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Industrial action that was to begin today at a pulp and paper mill in the UK has been cancelled because progress was made in redundancy consultation talks last Friday, 11 December. Paperworkers who are members of Unite the Union voted 226 to 30 for industrial action, after Iggesund Paper &ndash; a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swedish Holmen Paper &ndash; announced unilateral job cuts in early November. 
 
Iggesund, operating a softwood pulp mill and paperboard mill in Cumbria, sought to cut 99 of 480 jobs at the facility. Following the announcement, local managers said there was no need for consultation. UK law states that redundancies of less that100 workers must be preceded by a 30-day union-management consultation period, while jobs cuts totaling over 100 workers must see a 90-day consultation. 

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External pressure and the overwhelming vote for industrial action convinced management to discuss its reasons for the redundancies. Peter Ellis, a Unite the Union National Secretary, reported that Friday&rsquo;s talks between the union and Iggesund reduced the number of job cuts by five, with the potential for possibly saving more jobs to occur in coming consultation sessions. 
 
In the lead-up to the industrial ballot, the ICEM delivered nearly 100 messages of support from global pulp and paper unions to Unite the Union, messages that were distributed on the shop floor of the paper company.

Industrial Action at Iggesund Paper Mill in UK Suspended

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As part of the monitoring of implementation of their global framework agreement, ICEM and central management of French-based chemicals multinational Rhodia carried out a joint mission in the USA from 6-11 December. A similar joint mission occurred first in China in 2007 and in Brasil last year. The principal objective was to ensure that the global agreement is properly implemented at specific workplaces. 
ICEM was represented by its General Secretary Manfred Warda and Chemicals and Rubber Officer Kemal &Ouml;zkan, while Group Vice-President, Human Resources, Yolene Coppin and Vice President, Sustainable Development, Jacques Kheliff from Rhodia were present. 
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ICEM delegation with plant management
At the first day of the meeting at the headquarters of the North American zone, headed by Jim Harton, Rhodia&rsquo;s North American business was introduced to the mission. Following ICEM&rsquo;s presentation on its general activities and particular efforts on global agreements, there was a special discussion on the US economic and legal situation. Employing around 1600 workers in 18 manufacturing units, the North American section of Rhodia has four categories of operations which are Novacare, Eco Services, Silcea and Polyamide. The majority of the production workers of Rhodia in North America are organised by ICEM-affiliated trade unions, USW, IBT and LIUNA. 
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ICEM delegation with plant union reps
The mission visited the headquarters of the USW at Pittsburgh and met International President Leo Gerard and his Assistant Jerry Fernandez. President Gerard introduced USW and its activities, particularly the drives to secure manufacturing and industrial employment in the US. The mission later travelled to Houston where Rhodia has a plant of Eco Services, organised by the USW. After the meeting with the factory union committee and local officers of the USW, the local management team briefed the group on the plant&rsquo;s activities and labour relations, followed by a site tour. The Rhodia North American team also informed the ICEM about the company&rsquo;s policies and programmes on human resources, employee benefits, and community relations. 
&ldquo;Between 2007 and 2009, in the framework of our global agreement, we have realised various missions in all the zones where Rhodia has business. This clearly demonstrates our engagement with a multinational company at a global scale, and it works very well,&rdquo; commented ICEM General Secretary Warda. &ldquo;We believe that that global agreements can and should play a meaningful and constructive role in labour relations, and our recent visit has shown this.&rdquo;

ICEM and Rhodia in joint mission of monitoring in the USA

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The International Textiles, Garment, and Leather Workers&rsquo; Federation (ITGLWF) held its Tenth World Congress in Frankfurt, Germany, from 2-4 December. The ITGLWF adopted several major decisions regarding the coming work re-organization. The theme of this Tenth Congress was &ldquo;Organise = Decent Work = Decent Life,&rdquo; and it brought together 214 delegates from 97 trade unions in 68 countries. 
 
It also paid moving tribute to the necessary humanitarian contributions made by the late ITGLWF General Secretary, Neil Kearney. Kearney&rsquo;s daughters were at the Congress and told of their father. 
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Neal Kearney&rsquo;s daughters, Nicole and Caroline
The Congress was hosted by IG Metall at its Frankfurt headquarters. 
The Congress took place just two weeks after General Secretary Neil Kearney died from a heart attack while doing important ITGLWF work in Bangladesh. The global trade union movement was shocked and saddened. Kearney, the ITGLWF General Secretary for the past 21 years, performed some of the toughest and most meaningful work in the world. 

