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UNITE HERE on Strike Against "WalMartization" of US Hotel Jobs
01-Oct-2004
On September 30, some 1,400 members of Local 2 of UNITE HERE (the union formed in August through the merger of the North American HRCT union HERE and the garment and general workers' union UNITE) launched a strike against four major hotels in San Francisco to protest the hotel employers' failure to negotiate a new city-wide collective agreement. The four hotels are the Argent Hotel, the 1,900 room Hilton San Francisco, Crowne Plaza Union Square and the Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental.The union anticipates a lockout of thousands more union members by other hotels in city-wide employers' group.
The San Francisco vote follows the decisions by over 2,000 union members in Washington, D.C. and 3,000 in Los Angeles to strike if necessary should negotiations fail to deliver satisfactory new collective agreements with the cities' leading hotel employers. UNITE HERE locals in those cities and the union nationally have pledged full support for the San Francisco workers.
Despite lengthy negotiations - the Los Angeles agreement expired in April - employers have been unwilling to drop their demands for increased workloads and reduced employer contributions to health insurance and pensions.
The employers are also resisting the unions' demand for a two-year contract which would expire in 2006, giving them a common expiration date with hotels in 10 major US cities and thus increasing national bargaining power with the chains that now dominate the sector. UNITE HERE has been building strong support for the union demands among nationally- and community-based civil and immigrants' rights groups.
US hotels weathered the post-September 11 tourism downturn by laying off thousands of workers, but have been reluctant to rehire in response to rising occupancy. Reduced payrolls have allowed the large hotels to remain profitable by increasing workload pressure on existing staff. Employers are now seeking to boost profits further by offloading the cost of medical insurance in a country with no national health care system. In San Francisco, the hotels are demanding a more than twenty-fold increase in employee contributions to health insurance. In Los Angeles, the hotels unilaterally cut the employer contributions, forcing hundreds of workers to drop out of the program and join the millions of Americans with no health insurance.
The conflict is about basic rights and against what UNITE HERE calls "the WalMartization" of hotel workers. By insisting on a common expiration date for collective agreements in major tourism centers, the union is trying to achieve sufficient bargaining strength with the transnational chains to compensate for the absence of national collective bargaining in the US.
UNITE HERE is therefore focusing on four key hotel chains in these cities which are major employers and are leading the opposition to the union's bargaining demands. The four chains are: InterContinental, Starwood, Marriott, and Hyatt.
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UNITE HERE en huelga contra la "WalMartizaci�n" de empleos hoteleros en EE.UU.
01-Oct-2004El 30 de setiembre, alrededor de 1.400 miembros del Local 2 de UNITE HERE (el sindicato formado en agosto mediante la fusi�n de HERE, el sindicato norteamericano del sector HRCT, y el sindicato de trabajadores de la vestimenta y generales UNITE) iniciaron una huelga contra cuatro grandes hoteles de San Francisco en protesta contra la negativa de los empleadores hoteleros a negociar un nuevo convenio colectivo para toda la ciudad. Los cuatro hoteles son el Hotel Argent, el Hilton San Francisco de 1.900 habitaciones, el Crowne Plaza Union Square y el Mark Hopkins Intercontinental. Diez de los principales hoteles pertenecientes al gupo de los empleadores de la ciudad respondieron sometiendo a cierre forzoso a 2.600 trabajadores. El sindicato inmediatamente coloc� piquetes en los hoteles que realizaron ese cierre en contra de sus trabajadores sindicalizados.
El paro patronal y la huelga de San Francisco cumple con las decisiones de m�s de 2.000 afiliados sindicales de Washington, D.C. y 3.000 de Los �ngeles, de ir a la huelga en caso de ser necesario, si en las negociaciones no se lograran nuevos convenios colectivos satisfactorios con los principales empleadores hoteleros de las ciudades. Los Locales de UNITE HERE en esas ciudades y el sindicato, a nivel nacional, han prometido total apoyo a los/as trabajadores/as de San Francisco.
A pesar de las prolongadas negociaciones � el acuerdo de Los �ngeles expir� en abril � los empleadores no se han mostrado dispuestos a abandonar sus exigencias de mayor volumen de trabajo y menor contribuci�n de los empleadores al seguro de asistencia m�dica y pensiones.
