26/05/2008

Agency work lead to low level of unionisation

The reason for a low level of unionisation in the ICT sector is the high number of employees with fixed-term contracts and agency workers. It is difficult to organize those workers. Other problems include shift work, workers from distant towns using coach service, indifference towards unions.

A trade union official in Hungary.

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For more secure employment, against precarious work

The EMF Collective Bargaining Policy Conference 2009 launched the 2nd Common Demand:

“For more secure employment, against precarious work”,

which will be included in the collective bargaining demands of all its 75 affiliated trade unions and in future collective bargaining rounds throughout Europe over the next four years.

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