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.
The Executive Committee underlined the right for all workers to decent working and living conditions. It also stressed the urgent need for a coordinated world-wide trade union action to fight against precarious work.
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
Equal pay for equal work!
Therefore urgent trade union action is required. The global action day is a clear signal to employers and governments all over the world that precarious work is no longer acceptable.
The Executive Committee invites all trade unions to actively campaign and mobilise for the Global Action Day.
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PRESS 14/2008
The EMF is the representative body defending the interests of workers in the European metal industry. The EMF has a mandate for the external representation and coordination of the metalworkers' unions and a mandate to engage in bargaining at European level.
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Editor, Peter Scherrer, EMF General Secretary
