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16 July, 2001International trade union support helped to resolve the conflict at Johnson Controls.
PORTUGAL: Yesterday on this website the IMF reported on a serious situation which had developed at Johnson Controls in Portalegre (see news item dated July 16, 2001).
The Portuguese metalworkers' union SIMA has now written to inform its friends that very early this morning (July 17) company management agreed to SIMA's demands that the company accept the workers' legal rights at Johnson Controls to the collective agreement in force for that industrial sector.
José António Simões, general secretary of SIMA, said the union wanted to "thank all those who very quickly answered our request for support in order to stop the denial of workers' rights at Johnson Controls in Portalegre. Your support has been very helpful."
The Portuguese metalworkers' union SIMA has now written to inform its friends that very early this morning (July 17) company management agreed to SIMA's demands that the company accept the workers' legal rights at Johnson Controls to the collective agreement in force for that industrial sector.
José António Simões, general secretary of SIMA, said the union wanted to "thank all those who very quickly answered our request for support in order to stop the denial of workers' rights at Johnson Controls in Portalegre. Your support has been very helpful."