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The General Council of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on all Zimbabweans to remove their cash from banks on Wednesday, 3 December. Union heads, leading a march, will present a petition that same day to Gideon Gono, the Governor of Zimbabwe&rsquo;s Reserve Bank, which the International Monetary Fund says is bankrupt. 
 
In Zimbabwe, the government imposed a low cash withdrawal limit, and Wednesday&rsquo;s action by the ZCTU in six regions is expected to challenge that authority. The daily withdrawal limit from automatic tellers is now Z$500, equivalent to R1 South African, or &euro;.08. Gono said in a state-run newspaper recently that the low limits will reduce long queues outside banks. 

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The labour protest is meant not only as a stand against a clamp on banking, but it is against a number of larger issues, including Mugabe dictates giving preferential treatment to some shop owners to trade in foreign currencies. The masses in Zimbabweans are excluded from such shops, and regardless, they have little currency and no means to buy food, medicine, or the necessities of basic life, even if those essentials were on Zimbabwe&rsquo;s shelves. 
 
The ZCTU clearly made that point in making its &ldquo;cash availability&rdquo; announcement following its General Council meeting in Masvingo on 25 November. The union federation estimated that thousands of Zimbabweans have died in recent months simply from inability to buy available medicines. 
 
The ICEM extends support to the ZCTU for its heroic efforts aimed at improving life and bringing dignity to the people of Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe Trade Union Congress Calls for Bank Run, 3 December

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Thousands of oil and gas workers held a rally on Thursday, 19 November, in continuation of strong protests against the decision to privatize the Qadirpur gas fields. The company, Oil &amp; Gas Development Company Ltd., will lose huge assets to foreign investors. The government is expecting to receive between US$3 and US$4 billion, whereas many commentators value the assets at more than US$12 billion.
The most recent rally was led by the OGDCL Labour Union President, Chaudry Mohammad Akram. &ldquo;The Qadirpur gas field is a profit-earning entity, making over US$182 million for the state each year, and its privatization will hurt the national interest,&rdquo; he said. 
 
Hundreds of workers in the Dhodhak oil fields staged a demonstration and blocked the Taunsa Sharif-Dera Ismail Khan road for four hours, while dozens of OGDCL workers from the Qadirpur fields staged hunger strikes, demanding that the government reverse the decision. 

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&ldquo;President Asif Ali Zardari should act upon the mission and policies of Ali Bhutto instead of following the policies of IMF-World Bank and the United States,&rdquo; said Badshah Khan Qaiserani, a manager at the Dhodhak oil and gas fields. 
 
Leader of the opposition political party JI, Liaqat Baloch, assured the demonstrators that political parties would support their cause. &ldquo;We will launch a massive countrywide political move if government fails to withdraw its privatization decision.&rdquo; 
 
The Pakistan Muslim League-N has also strongly opposed the move to privatize. Information Secretary, Ahsan Iqbal, described the Qadirpur gas fields as &ldquo;the spinal cord of the Pakistan economy. The country is already facing an energy crisis, this would further worsen the situation.&rdquo; 
 
Elsewhere in Pakistan, workers from WAPDA Hydro Electric Central Labour Union held a rally, demonstrating against recent price hikes, unemployment and lawlessness.

Workers in Pakistan Unite Against Oil, Gas Privatisation

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Fourteen Turkish trade unions, comprising the ICEM Coordinating Committee of Turkey, met in Ankara on 20 November and formulated an ambitious agenda related to union-building activities. 
 
Led by the ICEM Secretariat, Turkey&rsquo;s leading trade union officials agreed to an Organising and Social Dialogue Project, sponsored by the global arm of the Dutch national labour center, FNV Mondiaal; they agreed to launch a cross-border series of solidarity activities with Iraqi unions; and they agreed to begin a campaign on getting Turkey&rsquo;s government to ratify ILO Convention 176, the Safety and Health in Mines Convention. 
 
The meeting was hosted by Tes-İş, the Turkish Energy, Water, and Gas Workers&rsquo; Union, and chaired by Mustafa Kumlu, the union&rsquo;s President, who also serves on the ICEM Executive and is President of Turkish national labour center T&uuml;rk- İş. He addressed the negative effects brought on by the global financial crisis inside Turkey&rsquo;s industrial sectors. 

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Tes-İş President, Mustafa Kumlu
ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda and Chemicals and Rubber Officer Kemal &Ouml;zkan presented the two-year FNV Mondiaal project for Turkey and the necessity for ratification of Convention 176. Later, T&uuml;rkiye Maden-İş, the largest mining union in Turkey, agreed to lead the ratification effort. 
 