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The Frankfurt Congress confirmed the appointment of Patrick Itschert as the new General Secretary. Itschert has led the European regional organization of ETUC:TCL, for nearly two decades. He will continue in both roles. 
 
Congress unanimously elected Hisanobu Shimada of Japan as the organisation&rsquo;s new president. Hisanobu Shimada is the General Secretary of ITGLWF affiliate UI Zensen. Outgoing president Manfred Schallmeyer of IG Metall received a special message of appreciation from Congress, for his work during the past five years as president. 
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Manfred Schallmeyer hands over the presidency to Hisanobu Shimada 
The ITGLWF&rsquo;s Congress elected fifteen Vice-Presidents, eight of whom are women, and formally approved the membership of the Executive Committee. 
 
The future of the ITGLWF was a major issue on the agenda. Congress recognised the need for a powerful trade union force across manufacturing industries, in response to corporate restructuring and obvious synergies created within the continual overlaps of the world&rsquo;s manufacturing sectors. The ITGLWF Congress resolved that the Global Union Federation make all necessary efforts to ensure the creation of a new GUF for manufacturing, and that it be concluded no later than 2011.&nbsp;

Memories, Accomplishments of Neil Kearney Cited at ITGLWF Congress

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Tens of thousands of Nigerian citizens took to the streets in the federal capital territory of Abuja on 29 October in a visible display at protest over the government&rsquo;s plan to deregulate the downstream oil sector. The manifestation was led by the nation&rsquo;s two national labour centres, the blue-collar Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the white-collar Trades Union Congress (TUC). 
 
Both ICEM trade union affiliates in the energy sector, NUPENG and PENGASSAN, were forefront in the manifestation, turning out thousands of members. The government&rsquo;s plan to deregulate also would end fuel subsidies to the nation&rsquo;s citizenry, an insensitive move that would &ndash; the labour federations claim &ndash; immediately lift fuel costs from 65 naira per litre (US$.43) to 95 naira (US$.63). 

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Three Arms Monument at the National Assembly
Such an increase on heating, cooking, and transport fuel costs would drive millions of people in Africa&rsquo;s most populous country deeper into poverty. 
 
Last Thursday&rsquo;s protest culminated at the Three Arms Zone in front of the National Assembly, where union and civil society leaders delivered a letter intended for President Umaru Musa Yar&rsquo;Adua. It called on the government to conduct a citizens&rsquo; referendum on the question of deregulation. 
 
The letter was jointly signed by NLC President Abdulwahed Omar, TUC President Peter Esele, and Dr. Dipo Hasfhina, co-chairman of the Labour and Civil Society Coalition. The manifestation started at Berger Junction in Abuja and marched passed several key buildings, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) Towers, the Court of Appeals, and the Nigerian Television Authority, locations where the march halted for rallying speeches. 

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Both NUPENG and PENGASSAN believe that deregulation can only occur when there is increased local refining capacity from Nigeria&rsquo;s five oil refineries. NUPENG President Peter Akpatason said deregulating the downstream sector would allow shadowy marketers to limit supplies, thus boosting prices and their profits, &ldquo;spelling misery to the teeming poor of the country.&rdquo; 
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NUPENG President Peter Akpatason
Withdrawing fuel subsidies, he added, when the domestic market is dependent on 80% imported supplies is a recipe for civil strife. The country&rsquo;s refineries have a combined stated capacity of 445,000 barrels-per-day, but have never operated at that due to neglect, negligible NNPC and government capitalisation, and lack of reliable feedstock supplies. Even if run at full optimisation, the refineries would produce just barely half of the 32 million litres of petrol, kerosene, and other fuel products demanded daily. 
 
PENGASSAN President Babatunde Ogun also expressed skepticism at the current government process toward deregulation. &ldquo;We vehemently reject import-driven deregulation. We need the free and uninterrupted flow of petroleum products across the country,&rdquo; he said, adding that means the government must focus on developing more domestic refining capacity and creating jobs for Nigerians. 

