevant to that, including weekly or annual working time, shift systems, schedules, and overtime. 

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At the 2009 meeting in Colombia, the network&rsquo;s Madrid deliberations resolved to deal specifically with problems that workers employed by contractors encounter. 
 
The signing of the protocol agreement with Repsol-YPF is a major progressive step involving trade union coordination. The agreement is sure to make it possible to improve future working conditions for all. Moreover, it is a step toward creating unified trade unionism in an age of globalisation in which working conditions in one country are shaped and determined by those that occur in other countries. 
 
Trade unions taking part in the Repsol Workers&rsquo; Network include: FASPyGP-CGT and SUPeH-CGT, Argentina; FSTPB, Bolivia; FUP-CUT, Brazil; USO-CUT, Colombia; Federaci&oacute;n Sindical Trabajadores del Petr&oacute;leo, Ecuador; FITEQU-CC.OO and FIA-UGT of Spain; SUT RELAPA, Peru; Oilfields Workers&rsquo; Union of Trinidad and Tobago; and SINUTRAPETROL, Venezuela.

Repsol Management Formally Recognises Workers’ Energy Network of Spain, Latin America/Caribbean

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On 13 November, ICEM, together with Norwegian affiliate Industri Energi (IE), reached a new Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with StatoilHydro. 
 
The agreement replaces ICEM&rsquo;s first global agreement with Norway&rsquo;s state-operated oil and gas producer, Statoil, which was signed in July 1998 in coordination with Norsk Olje og Petrokjemisk Fagforbund (NOPEF), the trade union covering Norway&rsquo;s oil and gas workers at the time. Subsequently, NOPEF merged with the chemical workers union (NKIF) to create Industri Energi, or IE. And Statoil acquired the oil and gas activities of Norsk Hydro. 
 
The Statoil agreement in 1998 was a landmark global accord for the ICEM. It set the standard for further agreements, covering trade union rights, health, safety and environmental commitments, and providing internal training programmes. The agreement was renewed and improved upon in March 2001; further updated and strengthened in August 2003; and again in June 2005. 

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IE&rsquo;s Lars Myhre, ICEM&rsquo;s Manfred Warda, and Erling Brevik and Aksel Stenerud, from StatoilHydro.
 
The provisions of the new global agreement are broadly similar to those of the predecessor agreement, however the accord now has a much wider scope. It covers 29,500 StatoilHydro workers in 40 countries. 
 
&ldquo;Our original agreement with Statoil set a model for international social dialogue that laid firm foundations for other GFAs the ICEM has been able to negotiate,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;From the beginning, the company made a commitment to ensure the agreement was a functioning one. 
 
&ldquo;I am delighted that this commitment to social dialogue and the agreement itself continues with the new company, and now has been extended to a wide range of workers in many more countries than the original.&rdquo; 

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On behalf of StatoilHydro, the agreement was signed by Erling Brevik, Vice President of Industrial Relations. Lars Myhre signed on behalf of IE. 
 
The parties agreed that early in 2009 there will be a meeting to share information and plan in detail how the global agreement will be implemented across the wide-ranging activities of the merged company, and to advance a joint social dialogue course. 
 
StatoilHydro was established on 1 October 2007, and is now the world&rsquo;s largest oil and gas firm in waters 100 metres deep or more. The company operates 39 oil and gas fields with production averages of over 1.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, and proven reserves of more than 6 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The company has more than 30 years of experience on the Norwegian continental shelf, pioneering complex offshore projects under rigorous condition.

ICEM Signs New Global Agreement with Norwegian Energy Concern, StatoilHydro

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ICEM Genel Sekreteri Manfred Warda Meksika h&uuml;k&uuml;metinin uyguladığı sendikal baskıyı Burma ve Zimbabve rejimlerinin uygulamalarına benzetti. Meksika'da y&ouml;netim son olarak iki sendika y&ouml;neticisini tutukladı ve sendikanın banka hesaplarına el koydu. 
 
H&uuml;k&uuml;metin sistemli baskısı altındaki Meksika Maden ve Metal İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikası (SNTMMSRM) &uuml;lkede demokratik bir &ouml;rg&uuml;t olarak varlığını korumak i&ccedil;in m&uuml;cadele ediyor. 
 