The project will consist of eight activities in which 500 trade unionists will come together to begin recruitment exercises, create proper workers&rsquo; representation systems within workplaces, and to develop techniques to establish constructive bargaining and social dialogue practices with employers. 
In Coordinating Committee business, Turkish union leaders decided to establish a technical committee to prepare background information to the full committee. Besides Tes-İş and T&uuml;rkiye Maden-İş, other trade unions participating included: &Ccedil;imse-İş, Cement, Ceramics, Pottery, and Glass Workers&rsquo; Union; Belediye- İş, the Municipal and General Workers&rsquo; Union; Petrol-İş, Oil and Chemical Workers&rsquo; Union; Genel Maden-İş, representing Mine Workers; and Dev Maden-Sen, another union representing Mine Workers. 
 

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Participants at ICEM's Coordinating Committee
 
Also, Lastik-İş, Petroleum and Rubber Workers&rsquo; Union; ESM, or the Energy, Industry, and Mining Union of Public Employees; Sel&uuml;loz-İş, Pulp, Paper and Paper Products Union; Kristal-İş, Glass, Cement, Ceramic and Soil Workers&rsquo; Union; T&uuml;rk-Enerji-Sen, the Energy, Mine, Metal, Petroleum and Chemistry Branch Employees&rsquo; Union; T&uuml;mka-İş, the All Pulp and Paper Workers&rsquo; Union; and T&uuml;rk Tarim Orman-Sen, a Union of agricultural, forestry, and environmental services&rsquo; workers. 
 
The ICEM Secretariat delegation also received commitments from &Ccedil;imse-İş and Kristal-İş to co-host ICEM&rsquo;s 2009 World Conference for the Materials Industry. Also attending the Coordinating Committee meeting was Michael Mersmann, head of the International Department of German affiliated union, IGBCE.

ICEM’s Turkish Coordinating Committee Takes on Dutch Project

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In Victoria, Australia, on 29 November, a state prosecutor dismissed charges against a construction trade union leader who faced six months imprisonment for exercising basic trade union rights. The union leader, Noel Washington, the Senior Vice President for the Construction, Forestry, Mine, Energy Union&rsquo;s (CFMEU) Victoria Branch, was to appear tomorrow, 2 December, in a Melbourne Magistrates Court on charges that he failed to show up for interrogation by a government watchdog agency created by former Prime Minister John Howard. 
 
The criminal charge against Washington was brought by an empowered Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), which has authority to conduct broad and over-reaching investigations into industrial matters. Washington&rsquo;s alleged crime was that he refused to come before an ABCC inquisition in June on matters that occurred inside a union meeting. 
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Noel Washington
Washington, in his CFMEU capacity, met with workers during a lunch period and off-the-job union meeting in 2007. The ABCC had been demanding an account of comments made in that meeting. 
 
Several trade unions, including the ICEM, registered strong letters of protest at current Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd over the Washington indictment. The unions called on Rudd to publicly refute the &ldquo;errant misuse of power given the ABCC by the Howard government,&rdquo; and called the charges clear breaches of ILO Conventions 87 and 98, the Freedom of Association and Right to Bargain Collectively Conventions. The Building and Woodworkers&rsquo; Union (BWI) also issued a global statement calling on trade unions everywhere to protest the charges against Washington. 
 
The CFMEU says Washington is not alone in defending commonly accepted union rights. Some 100 other building tradesmen have been up on similar charges by the ABCC in the recent past. On 12 September, Washington&rsquo;s first court date, CFMEU held rallies at the courthouse in Geelong and elsewhere across Australia. The union and the Australian Council of Trades Unions (ACTU) had begun airing television ads against ABCC&rsquo;s wide swath of powers in the days just prior to the dismissal. 
 
Fair Work legislation now in Australia&rsquo;s Parliament is expected to strip the agency of its powers, as well as giving agency itself a make-over.

Case Dropped against CFMEU’s Noel Washington, Charged with Defending His Lawful Union Rights

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After a long process of collective organisation and negotiation, ICEM affiliate Sintravidricol of Colombia, together with the workers of Caldas Glass Company, VICAL S.A., achieved a significant victory against Contract and Agency Labour (CAL). The right to organise collectively was established, and the first collective agreement was signed by this group of workers. 
 