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PENGASSAN President Babatunde Ogun
A major complaint by labour and civil service leaders is the arrogance of Rilwanu Lukman, Nigeria&rsquo;s Minister of Petroleum Resources, who has concluded publicly that deregulation and the end of price subsidies is now irreversible. His neo-liberal thinking, some believe, is tied to his own relationships with marketers. 
 
The mass number of Nigerians who assembled last week in Abuja resent the government&rsquo;s fast-track effort to deregulate oil supplies. As NLC President Abdulwahed Omar said at one rally stop, &ldquo;Nigeria belongs to all of us and if the government is for the people, then the voice of the people must count. If they think that deregulation is a popular policy, let them subject it to a referendum and let Nigerians decide.&rdquo; 
 
Although the government has been silent on the exact date that liberalisation would occur, indicators such as vessel arrivals and ramping up supply access signal that perhaps it will be soon. But following last week&rsquo;s mass mobilization, the government may very well have backed off immediate deregulation and an end to subsidies until more public discourse is heard.

Nigerian Labour, Citizenry Protest to Fuel Oil Deregulation

On the recent call by the Iraqi government to form a new preparatory committee for the election of the GFIW leadership. 
 
 
The Higher Ministerial Committee overseeing the implementation of Governing Council's decision No.(3) for the year 2004 officially announced recently that nominations are open to establish a national preparatory committee with responsibility to organize and supervise the GFIW leadership election across Iraq. 
 
This government action was done without any prior knowledge or consultation with GFIW despite the government claim that it is organizing this (election) in line with current labour law[ Law 52 of 1987] and the internal rules of the GFIW [GFTU Rules]. 
 
The Executive Committee of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers states that the current move by the High Ministerial Committee completely violates Labour Law number (52) of 1987 and the internal rules of the GFIW [GFTU]. 
 
The High Ministerial Committee overseeing the implementation of Governing Council's decision No. (3) for the year 2004, should have implemented what it had issued before ( reference to the letter of the Ministry of State for Civil Society No c s / 106 On 13 September, which lead to the formation of a national preparatory committee on 2/2008 set up with the task of preparing and supervising workers election. A date for election was set on 22 June 2008 and then on 1 March 2009 but all this was cancelled without any justification by an order ( No 86 on 1March 2009) issued by the Minister of Civil Society. 
 
The GFIW stressed repeatedly that workers have the right to form and join union is and it believes that this is a legitimate democratic practice endorsed by international Labour organization (ILO) standards and guaranteed by article 22 of by the permanent Iraqi constitution. 
 
Convention No. 87 of 1948 of the ILO and Convention No. 8 of 1977, of the Arab labour organization obliges Member States to provide workers with freedom to form trade unions and compel states not to interfere in internal affairs of the unions. 
 
The main aim of organizing workers into trade union is to strengthen industrial relations and improve social and cultural conditions for workers so that they can help in the reconstruction of Iraq. 
 
The GFIW/IFTU while rejecting the current government interference in its internal affairs, Is calling on Iraqi workers to stand up to defend their legitimate rights and is appealing to the wider trade union movement, professional associations and civil society organizations, political parties and members of the Iraqi parliament for support and assistance and for the solidarity support of the international trade union movement in order to put an stop to all government interference. 
 
GFIW Executive 
October 2009

GFIW Statement

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K&uuml;resel sanayi sendikalarının iklim değişikliğiyle ilgili toplantısındaki katılımcılar, d&uuml;ş&uuml;k karbonlu ekonomiye ge&ccedil;işin istihdamı g&uuml;vence altına alması ve insana yakışır yeni istihdam olanakları a&ccedil;ması gerektiğini s&ouml;ylediler. 
 
14 ve 15 Ekim g&uuml;nlerinde, Uluslararası Metal İş&ccedil;ileri Federasyonu (IMF), Uluslararası Kimya Enerji Maden ve Genel İş&ccedil;i Sendikaları Federasyonu (ICEM), Avrupa Metal İş&ccedil;ileri Federasyonu (EMF), Avrupa Maden Kimya ve Enerji İş&ccedil;ileri Federasyonu (EMCEF) Almanya'nın Bad Orb kentinde &ldquo;Gaz Emisyonunu Kısmak, İstihdamı D&ouml;n&uuml;şt&uuml;rmek&rdquo; konulu bir konferans d&uuml;zenledi. 

