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11 February, 2002IMF affiliates in Hungary and Romania agree on concrete measures to protect their respective members' interests.
HUNGARY/ROMANIA: Metalworkers' trade unions in Romania and Hungary have agreed on concrete measures for mutual representation of members who become migrant workers in either of the two countries.
When the governments of Hungary and Romania recently enacted a law which facilitates the possibility for citizens of Romania to get a job in Hungary, the unions - the National Metalworkers' Federation of Romania (U-Metal) and the Federation of Hungarian Metalworkers' Unions (VASAS) - met to discuss the effect the new regulation might have in their respective countries. There could be disturbances, they said, in the labour market and in the established level for wage earnings.
The meeting resulted in an agreement that the two unions would insist, in their respective countries, on the basic principle that enhances the right of all workers to have a job primarily in their own country, which corresponds to their ability, professional standards and which secures a fair wage. This must not, however, deny the possibility for any worker to freely and under equitable conditions get a job outside the country, in accord with the effective rights, regulations and conditions of the given country.
Also, and very significant, in order to protect members' interests across national borders, VASAS and U-Metal have agreed to:
When the governments of Hungary and Romania recently enacted a law which facilitates the possibility for citizens of Romania to get a job in Hungary, the unions - the National Metalworkers' Federation of Romania (U-Metal) and the Federation of Hungarian Metalworkers' Unions (VASAS) - met to discuss the effect the new regulation might have in their respective countries. There could be disturbances, they said, in the labour market and in the established level for wage earnings.
The meeting resulted in an agreement that the two unions would insist, in their respective countries, on the basic principle that enhances the right of all workers to have a job primarily in their own country, which corresponds to their ability, professional standards and which secures a fair wage. This must not, however, deny the possibility for any worker to freely and under equitable conditions get a job outside the country, in accord with the effective rights, regulations and conditions of the given country.
Also, and very significant, in order to protect members' interests across national borders, VASAS and U-Metal have agreed to:
- represent, just as if they were their own members, the interests of the other union's members, where they are employed in the sector of the respective union;
- keep the cross-border workers provided with detailed information as to corresponding legal regulations, labour contracts, preconditions for employment, wage levels and benefits.