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“Jobs Not for Sale”

ICEM Campaign on Contract and Agency Labour

(Further below on this page you can find a large number of ICEM Contract and Agency Labour
related stories)


The substitution or limiting of permanent direct employment by the use of contract & agency labour has clearly become a priority issue for countless workers and their trade unions, in every region of the world and every sector.

Each year, more and more directly employed jobs are lost to sub-contracting companies or agencies, which usually employ workers with little or no job security, inferior benefits, and with substandard working conditions. This is leading to a two-tier workforce with less and less directly employed workers, and increasing numbers employed through contracts or agencies.



As clearly identified by recent in-depth research, undertaken by the ICEM, and described in the ICEM publication “Contract/Agency Labour: A Threat to Our Social Standards”, this issue is now so widespread that it has become a top priority for a large number of ICEM affiliates, so much so that we have launched a determined and sustained international response.


This ICEM response will have two main elements:

1. Campaigning to establish international standards governing the use of contract & agency labour, via the ILO, OECD, EU, ICEM Global Agreements, and other appropriate international standard setting bodies.

2. The development within the ICEM of means to assist our affiliates in responding effectively to this major challenge.


The ICEM is producing campaign materials and other information for the assistance of affiliates, including the following:

  • Leaflets and Posters, highlighting the main points of the campaign.
  • Campaign Briefing Notes, distributed to ICEM affiliates and other interested parties.
  • A Legislative Overview. This document looks at current national legislation and regulations as well as international standards in the area of contract & agency labour.
  • Useful background articles

 
One of the main objectives of the campaign is to achieve the acceptance of the clause below, by all international standard setting agencies / bodies:

Employers will not sign any contracts with a third party that could affect the employment status of their direct employees, prior to consulting with such employees’ union representatives.


Contact person

The contact person for this ICEM campaign can be reached by e-mail at contract.labour@icem.org.


Interested in receiving more information?

Please send your e-mail address to press@icem.org, mentioning “Add contract labour” in the subject line, if you like to receive updates on the ICEM’s campaign; get stories from around the world on the subject, including examples on how other unions have been able to handle the problem; get information on conferences; and more.

231 document(s) for Contract and Agency Labour :
Mobil Nigeria Upstream Strike Settled; Downstream Dispute Still Festers
5 May 2008
Nigeria
ICEM InBrief
An eight-day strike by 1,400 upstream workers of Mobil Producing Nigeria ended on 1 May, following mediation over wages, benefits, and alternative forms of payment for a two-year period. The talks were concluded in the capital of Abuja after mediation by both the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) and the Ministry of Labour and Productivity. The strike by PENGASSAN, ICEM’s white-collar...
Read the article
 
Book Printer Suddenly Closes in UK, Leaving 287 Jobless
5 May 2008
United Kingdom
ICEM InBrief
Rather than negotiate in good faith with print shop members of UK union Unite, a book producer did the unthinkable: it suddenly sacked 287 workers and took the company into liquidation. Butler and Tanner, a 170-year-old printer in Frome, Somerset, that was bought last year by Media and Print Investments (MPI), had informed UK’s Advisory, Conciliation, and Mediation Service (ACAS) that it...
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Paperiliitto, Finnish Pulp/Paper Industry Come to Amiable Terms
21 April 2008
Finland
ICEM InBrief
ICEM affiliate Paperiliitto of Finland and that country’s Forest Industries Federation jointly announced a 22-month labour agreement, covering 22,000 workers at 70 pulp and paper mills. The new accord comes seven weeks before expiration of an existing agreement, with both sides commending the negotiations for meeting the challenges of the changing Nordic paper sector, while taking into account...
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MUZ Denounces Mining Houses Neglect of Social Processes in Zambia

Contract Workers Again Strike Codelco’s Copper Mines in Chile for Fulfilment of Terms

13,000 Contract Workers End Strike Against India’s Neyveli Lignite Corporation

ExxonMobil Viciously Victimises Union Staff at Nigerian Downstream Operations

ICEM Turkish Affiliates Gather to Discuss Contract and Agency Labour

UK Push for Law Granting Equal Rights to Temp Workers

Resolutions as adopted by the 4th ICEM World Congress

Japanese Wage Talks Start with Set Expectations, Gains for Non-regular Workers

Council of Global Unions Meets at ICEM in Brussels

Transnationals and Agency Labour: ICEM Research Report Available

FCE-CFDT Holds 4th Congress, Accenting Strong Global Trade Union Stands

ICEM Research study on Contract and Angency Labour

ICEM Contract and Agency labour Conference

2007 South African Tyre Strike Pays off for Contract Workers at Goodyear

Persistence Pays Off for Ross Glass Workers’ in Colombia

Report from Contract and Agency Labour Conference, Bangkok, is Available

Coal Conference Declaration, Kolkata, India




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