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Toplantının amacı, Kopenhag'da yapılacak olan İklim Değişikliği &Uuml;zerine Birleşmiş Milletler &Ccedil;er&ccedil;eve S&ouml;zleşmesi Konferansı'nda sanayi iş&ccedil;ilerinin ortak tutumunun ne olacağı konusunu g&ouml;r&uuml;şmekti. Bilinen adıyla UNFCCC COP-15 konferansının, sera gazı emisyon hedefleriyle ilgili olarak Kyoto Anlaşması'nda &ouml;ng&ouml;r&uuml;len h&uuml;k&uuml;mleri yenileyecek ya da o h&uuml;k&uuml;mlerin yerine ge&ccedil;ecek bir dizi anlaşma ortaya koyması bekleniyor. 
 
Toplantıda konuşan IMF Genel Sekreteri Jyrki Raina ş&ouml;yle dedi: &ldquo;Bizim faaliyet g&ouml;sterdiğimiz sekt&ouml;rler genellikle mevcut &ccedil;evre krizinin yaratıcıları arasında g&ouml;r&uuml;l&uuml;yor. Bununla birlikte, sorunun &ccedil;&ouml;z&uuml;m&uuml; bu sekt&ouml;rlerde yatıyor. İstihdamı artırır ve &ccedil;evreyi korurken emisyonu da azaltmak istiyoruz.&rdquo; 

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Sanayi iş&ccedil;ilerinin sendikaları, ICEM'in kabul ettiği s&uuml;rd&uuml;r&uuml;lebilirlik politikası gibi daha &ouml;nce yapılmış &ccedil;alışmaları dikkate alarak bir tartışma belgesi hazırladı. Toplantı şu beş panel tartışmasından oluşuyordu: &ccedil;evrenin korunması, s&uuml;rd&uuml;r&uuml;lebilir gelişme, sekt&ouml;r sorunları, s&uuml;rd&uuml;r&uuml;lebilir istihdam yaratılması ve adil ge&ccedil;iş. 
 
Canlı ge&ccedil;en tartışma geniş bir alanı kapsıyordu. &Ouml;ne &ccedil;ıkan g&ouml;r&uuml;şlerden bazıları şunlardı: 
 
- &Ccedil;evre krizi de tıpkı yaşadığımız k&uuml;resel ekonomik kriz gibi k&uuml;resel kapitalizmin bir başarısızlığıdır. 
- İnsana yakışır istihdam ve temiz &ccedil;evre el ele gider. Ya ikisini birlikte ger&ccedil;ekleştireceğiz ya da hi&ccedil;birini ger&ccedil;ekleştiremeyeceğiz. 
- Gelişmekte olan &uuml;lkelerin gelişme olanağına sahip olması gerekiyor. Ne var ki bunun gelişmiş &uuml;lkelerin ge&ccedil;miş olduğu ve &ccedil;evre krizine yol a&ccedil;mış olan zahmetli yolları izleyerek ger&ccedil;ekleşmesi gerekmiyor. Uluslararası sermaye ve finans kurumları, dirilen korumacılık ve teknoloji transferi &uuml;zerindeki kısıtlamalar, eğer &ouml;nlemeyecek olursak, yeni bir s&ouml;m&uuml;rgecilik &ccedil;ağı başlatabilir. 
- Sendikalar &ouml;zellikle s&uuml;rd&uuml;r&uuml;lebilirliğin sosyal boyutu konusunda h&uuml;k&uuml;metleri ve işverenleri hesap vermeye zorlamalıdır. 
 
D&ouml;rt &ouml;rg&uuml;t&uuml;n temsilcileri, mevcut &ccedil;evre krizine getirilecek &ccedil;&ouml;z&uuml;m&uuml;n sosyal ve ekonomik sonu&ccedil;larını tartıştılar. Sanayi sekt&ouml;r&uuml;nde faaliyet g&ouml;steren sendikaların Kopenhag'da seslerini duyurmaları ve &ouml;zellikle s&uuml;rd&uuml;r&uuml;lebilir gelişmenin sosyal boyutunu savunmaları gerektiği konusunda genel bir mutabakat vardı. Belli sanayi kollarında ve b&ouml;lgelerde sorunlar olduğu ve bu nedenle g&uuml;&ccedil;l&uuml; Adil Ge&ccedil;iş programlarına ihtiya&ccedil; bulunduğu kesin olmakla birlikte, s&uuml;rd&uuml;r&uuml;lebilir istihdam yaratılmasının da olanakları var. 
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ICEM, IMF, EMF ve EMCEF tartışma belgesini ve a&ccedil;ıklanan g&ouml;r&uuml;şleri &ouml;n&uuml;m&uuml;zdeki haftalarda g&ouml;zden ge&ccedil;irecek. Daha sonra, Kopenhag'daki COP-15 konferansına g&ouml;t&uuml;receğimiz belgelere son bi&ccedil;imini vereceğiz. 
 