Los empleadores tambi�n se oponen a la reclamaci�n de los sindicatos de un contrato de dos a�os de duraci�n que vencer�a en el 2006, lo que les dar�a una fecha conjunta de expiraci�n en los hoteles de diez de las principales ciudades de EE.UU. y, por lo tanto, aumentar�a el poder de negociaci�n nacional con las cadenas que ahora dominan el sector. UNITE HERE ha estado levantando un en�rgico apoyo a las reclamaciones sindicales entre grupos de derechos civiles y de derechos de los inmigrantes a nivel nacional y comunitario.
Los hoteles de EE.UU. resistieron el descenso de la actividad tur�stica posterior al 11 de setiembre dejando cesantes a miles de trabajadores/as, pero se han mostrado reticentes a recontratar como respuesta a la creciente ocupaci�n. Las n�minas reducidas han permitido a los grandes hoteles permanecer rentables incrementando la presi�n del volumen de trabajo sobre el personal existente. Actualmente, los empleadores procuran impulsar m�s a�n las ganancias desembaraz�ndose del costo del seguro de asistencia m�dica en un pa�s que no tiene sistema nacional de salud. En San Francisco los hoteles exigen un aumento veinte veces mayor en las contribuciones de los empleados al seguro de salud. En Los �ngeles, los hoteles interrumpieron unilateralmente las contribuciones de los empleadores, obligando a cientos de trabajadores/as a abandonar el programa y unirse a los millones de estadounidenses que no tienen seguro de salud.
El conflicto es sobre derechos fundamentales y contra lo que UNITE HERE llama �la WalMartizaci�n" de los trabajadores hoteleros. Al insistir en una fecha com�n de expiraci�n para los convenios colectivos en los principales centros tur�sticos, el sindicato intenta lograr suficiente fuerza negociadora con las cadenas transnacionales para compensar la ausencia de una negociaci�n colectiva nacional en los EE.UU.
Por lo tanto, UNITE HERE est� enfoc�ndose en cuatro cadenas hoteleras clave en estas ciudades que son importantes empleadoras y dirigen la oposici�n contra las reclamaciones de negociaci�n del sindicato. Las cuatro cadenas son: InterContinental, Starwood, Marriott, y Hyatt.
UNITE HERE on Strike Against
01-Oct-2004On September 30, some 1,400 members of Local 2 of UNITE HERE (the union formed in August through the merger of the North American HRCT union HERE and the garment and general workers' union UNITE) launched a strike against four major hotels in San Francisco to protest the hotel employers' failure to negotiate a new city-wide collective agreement. The four hotels are the Argent Hotel, the 1,900 room Hilton San Francisco, Crowne Plaza Union Square and the Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental.Ten major hotels belonging to the city-wide employers' group responded by locking out some 2,600 union workers. The union immediately posted pickets to the hotels which have locked out their union workers.
The San Francisco strike and lockout follows the decisions by over 2,000 union members in Washington, D.C. and 3,000 in Los Angeles to strike if necessary should negotiations fail to deliver satisfactory new collective agreements with the cities' leading hotel employers. UNITE HERE locals in those cities and the union nationally have pledged full support for the San Francisco workers.
Despite lengthy negotiations - the Los Angeles agreement expired in April - employers have been unwilling to drop their demands for increased workloads and reduced employer contributions to health insurance and pensions.
The employers are also resisting the unions' demand for a two-year contract which would expire in 2006, giving them a common expiration date with hotels in 10 major US cities and thus increasing national bargaining power with the chains that now dominate the sector. UNITE HERE has been building strong support for the union demands among nationally- and community-based civil and immigrants' rights groups.
US hotels weathered the post-September 11 tourism downturn by laying off thousands of workers, but have been reluctant to rehire in response to rising occupancy. Reduced payrolls have allowed the large hotels to remain profitable by increasing workload pressure on existing staff. Employers are now seeking to boost profits further by offloading the cost of medical insurance in a country with no national health care system. In San Francisco, the hotels are demanding a more than twenty-fold increase in employee contributions to health insurance. In Los Angeles, the hotels unilaterally cut the employer contributions, forcing hundreds of workers to drop out of the program and join the millions of Americans with no health insurance.
