La ICM envía su solidaridad fraternal a los 17 trabajadores en huelga de la empresa de ascensores Orona en Noruega, quienes han estado en huelga durante 10 días como parte de sus esfuerzos por concluir un acuerdo de negociación colectiva con la empresa, la cual elevaría las condiciones laborales a estándares industriales.
"Ir a huelga es una decisión muy seria y todos los trabajadores se toman en serio esa responsabilidad", dijo el Secretario General de la ICM, Ambet Yuson.
"Respaldamos por completo la demanda de los trabajadores de un convenio colectivo y aplaudimos su valiente decisión de tomar una acción de huelga".
Orona have gone so far as if to suggest that the workers demand for of a collective agreement could cause them to close down their entire Norway operations.
”This fragility reflects Orona’s business model, which relies the use of subcontractors to lower labour costs. Among the union’s core demands is the end of the use of subcontractors, which drive down wages and conditions across the industry.”, Yuson continued.
"Subcontracting is endemic in the construction industry across the globe, from Australia to Pakistan to Serbia to Nigeria, BWI affiliates are fighting this scourge and holding principal employers responsible for the rights, wages and conditions of workers.”
“We are proud to support the work the Norwegian EL og IT Forbundet has achieved so far, and prouder still to support the stand made by the striking workers at Orona!
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) is the global union federation for the construction, wood and forestry, building materials and allied sectors. The BWI comprises has over 340 affiliate unions from 130 countries, comprising a total of over twelve million workers.