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AUSTRIAN TRADE UNION ’’GMTN’’ VISITED MWBU ’’NEZAVISNOST’’ AND ’’RTB’’ BOR




Bor, January 16 2008
On Monday, January 14 2008, the ’’Nezavisnost’’ Union of ’’RTB’’ Bor was a host to colleagues of Austrian Metal Workers Union (GMTN). The reason for this visit was the intention of ’’A-TEC Industries’’ to privatize ’’RTB’’ Bor. The following colleagues visited Bor: Manfred Anderle, GMTN Managing Secretary, and Werner Knoll, President of Employee Council of Montanwerke-Brixlegg (A-TEC Industries). The desire of ’’Nezavisnost’’ Union was to become acquainted with and get in touch with Austrian colleagues, as well as to exchange the information on working conditions, earnings and conduct of Austrian employers toward employees in Austria, namely, toward trade union.

During the talks, important information was exchanged on social and economic issues, as well as employee privileges and benefits in ’’A-TEC Industries.’’ Regarding that trade union is conducting negotiations with ’’A-TEC’’ on the social program issue, we shall adjust all positive experience from Austria to our conditions aiming at maximum safeguarding of employee rights. First of all, we stress the application of safety in practice and job safety, employee pays, bonus (allowance) for Christmas, as well as the bonus from company’s net profit.

Colleagues from Austria expressed a wish to visit the strip mine ’’Veliki Krivelj’’, as well as the Smelting Works, which was made possible for them. That was an opportunity for them to convince themselves at the very spot of the condition of our facilities and necessary investments in this connection, as well as great prospects of mining and metallurgy in Bor.

A shadow on fruitful and useful unionist visit to ’’RTB’’ was cast this time again by acting director of ’’RTB’’, M. Conic, by refusing to receive our Austrian colleagues, whereby he confirmed that he neither had good manager’s abilities nor elementary upbringing. Actually, the acting director attached greater importance to ’’working breakfast’’, namely, to fatty cheese pie, at the Faculty of Technology.

 
     
 
 
 
 
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