The conflict is about basic rights and against what UNITE HERE calls "the WalMartization" of hotel workers. By insisting on a common expiration date for collective agreements in major tourism centers, the union is trying to achieve sufficient bargaining strength with the transnational chains to compensate for the absence of national collective bargaining in the US.
UNITE HERE is therefore focusing on four key hotel chains in these cities which are major employers and are leading the opposition to the union's bargaining demands. The four chains are: InterContinental, Starwood, Marriott, and Hyatt.
Uspje�an �trajk u Nestl�u u Njema�koj � jamstva za radna mjesta, obrana radnog tjedna
29-Sep-2004Jednotjedni �trajk njema�kog Sindikata prehrane (NGG) u tvornici Nestl� Maggi u mjestu Singen, Njema�ka, uspje�no je zavr�en 24. rujna kada su �lanovi velikom ve�inom izglasali odobravanje novog kolektivnog ugovora koji odgovara svim klju�nim zahtjevnima sindikata.
Sindikat je proglasio �trajk kada je Nestl� zatra�io u�tedu od 3,2 milijuna eura godi�nje kao uvjet da pristane na sindikalne zahtjeve jam�enja sigurnosti radnih mjesta od 2-3 godine. Pregovara�ki odbor prihvatio je otprilike 1,5 milijuna eura godi�nje u�tede koja se mo�e posti�i novom revizijom pla�enog slobodnog vremena po principu godina sta�a, godi�njih bonusa i pla�enih stanki za odmor. Pregovori su do�li do potpunog zastoja kada su Nestl�ovi pregovara�i odbili kompromis na zahtjev uprave za 3,2 milijuna eura godi�nje u�tede, uklju�uju�i i produ�ivanje radnog tjedna jednim dodatnim nepla�enim radnim satom.
Ukupno 99,5 posto radnika tvornice glasovalo je za �trajk. Kad su pregovori do�li do potpuno mrtve to�ke, planirao se je vi�i stupanj industrijske akcije, uz podr�ku IUF-a i �vicarskog sindikata prehrambenih radnika FCTA/VHTL, sa ciljem organiziranja me�unarodnih sindikalnih demonstracija pred sjedi�tem tvrtke u Veveyu, �vicarska, u znak podr�ke Nestl�ovim radnicima u Singenu. IUF je mobilizirao sve svoje �lanice zaposlenih u Nestl�u �irom svijeta da po�alju svoje poruke podr�ke �trajka�ima, te su obavijestili �lanice Nestl� Europa o potrebi odbijanja dodatne proizvodnje u slu�aju da se pozovu druge tvornice da preuzmu proizvodnju pogo�ene tvornice u Singenu.
Novi kolektivni ugovor jam�i redovna zaposlenja s punim radnim vremenom u pogonu u Singenu sve do sije�nja 2009. godine, a �to �e se produ�iti jo� jednu dodatnu godinu ovisno o stupnjevima proizvodnje. Radni tjedan od 37 sati ostao je nepromijenjen, �to je zna�ajno postignu�e u vremenu kada veliki njema�ki poslodavci zahtijevaju nepla�ene sate u brojnim sektorima. Retroaktivno s lipnjem 2004. zaposleni �e primiti povi�enje pla�e od 2%. Sindikat je prihvatio smanjenje formule za pla�anje godi�njih bonusa, postupno smanjenje vremena za stanku na 20 minuta u slijede�ih dvije godine, te male modifikacije pla�anja dva godi�nja odmora kao glavne stavke dogovorenog kompromisa.
St�d sydafrikanska bryggeriarbetare!
28-Sep-2004Sydafrikanska livsmedelsarbetarf�rbundet FAWU (Food and Allied Workers' Union) ber om internationellt st�d i en r�ttstvist med transnationella bryggerij�tten SABMiller, tidigare South African Breweries.
