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19 May, 2004The IMF has urged General Motors to allow union representation elections at its Brazilian plant as well as address problems of health and safety.
BRAZIL: The International Metalworkers' Federation has protested to the head office of General Motors Corporation about ongoing actions of GM management at the Gravatai auto plant in Brazil. These include the denial of the right to freedom of association. The IMF also expressed concern over the status of health and safety protections at the plant.
In the letter sent today (May 19, 2004) to G. Richard Wagoner Jr., GM's chairman and chief executive officer, the IMF general secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, referred to the transnational automaker's refusal to allow a free and fair election whereby workers at the company's Gravatai facility would be able to democratically decide their representatives. "The IMF fully supports a complaint under the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises filed by the Sindicato Metalúrgicos de Porto Alegre," wrote Malentacchi. The union is a member of the IMF-affiliated CNM-CUT.
Malentacchi also expressed concern over the unjust dismissal of workers who have suffered occupational injuries at the plant and asked the company to ensure that all legal protections and rights of injured workers be respected. The IMF general secretary urged GM's Gravatai management to take actions to address the health and safety conditions in the plant.
In the letter sent today (May 19, 2004) to G. Richard Wagoner Jr., GM's chairman and chief executive officer, the IMF general secretary, Marcello Malentacchi, referred to the transnational automaker's refusal to allow a free and fair election whereby workers at the company's Gravatai facility would be able to democratically decide their representatives. "The IMF fully supports a complaint under the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises filed by the Sindicato Metalúrgicos de Porto Alegre," wrote Malentacchi. The union is a member of the IMF-affiliated CNM-CUT.
Malentacchi also expressed concern over the unjust dismissal of workers who have suffered occupational injuries at the plant and asked the company to ensure that all legal protections and rights of injured workers be respected. The IMF general secretary urged GM's Gravatai management to take actions to address the health and safety conditions in the plant.