8 March, 2011The Gerdau Workers' World Council is calling on unions in all Gerdau plants to send letters to plant managers demanding an end to anti-union activities at the Gerdau plant in Tocancipá, Colombia.
COLOMBIA: Sintrametal, a Colombian union affiliated to IMF affiliate Utrammicol, has worked for almost two years to unionize the workers in the new Gerdau plant located in Tocancipá.
Gerdau detected the interest of the workers to joint the union and, on February 21, Gerdau fired three key internal organizers.
The Gerdau Workers' World Council has written to company CEO Andre Gerdau asking for his immediate intervention to ensure that the company respects the right of the workers to freedom of association. A copy of the Council's letter is published on the IMF website in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
The International Metalworkers' Federation joins with the Council in asking all unions belonging to the Council and with membership in Gerdau plants around the world to deliver the letter to their plant managers, informing them that anti-union activities shall not be tolerated.
Please, print a copy of the posted here letter and deliver it to your plant manager.