Son tutuklamalar &uuml;lkedeki en b&uuml;y&uuml;k bakır madeni şirketi Grupo M&eacute;xico ile diğer işverenlerin isteği &uuml;zerine yapıldı. ICEM başka sendikacıların da tutuklanmak &uuml;zere olduğuna dikkat &ccedil;ekiyor. 

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İki sendika y&ouml;neticisi, SNTMMSRM'nin Politik Sekreteri Carlos Pavon Campos ile sendikanın Genel Adalet Konseyi Başkanı Juan Linares Montufar, Grupo M&eacute;xico'nun Cananea bakır madeninin &ouml;zelleştirilmesinden sonra sendikaya verilen fonları &ccedil;almakla su&ccedil;lanıyor. Meksika'da Fresnillo, Madero, and Sabinas madenlerinin aralarında bulunduğu bir&ccedil;ok işyerindeki maden iş&ccedil;ileri tutuklamaları protesto etmek &uuml;zere iş bıraktılar. Madenciler iki sendikacının serbest bırakılmasını talep ediyorlar. 
Juan Linares'in yasadışı tutuklanması, federal ve eyalet g&uuml;venlik g&uuml;&ccedil;lerince 3 Aralık g&uuml;n&uuml; evinden alınmasıyla ger&ccedil;ekleşti. Carlos Campos'un keyfi ve yasadışı bir şekilde Camarones g&ouml;zaltı merkezine g&ouml;t&uuml;r&uuml;lmesi ise ertesi g&uuml;n ger&ccedil;ekleşti. 
Meksika y&ouml;netiminin baskı uygulamaları son &uuml;&ccedil; yıldır kaygı verici bir seyir izliyor. SNTMMSRM'nin Genel Sekreteri Napoleon Gomez Urretia iki kez sendikadan alınarak g&ouml;t&uuml;r&uuml;ld&uuml;, diğer sendika y&ouml;neticileri de haksız ve uydurma su&ccedil;lamalara maruz kaldı. Bu su&ccedil;lamaların bir&ccedil;oğu mahkemelerden d&ouml;nd&uuml;.

ICEM Meksika Hükümetinin Uyguladığı Sendikal Baskıyı Kınıyor

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K&uuml;resel federasyon y&ouml;neticilerinden oluşan bir heyet, 5 Aralık 2008'de tutuklanan Kore Sendikalar Konfederasyonu (KCTU) Başkanı Lee Suk-haeng'in serbest bırakılmasını sağlamak &uuml;zere 26 Ocak 2009'da G&uuml;ney Kore'ye gidiyor. Heyetin başında Uluslararası Sendikalar Konfederasyonu (ITUC) Genel Sekreteri Guy Ryder ve OECD nezdindeki Sendikal Danışma Komitesi (TUAC) Genel Sekreteri John Evans yer alacak. 
 
Ziyaret, KCTU ile Kore Sendikalar Federasyonu'ndan (FKTU) oluşan ortak komitenin ge&ccedil;en hafta yaptığı toplantıda, h&uuml;k&uuml;metin uyguladığı &ldquo;sendikal baskıdan duyduğu ciddi kaygılar&rdquo;ı a&ccedil;ıklaması &uuml;zerine ger&ccedil;ekleşecek. 
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Lee Suk-haeng, ABD'den Kore'ye sığır eti ithalatını protesto etmeye y&ouml;nelik grevler ve oturma grevleri yapılmasını teşvik etmek ve 2007 ortalarında E-Land perakende firmasının mağazalarında oturma grevleri d&uuml;zenlemek suretiyle &ldquo;iş yaşamını engellemekle&rdquo; su&ccedil;lanıyor. E-Land şirketi, Kore'de ge&ccedil;ici iş&ccedil;ilere sınırlı haklar tanıyan D&uuml;zensiz İsitihdam Yasası'nın 1 Temmuz 2007'de y&uuml;r&uuml;rl&uuml;ğe girmesinden &ouml;nce 900 ge&ccedil;ici iş&ccedil;iyi işten attı. 
 
İşten atmalar, bir protesto patlamasına yol a&ccedil;tı. Binlerce kişinin desteğiyle 12 mağazada patlak veren oturma grevlerinde başı işten atılanlar &ccedil;ekiyordu. 20 Temmuz 2007'de polis oturma grevlerini kırmak i&ccedil;in şiddet kullandı ve eylemleri d&uuml;zenlediğinden ş&uuml;phe edilen sendika y&ouml;neticileri hakkında tutuklama kararları &ccedil;ıkarıldı. Aralarında KCTU Başkan Yardımcısı Jin Young-ok ile Genel Sekreter Lee Yong-sik'in bulunduğu diğer sendika y&ouml;neticileri de tutuklandı. 
 
