Fact Sheet Section of the CCOO union-SEAT.
Last week, taking advantage of the crisis rages strong, SEAT decided to go public through its head the "recipes" for ending the crisis in SEAT: ERE and a third two-year wage freeze, that or ... Before the new reality we do a review to keep the north, or patience, or the principles.
The administration granted the Second Industrial Plan ERE without
During this holiday, we ate while nougat, without concern administration given carte blanche for a new SEAT ERE each month will stack the closing days. A lack of guarantees ERE industrial, commercial, and with the same social plan. The three unions have opposed us, but the reality is that there has been a process of mobilization and information unit to the template, at least make the correlation of forces and determine the best trading. It has not been.
CC.OO. in 3 months have conducted strikes to stop the reclamation work on weekends, getting disaffected workers paralyze ERE and time that restoration work on public holidays.
But now just around Christmas a "ghost" traveled corners of the factory, 2 weeks ago has been talking about a "hidden" word of mouth "etc, layoffs, and the company has already openly hinted at in the press:" Trade unions should establish whether they prefer wage increases or secure jobs. " Some "union sources" put the figure. These methods from CC.OO. we can not share because they are not at all clear.
All we need workers right now are three things: clarity, purpose and security in the negotiations. Before it can highlight the following questions: Why
the company has waited so long to make public the industrial situation?.
Under what end points to the unions as responsible for ensuring the jobs?.
Have not we demanded the useful trade and industrial policy to defend your work.
Why do not you feel the company to negotiate with transparency?.
In recent months we have been accustomed to the bad habit that the staffing of the things we learn from the statements in the press. There needs to be transparency in the information for the class unionism can negotiate in the best conditions, always with the support of staff, better than without it.
social conflict and crisis
filtering media in December that SEAT was in talks with VW to produce the model of the range Audi Q3, 2011. The central government and the Government made public its plan to rescue the car industry, these grants are awarded under the consideration that the EREs that occur are temporary and no layoffs.
But as always, social conflict work. ANFAC, employer's car, announced the boycott of the Fair Auto Show, business interests put pressure on both sides, one to receive aid and another for conditional collective bargaining. Even in some claim that existing agreements are renegotiated wage conditions for cut agreed increases. SEAT For we have seen that the fall in inflation to 1.4% in December, the automatic clause has come more favorable to workers, and now we are freezing.
UNION ALTERNATIVE: HOLD THE USE AND PRODUCTION crowded out with more models and more market
Given this situation of crisis, with thousands of workers affected by EREs, reduction of 12% of productions in English factories and reduction of 8.7% of exports to one market (Western Europe), it is necessary to change strategy, strengthen the defense of productive investment and fight for the maintenance of employment and wages.
SEAT is a brand that must be constructed above the 430,000 units, with greater amounts of product, more models, expanding into other markets, with the clear goal of maintaining output and employment. Therefore, not be closed to blow things ERE, or blackmail the collective bargaining wage as all companies are doing.
can not parcel out the negotiations, workers need serious commitments and counterparts to ensure that industrial activity, and other social and plans to improve economic supplements shielding records and the validity of an agreement that guarantees job product and wages.
In the real crisis, the failure of the market economy and speculation, CC.OO. believe that the class unionism must defend the immediate interests of workers who lest we pay the costs of a crisis that we are not responsible. SEAT is necessary to muster the goals of a stability plan that clean, clear value to the negotiations that place overall strategic objectives:
1. Employment should be guaranteed without any doubts and rumors union business.
2. They can not develop EREs negotiations and agreements without commitment Industrial Plan, with more models (such as referred Q3), and a business plan that contemplates the sale of future models in markets so far prohibited.
3. The next Convention during its term must ensure not to lose wages.
4. Social Plans EREs already being cut in the wage conditions of workers should be improved.
5. The low agreement and pensions should be extended.
6. Now more than ever with classmates in the ERE, the ROE's are paralyzed by eliminating jobs. Productivity increases to be agreed in collective bargaining with union control and maintenance of employment as is set out in the factories of the consortium.
The future of employment and industrial capacity SEAT can not depend on the lack of transparency in negotiations. Workers deserve more respect, and unions should offer alternatives to negotiate and / or mobilize as necessary.
Martorell, February 2009.
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