It follows a similar collective agreement covering part-time workers achieved with Peldar Glass &ndash; part of Owens-Illinois &ndash; at Zipaquira, Colombia. There, ICEM&rsquo;s Colombia Project successfully combined the federation&rsquo;s global CAL programme, and a Social Dialogue project unique to multinationals operating in Colombia, to bring full-time status for many of Peldar&rsquo;s temporary workers. 
 
The unionisation of the workers at Caldas Glass had been attempted by various groups repeatedly for the past 20 years, notably by Risaralda-CUT. 
The artisan workers at the Caldas Glass Factory make various glass products, using mainly only their hands (and lungs) in their work. At least 80% of the workers in the plant are employed through temporary work contracts, with tose agreements lasting less than a year. 

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Even workers with 15, 20, 30 years of service remain on one-year contracts, and its non uncommon for them to receive wages and social benefits late. Under these conditions, the workers took the brave decision to organise. 
 
The three priorities of the newly organised workers: to end the system of separating workers from their years of service by imposing the yearly contracts; full recognition of the union by Caldas and registry with the Ministry of Social Protection; and labour stability, a key component to achieving a better and more productive workplace. 
 
Impressively, early talks with management indicate that the new union will achieve all three goals. Caldas, as well, will meet with Sintravidricol in a labor-management committee to analyse the problems of workers. The union also has established regular meetings with the president of the company. In addition, the first negotiations achieved scholarships for children of all employees of thirty thousand pesos (US$2,200) each, a productivity bonus, and a salary increase, equivalent to the percentage of the minimum wage increase as ordered by the national government. 
 
The ICEM commends its Colombian affiliate, Sintravidricol, in this very significant achievement.

Hard Fought Victory for Colombian Trade Unionists

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The dismantling of anti-social work laws in Australia has finally begun, a full year after a Labour government replaced the failed economic and social policies of former Prime Minister John Howard. On 25 November, introduction of some 650 pages of rollbacks to Howard&rsquo;s work laws came in Parliament&rsquo;s House of Representatives. Fair Work Australia, replacing Howard&rsquo;s WorkChoices, is now on track toward law as it heads to Australia&rsquo;s Senate in 2009. 
 
House minority leaders promised they would not dilute the package, but a combination of Tory, Family First, and independents have threatened to offer amendments that could bring portions of any final legislation back to the Howard work agenda. Last week, Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned the Senate not to tamper with the legislation and to pass it with no delay. 
 
The legislation creates a Fair Work Commission that replaces six agencies created by the Howard government that essentially removed regulations concerning workplace governance. Fair Work creates ten national job standards, and it charters collective bargaining as the main tenet in labour-management relations. Individual labour agreements, or AWAs in Howard speak, are still applicable, but only under common law. 

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The legislation spells out workers&rsquo; rights to representation; access to arbitration, even on economic matters; and gives casual workers certain rights. It also establishes a 38-hour workweek, grants four weeks annual leave, and allows the practice of flexible work schedules and conditions to take hold. In addition, it sets out a standard process for regularly raising the minimum wage. 
Most industry groups were passive in issuing any negative comments on MP and Workplace Relations Commissioner Julia Gillard&rsquo;s House introduction. The Australian Mines and Metals Association was a blatant exception, however. Ignoring the toll on production and jobs due to an economic collapse, the association took a low road by saying Fair Work will create &ldquo;turf wars&rdquo; between unions, causing loss of productivity and jobs. 
 
Considering the devastation brought to hundreds of millions by unregulated capital &ndash; notably depicted by Howard&rsquo;s draconian job laws &ndash; the association&rsquo;s comment stands as strong argument that more workplace regulations and better protections are part of the solution toward solid economic footing. 

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President ACTU, Sharon Burrow
Sharon Burrow, President of the Australian Council of Trades Unions (ACTU), the trade union centre that brought all Australian unions together under a single voice to reverse WorkChoices, called the legislation &ldquo;a major achievement but that does not mean the campaign for better rights is over. Unions remain concerned that there are important areas of unfinished business.&rdquo; 
 
The legislation does contain some ambiguity regarding strike rights, as well as practical application of the consultation and arbitration procedures. And a pre-Howard three-strike warning rule before dismissal is not in the current bill. It is replaced by a one-warning rule before lawful dismissal can occur. The dismissal criteria is extended to workers employed in worksites of less than 15 staff, provided they have worked for 12 months. 
 
With Australian Senate approval, the new and improved set of workplace social standards will take effect 1 January 2010.

