About precarious work

About the campaign

Action against precarious employment
In the week of 4-8 October 2010 the EMF is organising the third consecutive action against precarious employment. The week coincides with the ITUC’s World Day for Decent Work on 7 October.

  • The massive expansion of precarious work must be stopped
  • Where precarious work does exist, wages and conditions must be equal to those of regular workers and full coverage of social security should be guaranteed
  • Workers should be directly hired and indirect employment discouraged
  • Basic job security has to be guaranteed, as well as full protection in the field of health and safety

Therefore urgent trade union action is required. The global action day is a clear signal to employers and governments all over the world that this is no longer acceptable.

The EMF policy guideline on the struggle against precarious work and the promotion of decent work.

Campaign activities

What is precarious work?

Precarious employment is a very wide issue. The way you perceive it, the way you feel it, the way you experience it is very personal. It relates to the direct job situation in the plant, in the company (the kind of contract you received, the way you are paid, the information you get, …) but also to your position in the wider society (how is your job looked upon, how well respected, how is it considered, …).

Collective Bargaining Collection DVD

The EMF has produced a DVD entitled 'Collective Bargaining Collection', which includes the EMF film 'Precarious Work - Precarious Lives', as well as documentation on collective bargaining.

About the European Metalworkers' Federation

The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) is the representative body defending the interests of workers in the European metal industry. The EMF has a mandate for the external representation and coordination of the metalworkers' unions and a mandate to engage in bargaining at European level.
The EMF head office is in Brussels, Belgium.

About the International Metalworkers' Federation

The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) represents the collective interests of 25 million metalworkers in more than 200 unions in 100 countries. The IMF is a federation of national unions - a union of unions - in the metal industry at world level. The IMF head office is in Geneva, Switzerland, where worldwide activities are coordinated with a network of regional offices.

Campaign logo

The EMF has created an action logo for the global campaign against precarious work. This logo gives this campaign a clear transnational image and we would like to propose that our members use this logo on all campaign material that they are publishing.

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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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