From January 18th-20th, Randy Middleton and Jerry Kurimski of the US union International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) visited Germany for talks with representatives of IG Metall in Frankfurt and Berlin.
On October 6th, a "Guarantee Agreement" for workers who have been segregated from Siemens SA into the new Siemens Healthcare, S.L.U, was signed at the headquarters of Siemens SA in Tres Cantos (Madrid). This "Safeguards Agreement" was reached on September 29th between the management of Siemens SA, Siemens Healthcare, SLU, and the Siemens SA works council.
From April 21st – 28th, 2015, an IG Metall delegation visited the US. The visit was focused on the companies Siemens and Airbus, but included several meetings with other unions, company representatives, representatives of government and non-government organizations and a journalist.
On August 17th/18th, 24 union representatives from Siemens locations in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia and Austria met at Kutná Hora (Czech Republic) to discuss the latest developments at Siemens and to exchange their experiences.
The Siemens Europe Committee has been informed that Terry Kennedy, member of the Siemens Europe Committee from Ireland, has died on August 18th. Terry has been the representative from Ireland in the Siemens Europe Committee for seven years. He has always been a honorable and nice colleague who helped the Siemens Europe Committee to get a perspective from Ireland.
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana, in May for the union’s Broadcasting, Manufacturing and Telecommunications Conference. For the second year, Dirk Linder, representing the Siemens Global Union Network, addressed the conference.
Zeliha Saltan (24) arbeitet im Sekretariat der Strategie Abteilung am Siemens Standort Duisburg. Sie ist dort Vorsitzende der JAV - und seit vier Jahren in der IG Metall.
The active opposition of Italian Healthcare employees against worse conditions in the new structure has led to a success: After 10 weeks of negotiation, a total of 24 hours of strike and two public demonstrations at the entrance of the Siemens Headquarters in Milan, finally a bargaining agreement has been reached.
The struggle continues: Italian HC employees keep demanding what they are entitled to - nothing more but certainly nothing less! In its latest proposal for a bargaining agreement, the Siemens management has not included many of the requests that the Healthcare employees consider absolutely indispensable to reach a fair agreement.
