The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) brought together its network of union representatives within GM (GM's actions group) on April 18 and 19 in Antwerp, in order to examine the consequences of the automobile group's global strategy on workers' rights. They also expressed their solidarity with employees in the Antwerp factory where one thousand jobs are supposed to be threatened after the management and the European works council decided not to grant the production of the Astra model's new generation. (Ref. 070372)
Respecting union rights. Union representatives from seven countries of northern America, Western Europe, Asia and Latin America asked the management to “develop its global strategy in respect and accordance with workers’ and unions’ rights”. In this context, they support actions made by employees to form a union or adhere to it, to negotiate and strike in GM-Daewoo subsidiaries in Korea, or even in the GM-AvtoVAZ joint venture in Russia. They also asked for the immediate reinstatement of two un
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