Parliament in Australia Takes Up ‘Fair Work’ scuttling ‘WorkChoices’

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Saskatchewan Inc.'a bağlı Potash Corp. şirketinde &ccedil;alışan 500 Kanadalı maden iş&ccedil;isi yeni bir toplu s&ouml;zleşme bağıtlamak amacıyla &uuml;&ccedil; ayı aşkın bir s&uuml;redir grevdeydi. Birleşik &Ccedil;elik İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikası'nın &uuml;&ccedil; şubesine bağlı iş&ccedil;ilerin y&uuml;zde 77,5'inin yeni toplu iş s&ouml;zleşmesini onaylaması &uuml;zerine, grev 13 Kasım g&uuml;n&uuml; sona erdi. 
 
&Uuml;&ccedil; yıl s&uuml;reli s&ouml;zleşme asgari y&uuml;zde 18 bir &uuml;cret artışı &ouml;ng&ouml;r&uuml;yor. Sendikanın Kanadalı y&ouml;neticilerinden Roger Falconer, sendika &uuml;yelerinin işbaşı yapmaktan mutlu olduklarını belirtti. S&ouml;zleşme uyarınca, geriye etkili olarak 7 Ağustos'tan itibaren iş&ccedil;ilere 5.000 Kanada doları ek pazar primi/ikramiyesi ve saat başına 1.35 Kanada dolarından başlamak &uuml;zere vardiya prim artışları sağlanıyor. S&ouml;zleşme tatil &ouml;demelerinde de artışlar &ouml;ng&ouml;r&uuml;yor. 

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Ekonomideki hızlı gerileme nedeniyle, grevin başlıca nedenlerinden biri olan &uuml;r&uuml;n temeline dayalı prim/ikramiye talebi ger&ccedil;ekleşmedi. 
 
PotashCorp'un 2007 k&acirc;rlarında 2006'ya oranla y&uuml;zde 400'l&uuml;k bir artış ger&ccedil;ekleşti. D&uuml;nyanın en b&uuml;y&uuml;k g&uuml;bre işletmelerine sahip şirket Kanada'nın potas arzının y&uuml;zde 18'ini, d&uuml;nyadaki &uuml;retim kapasitesinin y&uuml;zde 6'sını sağlıyor.

USW Canadian Members End 99-Day Strike at Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

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İspanya'nın Madrid kentinde, 4 Kasım'da, ICEM'in desteklediği Latin Amerika/İspanya Repsol-YPF Sendika Ağı'nın petrol-gaz şirketince tanınmasını sağlayan bir anlaşma imzalandı. Repsol YPF'nin hisselerinin y&uuml;zde 85'ini elinde tutuyor. Ağ, enerji grubunun faaliyet g&ouml;sterdiği &uuml;lkelerdeki sendikaları temsil edecek. 
 
Anlaşma &uuml;&ccedil; yıllık bir &ccedil;alışmanın &uuml;r&uuml;n&uuml;. İspanya'daki ulusal sendikal merkezlerden İş&ccedil;i Komisyonları'na (CC.OO) bağlı İspanya Barış ve Dayanışma Vakfı her iki şirketin iş&ccedil;ilerini temsil eden sendikaların bir araya gelmesini sağlayan projeyi başlattı. Proje Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires ve Lima'da yapılan toplantılarla hayata ge&ccedil;irildi. 

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Sendikaların oluşturduğu ağ ile şirket y&ouml;netimi arasında bu ayın başlarında imzalanan anlaşma, şirket &ccedil;alışanları a&ccedil;ısından &ouml;nem taşıyan konuları ve Latin Amerika ve İspanya'daki k&uuml;resel şirket politikalarıyla ilgili sorunları g&ouml;r&uuml;şme konusunda tarafların iradesini dile getiriyor. 
 
Ağ Repsol ve YPF işyerlerindeki sendika şube federasyonlarının temsilcileri ile ICEM'in temsilcilerinden oluşuyor. Sendika ağı on kişilik bir koordinasyon organı se&ccedil;ti. Koordinasyon kurulu sendikal faaliyetleri y&ouml;netecek ve ağın toplantılarını hazırlayacak. Toplantılarda bilgi alışverişi yapılacak ve her &uuml;lkedeki Repsol ve YPF işyerlerindeki &ccedil;alışma koşulları değerlendirilecek. 
 
Yıllık toplantılarda sendikaların getirdiği sorunları şirket y&ouml;netimiyle birlikte ele almak ve &ccedil;&ouml;zmek &uuml;zere tamg&uuml;n m&uuml;zakereler yapılacak, Repsol ve YPF'nin sekt&ouml;rdeki durumları ve yatırımları hakkında bilgi alışverişi ve değerlendirmeler yapılacak. 
 