Aralık ayında, ICEM, G&uuml;ney Kore Başkanı Lee Myung-bak'a g&ouml;nderdiği mektupta, 20 milyon &uuml;yeli federasyonun &ldquo;sendika y&ouml;neticilerinin sadece temel iş&ccedil;i haklarını kullanmalarından &ouml;t&uuml;r&uuml; tutuklanıp hapse atılmasından&rdquo; dehşete kapıldığını belirtti. ICEM şimdi G&uuml;ney Kore y&ouml;netimini, Ocak sonlarında &uuml;lkeye gidecek k&uuml;resel sendika heyetinin isteğine saygı g&ouml;stermeye ve devletin uyguladığı sendikal baskıyı kınayan iki Kore sendikal merkezinin talebini kabul etmeye &ccedil;ağırıyor; ayrıca, Lee Suk-haeng'in derhal serbest bırakılması &ccedil;ağrısını yineliyor.

Küresel Federasyon Yöneticileri Lee Suk-haeng&#039;in Tutuklanmasını Araştırmak İçin Kore&#039;ye Gidiyor

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Gazze halkına insani yardım malzemesiyle y&uuml;kl&uuml; ilk kargo u&ccedil;ağı, Uluslararası Nakliyat Federasyonu'nun (ITF) katkılarıyla, ge&ccedil;en hafta, 8 Ocak g&uuml;n&uuml; Mısır'da Al-Ariş'e indi. Hem ITF hem Uluslararası Sendikalar Konfederasyonu (ITUC) yiyecek, su ve tıbbi yardım gere&ccedil;lerinden oluşan sendikal yardım malzemesini ulaştırma &ccedil;alışmalarını aktif olarak s&uuml;rd&uuml;r&uuml;yor. 
 
Ortadoğu'daki nakliyat sendikalarından ve diğer sendikalardan toplanan yardım malzemesi Gazze'deki Kızılay'a iletildi. Aynı zamanda &Uuml;rd&uuml;n Hava Nakliyat ve Turizm İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikası'nın y&ouml;neticisi olan, ITF Arap &Uuml;lkeleri Temsilcisi Bilal Malkawi, ITF tarafından satın alınan hayati malzemeyi i&ccedil;eren kargonun naklini denetliyor. Malzemenin nakli &Uuml;rd&uuml;n Kraliyet u&ccedil;aklarıyla yapılıyor. Yardım u&ccedil;uşları devam edecek. 

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ITF Genel Sekreteri David Cockroft ş&ouml;yle dedi: &ldquo;Bu tıbbi malzeme hayati olmakla birlikte, Gazze'de acil bir ateşkese duyulan ihtiyacı herhangi bir şekilde azaltmıyor.&rdquo; 
 
Hatırlanacağı gibi, ICEM 31 Aralık'ta yaptığı bir a&ccedil;ıklamada derhal ateşkese gidilmesi &ccedil;ağrısında bulunmuştu. 
 

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B&uuml;t&uuml;n d&uuml;nyada, &ouml;zellikle Ortadoğu'da sendikalar İsrail'in Gazze'ye y&ouml;nelik saldırılarını kınıyor ve Gazze'deki silahsız Filistin halkına y&ouml;neltilmiş bu vahşi saldırının durdurulmasını talep ediyor. 
 
ITUC Gazze halkına sendikal yardımı ulaştırmak i&ccedil;in Filistin ve &Uuml;rd&uuml;n'deki ulusal sendikal merkezlerle (PGFTU and GFJTU) birlikte &ccedil;alışıyor. ITUC &ldquo;Gazze'ye Sendikal Yardım&rdquo; adlı bir hesap a&ccedil;mış bulunuyor. 
 
ITF'nin ve &Uuml;rd&uuml;n Hava Nakliyat İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikası'nın &ccedil;alışmalarına katkıda bulunmak isteyen sendikalar malkaw_bilal@itf.org.uk adresinde Bilal'le temasa ge&ccedil;ebilirler.

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