Toplantıdan sonra ICEM Genel Sekreteri Manfred Warda ş&ouml;yle dedi: &ldquo;Sanayi iş&ccedil;ileri ve onların sendikaları a&ccedil;ısından d&uuml;ş&uuml;k karbonlu ekonomiye ge&ccedil;işte &ouml;nemli bir sorun, faturayı kimin &ouml;deyeceği ve ge&ccedil;işten kimin yarar sağlayacağıdır. For industrial workers and their unions an important question for changing to a low-carbon economy is who pays for it and who benefits from the transition. Tek gezegenimiz var ve hepimizin &ccedil;ıkarı geleceğimizin korunmasında.&rdquo; 
 
Toplantıyla ilgili b&uuml;t&uuml;n materyal IMF web sitesinde, <a href="http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=21012&amp;l=2">burada</a>. 
 
İklim değişikliği ve sanayi sendikalarının bu konudaki tutumu konusunda başkaca bilgi edinmek isteyenler aşağıdaki web bağlantılarına gidebilirler: 
 
<a href="http://www.imfmetal.org/climatechange">www.imfmetal.org/climatechange</a> 
 
<a href="/en/97-Sustainable-Development-Health-and-Safety">/en/97-Sustainable-Development-Health-and-Safety</a> 
 
<a href="http://www.industrialpolicy.eu/COP15">http://www.industrialpolicy.eu/COP15</a>

Gaz Emisyonunu Kıs, İstihdamı Dönüştür

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The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on 20 November informed the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) that it would seek a rare federal court injunction against Covanta Energy over the waste-to-energy company&rsquo;s unfair labour practices against workers attempting to organize and collectively negotiate a labour agreement. 
 
In issuing the Section 10(j) injunction against Covanta under US labour code, the NLRB has determined that Covanta has committed serious labour law violations that cause real and immediate harm to workers. The NLRB invokes the rare procedural application of Section 10(j) only in cases considered egregious enough to warrant federal court intervention. 

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In May 2008, 140 workers at a Covanta solid waste plant in Rochester, Massachusetts, voted in an NLRB-conducted election to join ICEM-affiliated UWUA. Since, the UWUA and its Local 369 bargaining committee at Covanta have negotiated in good faith in hopes of achieving a first labour contract, but the company has frustrated that process. 
 
Earlier in 2009, the NLRB did issue unfair labour practice complaints against the company, including one charging Covanta with withholding scheduled salary and bonus payments to workers because they formed a union. 
 
An NLRB trial before an administrative labour law judge resumes today in the state of Massachusetts over that and other illegal workplace practices committed by the company. 
 
Publicly-listed Covanta generates electric energy from the burning of solid waste at some 40 US locations. As the company has attempted to expand its waste-to-energy businesses in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, and Canada, the ICEM has assisted the UWUA in illuminating Covanta&rsquo;s work rights violations, safety and health infractions, and certain environmental practices before communities and trade unions in those countries. 
 
For more information on the UWUA&rsquo;s Campaign for Justice at Covanta, visit <a href="http://www.cjcw.org">here</a>.

US Labour Board Issues Stern Injunctive Relief against Covanta

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The daily dangers continually faced by trade union officials and activists in Iraq were graphically demonstrated by the brutal murder 26 November 2009 of Majiid Karim, an executive member of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers. Brother Karim died when his car exploded. An improvised explosive device, believed to have been timed, had been attached to his car by as yet unknown individuals. 
 
The GFIW is the largest national trade union centre in Iraq, two of its affiliates covering workers in the Oil and Gas and Electric Power Industries are affiliated to ICEM. 