Madrid'de 3-4 Kasım g&uuml;nlerinde yapılan toplantıda, sendika temsilcileri, ge&ccedil;en yıl kurulan web sayfasına daha fazla bilgi girişi sağlayarak bilgi akışının ve iletişimin artırılmasını kararlaştırdılar. Sendikalar &ouml;zellikle b&uuml;t&uuml;n işyerlerinde &ccedil;alışma s&uuml;releriyle (haftalık ve yıllık &ccedil;alışma s&uuml;releri, vardiya sistemleri, iş &ccedil;izelgeleri ve fazla mesai ile) ilgili bir rapor hazırlayacaklar. 2009'da Kolombiya'da yapılacak toplantıda, grubun istihdam ettiği taşeron iş&ccedil;ilerinin karşı karşıya bulunduğu &ouml;zel sorunlar ele alınacak. 

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Repsol-YPF ile imzalanan anlaşma, sendikal koordinasyon alanında ileriye doğru atılmış &ouml;nemli bir adımdır. Anlaşma b&uuml;t&uuml;n iş&ccedil;ilerin &ccedil;alışma koşullarının gelecekte daha da iyileşmesini sağlayacaktır. Ayrıca, bu, bir &uuml;lkedeki &ccedil;alışma koşulları ile diğer &uuml;lkelerdeki &ccedil;alışma koşullarının doğrudan etkileşim i&ccedil;inde olduğu k&uuml;reselleşme &ccedil;ağında sendikal birliği sağlama y&ouml;n&uuml;nde bir adımdır. 
 
Repsol ağına şu sendikalar katılıyor: Arjantin'den FASPyGP-CGT ve SUPeH-CGT; Bolivya'dan FSTPB; Brezilya'dan FUP-CUT; Kolombiya'dan USO-CUT; Ekvador'dan Petrol İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikaları Federasyonu; İspanya'dan FITEQU-CC.OO ve FIA-UGT; Peru'dan SUT RELAPA; Trinidad ve Tobago'dan Petrol İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikası ve Venezuela'dan SINUTRAPETROL.

Repsol Yönetimi İspanya/Latin Amerika İşçilerinin Enerji Ağını Resmen Tanıdı

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B&uuml;y&uuml;k toplumsal acılara yol a&ccedil;an mali krizi g&ouml;r&uuml;şmek &uuml;zere 6 Kasım g&uuml;n&uuml; Cenevre'de toplanan ICEM Başkanlar Kurulu, krizden kaynaklanan &ccedil;&ouml;k&uuml;nt&uuml;n&uuml;n &ldquo;tarihte bir d&ouml;n&uuml;m noktası&rdquo; olduğunu ve &ldquo;mevcut sermaye sisteminin işlemediğini&rdquo; kanıtladığını a&ccedil;ıklayan bir karar aldı. 
 
Başkanlar Kurulu, yapılan tartışmalardan sonra, mevcut piyasa sisteminin işlemediği ve &ldquo;kurulacak yeni ve daha adil bir k&uuml;resel sermaye sisteminin, yeni k&uuml;resel kurallar i&ccedil;eren sıkı bir mali g&ouml;zetim ve y&ouml;netim gerektirdiği&rdquo; konusunda g&ouml;r&uuml;ş birliğine vardı. 
 
Karar, d&uuml;nyada &ccedil;&ouml;k&uuml;şten en az sorumlu olan insanların &ldquo;krizin etkilerine en a&ccedil;ık, krizden en k&ouml;t&uuml; etkilenen ve krizin &uuml;stesinden en zor gelebilecek kesimler&rdquo; olduğunu vurguluyor. 
 
Kararı okumak i&ccedil;in <a href="/index.php?id=3&amp;la=TR&amp;doc=2864">burayı tıklayın</a>.

ICEM Başkanlar Kurulu Mali Kriz Konusunda Karar Aldı

Piyasa sisteminin spek&uuml;latif anarşisinden kaynaklanan k&uuml;resel mali krizin ICEM'in faaliyet g&ouml;sterdiği sekt&ouml;rlerde yol a&ccedil;tığı b&uuml;y&uuml;k ekonomik zorlukların yanı sıra daha b&uuml;y&uuml;k &ouml;l&ccedil;&uuml;de ve daha derin etkiler yaratacağı kesindir. 
 
