4 September, 2008Italian autoworkers are calling for a "globalisation of rights" for the more than 185,000 workers employed by Fiat Group worldwide.
ITALY: Union representatives of Fiat workers in Italy, Poland, Brazil, Serbia, Spain and Turkey met with the International Metalworkers' Federation and European Works Council in Turin, Italy today to initiate discussion about negotiating an International Framework Agreement with the Italian automaker.
Organised by Italian metalworkers' unions FIM-CISL, FIOM-CGIL, and UILM-UIL together with the IMF, the meeting is a first step in ensuring that workers' fundamental rights such as freedom of association and collective bargaining, as well as the prohibition of child labor and forced labor are respected throughout the Fiat Group.
For more information about IMF International Framework Agreements go to: www.imfmetal.org/IFA
Organised by Italian metalworkers' unions FIM-CISL, FIOM-CGIL, and UILM-UIL together with the IMF, the meeting is a first step in ensuring that workers' fundamental rights such as freedom of association and collective bargaining, as well as the prohibition of child labor and forced labor are respected throughout the Fiat Group.
For more information about IMF International Framework Agreements go to: www.imfmetal.org/IFA