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Majiid Karim had been a key union official ignoring the anti-trade union legislation from the Saddam era and actively organizing workers in the public sector despite continued government attempts to use legislation 150 of 1987 to ban public sector workers from trade union membership. He was also a key figure in building unity among Iraqi workers and in the trade union movement. 
 
ICEM joins the GFIW in mourning their loss, as well as joining their demand that the Iraqi government and its security authorities conduct an urgent and thorough investigation to uncover the full circumstances of this appalling criminal act, and ensure that the guilty are brought to justice. 
 
We will keep you informed of the case as more information becomes available.

Iraqi Trade Unionist Murdered

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The IG BCE National Executive last week raised the urgency for a round of collective bargaining for Germany&rsquo;s 550,000 workers in the chemical sector. Under the motto &ldquo;Seize opportunities for employment&rdquo;, the 2010 round of negotiations will focus on job security and good career prospects for young people, along with the goal of achieving commensurate increases in income. The labour agreement will apply for twelve months. 
 
Peter Hausmann, in charge of the tariff policy of the IG BCE&rsquo;s National Executive stated &ldquo;Especially during the economic crisis, it is important that we stick to our long-term tariff policy objectives. We want decent work with fair conditions, we want to protect jobs and create more opportunities for employment. And of course we want to make gains in income&rdquo;. 

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Peter Hausmann
The new agreements would cover workers in around 1,900 companies in the German chemical industry. There are eleven regional commissions, the debate will occur in each, with collective industry-wide decisions also made. In the collective bargaining districts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine current contracts run until 31 March 2010, in Westphalia, Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Lower Saxony / Bremen, Schleswig Holstein and Berlin they expire 30 April, in the Saarland and East 31 May. 
 
A date for the negotiations to begin is not yet set, but it is estimated that they will start in spring 2010.

IG BCE Begin Preparations for Collective Bargaining in Germany’s Chemicals Industries

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ICEM&rsquo;s Spanish affiliate FITEQA-CC.OO., 1st May Foundation, Trade Union Study Center of CC.OO and Observatory of Trade Unionism in Globalisation jointly organised a seminar on new trade union internationalism, in Barcelona on 26 November 2009. 
 
The ICEM was represented at the seminar through its Chemical and Rubber Industries Officer Kemal &Ouml;zkan along with other speakers Philippe Pochet, Director of the European Trade Union Institute, Tomas Nieber, Industrial policy officer of the IGBCE of Germany and Chairman of the ICEM&rsquo;s Chemical Industries Division, Javier Doz, International Secretary, CCOO (Comisiones Obreras) and Isidor Boix, Director, Observatory on &ldquo;Trade Unionism in Globalisation&rdquo;, 1st May Foundation, CCOO; Secretary for International Trade Union Action of FITEQA-CCOO. The seminar was moderated by Rodolfo Benito, Chairman of the 1st May Foundation, and Confederation Research Secretary, CCOO. 

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Opened by Joan Carles Gallego, Secretary General, CONC, discussions took place around some basic questions such as &ldquo;Internationalism as opposed to nationalism? Does this involve any aspects that are specific to trade unionism?&rdquo;, &ldquo;Does &lsquo;globalisation&rsquo; offer anything new in line with trade union interests? &ldquo;New trade union internationalism and the rules of world trade. Protectionism?&rdquo;, &ldquo;Multinationals as a possible specific framework for these concepts &ndash; codes of conduct, international framework agreements, trade union networks, EWC, worldwide committees&rdquo;. 
 
&ldquo;Under the circumstances of a globalised economy using outsourcing, privatisation, capital mobility and destruction of the welfare state resulting in mass unemployment and income insecurity, we, trade unions, are not passing through easy times. We need to be able to wage efforts to reshape our organisations and policies, to overcome the challenges arising from changing circumstances&rdquo; stated ICEM&rsquo;s Kemal &Ouml;zkan. International level industrial relations through Global/regional framework agreeements, union networking at different level and campaigning, particularly against companies that insist not to respect trade union rights and freedoms, were all important tactics for the international labour movement, concluded the seminar. 
 
Discussions will be published soon at <a href="http://www.1mayo.ccoo.es">www.1mayo.ccoo.es</a>

Spanish Trade Unions Discuss Trade Union Internationalism

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