2001 genomf�rde f�retaget stora omstruktureringar p� fem bryggerier i enlighet med sitt l�pande program "World Class Manufacturing". P� Newlandsanl�ggningen i Kapstaden sparkades 138 arbetare � med en genomsnittlig anst�llningstid p� 10 �r � under t�ckmantel av att de saknade den kompetens eller de kvalifikationer som kr�vdes f�r att arbeta i f�retaget. Facket motsatte sig upps�gningarna och p�pekade att de stred mot befintliga kollektivavtal med f�retaget samt br�t mot viktig lagstiftning som inf�rts efter apartheidtiden f�r att skydda arbetstagarna. Enligt kompetensutvecklingslagen (Skills Development Act) och lagen mot diskriminering i arbetslivet (Employment Equity Act) � som specialutformats med tanke p� de problem som drabbar arbetstagare till f�ljd av diskrimineringen under apartheid�rens utbildningspolitik � m�ste f�retagen utbilda och omskola anst�llda inom ramarna f�r omstruktureringar eller �ndringar i tillverkningsprocessen.
N�r f�retaget struntade i FAWU:s inv�ndningar och fortsatte med nedsk�rningarna v�nde sig facket till Kapstadens arbetsdomstol med �rendet. Den 3 september gav domstolen facket och de anst�llda r�tt. En grupp anst�llda ska f� jobben tillbaka med retroaktiv l�n, och en annan grupp ska kompenseras ekonomiskt eftersom f�retaget brutit mot g�llande regelverk. Domstolen �lade f�retaget att betala FAWU:s r�tteg�ngskostnader som uppgick till runt 1 miljon ZAR (ca 1,1 miljoner SEK).
Den 14 september meddelade SABMiller FAWU att de t�nkte �verklaga domen.
En �verklagan l�gger inte bara den ekonomiska b�rdan f�r ifr�gas�ttandet av upps�gningarna p� facket. Den g�r dessutom livet �nnu sv�rare f�r de 138 arbetarna och deras familjer i en tid av rekordarbetsl�shet, eftersom ett �verklagande kan ta mellan tre och fem �r. Under den perioden kan de avskedade arbetarna inte �terg� till jobbet eller f� ekonomisk kompensation. Om domen �verklagas omintetg�rs �ven anstr�ngningarna i kampen mot tidigare och aktuella World Class-nedsk�rningar p� andra SABMilleranl�ggningar. FAWU ifr�gas�tter inte f�retagets r�tt att �verklaga domstolsutslaget, men p�pekar att detta sker vid en tidpunkt n�r m�nga transnationella f�retag i landet genom att �verklaga till h�gsta instans verkar hoppas kunna ta udden av lagar som upplevs som alltf�r arbetarv�nliga. F�r FAWU och den sydafrikanska fackf�reningsr�relsen �r kompetensutvecklingslagen och lagen mot diskriminering i arbetslivet viktiga verktyg f�r att komma tillr�tta med f�ljderna av �rtionden av brutal diskriminering. FAWU ber d�rf�r om internationellt st�d och solidaritet.
Agera nu!
Skicka ett protestbrev (p� engelska) till SABMillers personalchef och kr�v att f�retaget drar tillbaka sin �verklagan. (Nedan f�ljer texten i svensk �vers�ttning.) Klicka h�r f�r att skicka protestbrevet. Kopior av protestbreven skickas automatiskt till FAWU och IUL:s sekretariat.
Vi tackar p� f�rhand f�r ert solidariska st�d.
Till: Kobus Burger, Industrial Relations Manager, SABMiller
B�ste Kobus Burger!
Det har kommit till v�r k�nnedom att ditt f�retag t�nker �verklaga domen i Kapstadens arbetsdomstol 3 september g�llande de olagliga upps�gningarna 2001 av arbetare p� Newlandsanl�ggningen. Att �verklaga domen vore liktydigt med att straffa arbetarna � som i flera fall arbetat l�nge i f�retaget � f�r apartheid�rens or�ttvisor och diskriminering. Domstolen godk�nde dessutom FAWU:s argument att kompetensutvecklingslagen och lagen mot diskriminering i arbetslivet �l�gger f�retag att omskola snarare �n avskeda i samband med att produktionsmetoderna �ndras. Om den principen �verklagas skulle det i vida kretsar ses som ett tillbakavisande av tv� av de viktigaste r�ttsinstrumenten och policyverktygen i det demokratiska Sydafrika.
Vi uppmanar dig d�rf�r att acceptera domstolsutslaget och inte �verklaga domen.
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