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Unions call on the ICT industry and the European institutions

Yesterday the EMF and UNI-Europa in a joint conference called on the ICT industry and the European institutions to set forth an agenda to maintain a sustainable ICT industry in Europe.

At the conference, hosted by MEP Catherine Trautmann (French socialist), the stakeholders came together to discuss which sustainable measures can be taken to keep research & development and manufacturing in Europe through standardised training initiatives with a focus on e-skills and an improved industrial policy with emphasis on the ICT industry.

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Fight the hazardous health and safety conditions in the Turkish shipyards!

Put a stop to fatal accidents involving workers in Turkish shipbuilding!

Stop the violation of trade union rights in Turkey !

Mobilise globally against precarious work!

Members of the “Shipbuilding Industry Committee” of the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) are today holding a joint meeting with representatives of the Turkish shipbuilding workers’ union, Limter-Is and the metalworkers’ trade union, Birlesik Metal-Is.

Steel Committee - Press Release

October 2008

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Nei giorni 7, 8 e 9 ottobre 2008 si riunirà a Terni, presso la biblioteca storica della TK AST, il Comitato Acciaio della Federazione Europea dei Metalmeccanici (FEM), una delle 9 federazioni sindacali europee dell’industria che conta tra i suoi membri 75 organizzazioni sindacali di 34 paesi europei in rappresentanza di 5,5 milioni di lavoratori.

EMF Campaign on Precarious Employment 6 October 2008

Filmed statement by Peter Scherrer, EMF General Secretary

The European and International Metalworkers Federations are jointly organising a global action against precarious employment in 2008. It is an essential element of both federations.

The objective is clear:

• The massive expansion of precarious work must be stopped
• Where precarious work does exist, wages and conditions must be equal to those of regular workers and full coverage of social security should be guaranteed
• Workers should be directly hired and indirect employment discouraged
• Basic job security has to be guaranteed, as well as full protection in the field of health and safety Therefore urgent trade union action is required.

The global action day is a clear signal to employers and governments all over the world that this is no longer acceptable.

EMF and Eurofer joint appeal to the political decision makers on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System

This joint statement is an initiative of the social partners EMF and EUROFER in the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Steel.

EMF, the European Metalworkers’ Federation, represents the interests of 5.5 million metalworkers in Europe and is a member of the ETUC; EUROFER, the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries, represents the European steel industry with a turnover of EUR 140 billion and direct employment of 370 thousand people, producing more than 200 million tons of steel per year.

Siemens tries to close its plant in Thessaloniki without prior consultation

Siemens’ management announced last Friday in the press that its plant in Thessaloniki, Greece was to be shut down by next month.

Job cuts in Hewlett Packard and EDS: a worrying signal for the company's sustainable development

On 25 September the European Works Councils (EWC) of HP and EDS met in London. The meeting aimed at presenting to the workers’ representatives the details of the reorganisation following the acquisition of EDS by Hewlett Packard and the social repercussions this will entail. Management announced 9 300 layoffs for the combined company. EDS will be mainly affected by these job cuts.

Polish shipyard workers believe in a viable future after meeting with the European Commission

The demonstration of some 150 members of the Solidarnosc trade union for the survival of the Polish shipyards in Gdansk, Gdynia and Szczecin ended successfully today at around 11.30.

Polish shipyard workers fighting for their future and their jobs

Today trade unionists of the Polish trade union Solidarnosc , demonstrate once again for the survival of the shipyards in Gdansk, Gdynia and Szczecin.

European trade unions demand full information and consultation from HewlettPackard in EDS takeover

More than forty trade union representatives from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, UK, Italy and the Netherlands, met on 8 September to discuss the HewlettPackard (HP) takeover of Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) at a meeting organised jointly the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) and UNION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL (UNI).

Trade unions meeting in Prague demand no redundancies from Siemens AG

Twenty-five trade union representatives and members of the Siemens European Works Council from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Sweden, Slovakia, and the UK met today in Prague for a coordination meeting organised by the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF).

The meeting is the second trade union coordination meeting organised after the announcement in June by Siemens’ AG management of drastic downsizing.

European metalworkers and auto industry warn that pending Doha deal puts EU manufacturing at risk

The European metal workers and the automobile industry are extremely concerned about the content of the pending compromise in the Doha round trade negotiations. The draft agreement for Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) would open up the EU market for non-European producers without offering the European industry any meaningful improvement of market access to major emerging economies.

Trade unions announce European-wide Action against Siemens’ AG job cuts

Thirty trade union representatives and members of the European Works Council from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia and the UK have met today for a coordination meeting organised by the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF). The meeting concluded in the announcement of European-wide support for the demonstration to be organised in Erlangen, Germany on 23rd July.

EMF welcomes agreement on temporary agency workers

- Strong resistance against proposals for Working Time Directive

The European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) welcomes the agreement reached by the Employment and Social Affairs Council on a revision of the Temporary Agency Work Directive.

Global Action Day against precarious work

The meeting of the Executive Committee of the European Metalworkers' Federation confirmed the Global Action Day on 7 October 2008 against precarious work.