Ge&ccedil;mişteki ekonomik krizlerin ortak &ouml;zelliği, ekonomik &ccedil;&ouml;k&uuml;nt&uuml;den en az sorumlu olan insanların genellikle krizin etkilerine en a&ccedil;ık, krizden en k&ouml;t&uuml; etkilenen ve krizin sonu&ccedil;larıyla en zor başa &ccedil;ıkabilecek kesimler olmasıdır. 
 
Ticaretin gerilemesine, daha d&uuml;ş&uuml;k kredi i&ccedil;in daha fazla rekabete ve yatırımcıların gelişmekte olan &uuml;lkelerle ilgili projelerden ka&ccedil;masına yol a&ccedil;an krize karşı genelde toplumun değil, mali kurumların ve onların ortaklarının korunması &uuml;zerinde duruluyor. 
 
Krizin &ccedil;ıktığı yer olan ABD'de, Birleşik &Ccedil;elik İş&ccedil;ileri Sendikası'nın ABD Hazine Bakanlığı'na g&ouml;nderdiği mektupta vurguladığı &uuml;zere, 700 milyar dolarlık kurtarma paketiyle, vergi y&uuml;k&uuml;ml&uuml;lerinin yarattığı kaynaklar bir avu&ccedil; finans kurumuna bağışlanıyor. B&ouml;ylece devlet, bir sekt&ouml;r&uuml; kendi kusuruyla battığı krizden kurtarmanın faturasını vergi y&uuml;k&uuml;ml&uuml;lerine &ouml;detmiş oluyor. 
 
K&uuml;resel mali krizden &ouml;nce, kısa vadede muazzam k&acirc;rlar elde etme hırsıyla, mantık dışı ve misli g&ouml;r&uuml;lmemiş bir bor&ccedil;lanma ve spek&uuml;lasyon d&ouml;nemi yaşandı. Bu d&ouml;nemin belirgin &ouml;zelliklerinden biri, &uuml;cretler aşağı &ccedil;ekilir, &ccedil;alışma koşulları k&ouml;t&uuml;leşirken, tepe y&ouml;neticilerinin maaş ve k&acirc;r paylarının rekor d&uuml;zeylere varmasıydı. 
 
B&uuml;t&uuml;n bu nedenlerden dolayı: 
 
Emeklilik ve kamu fonları gibi iş&ccedil;ilere ait ortak kaynaklar iş&ccedil;ilerin &ccedil;ıkarlarını korumak, iş&ccedil;i haklarını, &uuml;cretlerini ve &ccedil;alışma standartlarını savunmak i&ccedil;in kullanılmalıdır. 
 
ICEM'in tarihte bir d&ouml;n&uuml;m noktası olarak g&ouml;rd&uuml;ğ&uuml; bu mali &ccedil;&ouml;k&uuml;nt&uuml; y&uuml;r&uuml;rl&uuml;kteki sermaye sisteminin işlemediğini ve yeniden d&uuml;zenlenmesi gerektiğini ortaya koyuyor. Kamu kaynaklarının finans kurumlarına akıtılması sivil toplumun etkinliğinin artmasını ve b&uuml;t&uuml;n toplumsal kesimlerin finans sekt&ouml;r&uuml;n&uuml;n yeniden d&uuml;zenlenmesi ihtiyacını kabul etmesini gerektiriyor. 
 
K&uuml;resel Sendikalar Konseyi, 2009 başlarında yapacağı toplantıda, D&uuml;nya Bankası'nın, IMF'nin, D&uuml;nya Ticaret &Ouml;rg&uuml;t&uuml;'n&uuml;n, Sekizler Grubu'nun ve OECD'nin gelişmekte olan &uuml;lkelerle ilgili proje taahh&uuml;tlerinden veya Milenyum Gelişme Hedefleri'nden vazge&ccedil;memelerini hedefleyen bir politika benimsemelidir. 
 
ICEM yeni ve daha adil bir k&uuml;resel sermaye sistemi kurulması hedefini K&uuml;resel Sendikalar Konseyi &ccedil;er&ccedil;evesindeki &ccedil;alışmalarında da g&ouml;zetmelidir. Kurulacak bu sistem yeni k&uuml;resel kurallar i&ccedil;eren sıkı bir mali g&ouml;zetim ve y&ouml;netim sistemi &ouml;ng&ouml;rmeli, ayrıca, k&uuml;resel sermayeyi denetleyen devletlerin kapsamı, &ouml;zellikle gelişmekte olan &uuml;lke devletlerinin katılımıyla genişletilmelidir.

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