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Organizing in the multinational companies - A challenge and priority for commerce unions |
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Organizing is the constant priority for union movement in the commerce sector in BiH. Present economical enviroment in BIH does not give much posibillities for succesiful organizing. The real multinational retailers that operate the neighbouring countries still didn't come to BIH market but existing local commerce chains give lot of material for concerns and asks for strategic aproach to the issue of organizing. Therefore, FIET Solidarity project for BIH organized with the support of HK region Agder og Rogoland a Joint Organizing conference focusing on multinatioanl commerce companies.
Conference was held in Tuzla 14-15 NOvember abd it gathered the elected trade union leaders from the rgeions of CTUBIH and STUDRS together with friends from HK Norge. The aim of the conference was to make the analisis of the present organizing work of two unions, to gather new skills and knowledge based on the experience of the organizers in Hk Norge and to design a new startegic aproach to organizing issues with the focus on the level of BIH.
THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZING IN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
Tuzla, November 15, 2007
After a variety of presentations on current strategies in organizing in
great store chains, and the analysis of the same and on the basis of
the experiences exchanged with the colleagues from Norwegian trade
union, the participants of the Conference on Organizing in
Multinational Companies, the representatives of TURS, TUBiH, Youth and
Women sections within the two Unions respectively, have brought the
following conclusions:
1. The cooperation and dialogue between the social partners and
multinational companies needs to be established through legal acts.
2. The companies which allow union organizing should be supported in
the media, and the ones which do not, should be boycotted.
3. A joint strategy for organizing in multinational companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be made by June 1, 2008.
4. A group consisting in five members (two coming from the TURS and
two from TUBiH, and one from the Solidarity Project office) shall be
formed. The responsibilities of this group shall be the making of a
joint strategy for organizing and ways of implementing the activities
related to the strategy.
5. In order to enable contacting the employers, the information
about a company and the working environment and conditions in
respective company shall be gathered. The direct contact with the
workers and presenting them with the Union’s image, objectives and role
is the next level. On the successful completion of these, the
individuals in charge of further union engagements and organizing
activities shall be elected in the companies in question.
6. All the positive achievements of the Union, regarding the organizing processes, shall be presented in the media.
7. Upon the emergence of multinational companies, we shall demand for
the support from all relevant institutions, in implementing of all of
the fundamental principles and working rights, as well as all other
laws in BiH and collective agreements in commerce sector and all other
relevant legal matters concerning labor.
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Contact
For more informations please contact: Mersiha Beširović
FIET Project Manager
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