GM attacks workers´ rights and want reduce wages
Luiz Carlos Prates, Mancha
From Sao Jose dos Campos / Sao Paulo – Brazil
Accordingly press, in 2006, GM Brazil was responsible for 40 per cent of GM LAAM (Latin America, Africa, Middle East) business, what totalized US$ 533 million of net profit.
The mass production is very high. In Sao Jose dos Campos, where we are located, the production rate is much accelerated, that causing the increase of sickness which is related to work in this plant.
However, instead of his great profits and great production, the company reduced workers employments since 2006. In this period, about a hundred workers were already dismissed.
In April 2nd, the company opened a new voluntary dismiss program, the first of the year. The program’s mark was not published officially.
Beyond the mass dismisses and the task concentration upon the workers which still are in the plant, there is a fear related to company restructure, published in March.
GM said to metalworkers unions, that needs analyze his production cost, what the workers face as a threat against the workers rights.
GM´s plans
GM want increase more the competitiveness between the three plant in Brazil (Sao Jose dos Campos - Sao Paulo; Sao Caetano do Sul - Sao Paulo; and Gravatai - Rio Grande do Sul), intending reduce wages and rights.
The company, with his high profits, instead of to make equal the different wages (the Gravatai workers, i. e., earn just a half of the other plants workers´ wages), want reduce them.
But, the Sao Jose dos Campos GM metalworkers are organized to face these attacks. Many meetings are preparing the fight against the rights reduces.
We are cont on the international solidarity of workers in this fight. We are looking forward to receive your solidarity messages by email:
secretaria@sindmetalsjc.org.br.
Go to the fight, comrades!
Martin
16/04/2007