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International Bulletin of the Chemical Branch of CUT
Leia neste nmero:
In factories and
on the streets
against the
4330LP

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National Day
of 02
Mobilization
Fight against
precarious
work

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In defense of
SUS and of
health

03

We won a fight,
but the war
continues

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Strengthening
the Braskem
Network

04

IndustriALL
Youth Seminar

04

Focus on
Climate Justice

05

Stop deadly
exposures
today!

05

Solvay sets up
global forum

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USW reaches
agreement with
Shell

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Agreement
after tough
negotiations

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In factories and on the streets against the 4330LP

Leaderships of CNQ participate in protests all over Brazil against Law project that
disrespects works rights
Thousands of workers took to the streets nationwide on April 15 National Day of
Stoppage against the Approval of Law Project 4330 on Outsourcing. Summoned and
organized by trade union centrals (CUT, CTB, Nova Central, Intersindical and
Conlutas), and by social movements of the field and of the city, the goal of the protests
is overruling the Law Project 4330, proposal approved by the National Congress on
April 8, which endorses outsourcing in all activities and buries historical labor rights.
Protests took place in all Brazilian States, involving classes such as bank workers,
metallurgists, bus drivers, oil professionals, chemists, civil construction workers,
teachers and rural workers, among others. And also involved social movements such as
landless, roofless, related to the environment, human rights etc. Assemblies, protests
with stoppages, delays in the change of shifts, distribution of flyers, public acts and
road closure are among actions that were scheduled and performed.
Protests were strong and expressive, which caused deputies to step back and postpone
the vote of amendments to the Law project 4330 for April 22.
The postponement was, undoubtedly, a victory of the popular pressure, but this fight is
only beginning and what we experienced on this Wednesday only gives us more
strength to continue on the fight. We are not going to leave the streets until we are
able to deter, once and for all, this project that affects the entire working class and
affects, even more, working women, establishing precarious working and salary
conditions, Lucineide Varjo, president of CNQ, stated.
.
Protesters from several
social movements
gathered at the Largo
da Batata, West side of
Sao Paulo, at the end of
the protest.
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Leaderships from CNQ-CUT actively participated in the protests and acts that closed
this stage of the fight in defense of the workers rights:
Bahia: Petrochemical Center of Camaari paralyzed in the morning.
ABC: Protest with stoppage at BASF Demarchi, Sao Bernardo do Campo, at Henkel, in
Diadema, and delay in the change of shifts in the afternoon at Cromos, in Maua
REPLAN/Paulnia: Protest with strike and road closure
Suzano Company of Paper and Cellulose: Protest with stoppage in the afternoon and
road closure
Manaus: Protest with strike at the Industrial Pool
Sao Paulo City: flyer distribution and strike especially in pharmaceutical industries, which
are putting an end to the 2015 wage campaign.

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Officers attend protests in Recife Pernambuco State

CNQ officers who attended the CNM Congress participated in protest in Guarulhos
REDUC oil professionals make a protest with strike in Duque de Caxias Rio de Janeiro
State
Trade union of glaziers of Sao Paulo distributed booklets on the Law Project 4330 at the
company Owens Illinois (Cisper) in the city of Sao Paulo
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IndustriAll published a note in support to our fight against outsourcing ao

National mobilization on 15 April

Trade unions in Brazil and their social movement partners are calling for a National
mobilization on 15 April, after the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to adopt a
bill favouring the liberalization of outsourcing..
The PL 4330 bill sets no limits to outsourcing in private and public sectors. Activities, including
those linked to the core business of a company, could be outsourced.
If made law, it could lead to a large-scale replacement of direct permanent workers by
outsourced workers with poorer working conditions, less protection and fewer benefits.
Fernando Lopes, IndustriALL Assistant General Secretary, said:
The adoption of the PL 4330 Bill marks a step backwards for workers rights. Outsourcing
represents a real obstacle to freedom of association. IndustriALL supports its affiliates which
will mobilize on 15 April to withdraw this bill.
Paralisao 15 de Abril

The day before the crucial

vote, several IndustriALL
Global Union affiliates and
their trade union
confederations
demonstrated in the
capital Brasilia in front of
the House of the
Representatives to try to
prevent the PL 4330 bill.
They intended to lobby parliament members to postpone the vote and further debate the issue
of outsourcing. However, trade unions were denied access to the House of Representatives
and that afternoon there were clashes between protestors and the police. Two unionists were
detained and three were hurt.
Despite this opposition, the House of Representatives decided not to delay the vote and
approved the emergency regime to vote rapidly on the bill in plenary session. The bill was
approved the next day with 324 votes in favour and 137 against. The government had also
tried to postpone the vote without success.
On 14 April, political parties will present modifications on the most controversial points of the
bill. Once these modifications will have been discussed and approved, the bill will be submitted
to the Senate.

Fight against precarious work

Seminar provides dialogue on work plan to eliminate precarious work. IndustriALL activity
gathers the chemical, metallurgist and clothing sectors
Continuing actions of the project Fight against precarious work, the global federation
IndustriALL held, on March 23 to 25, the seminar Fight against precarious Work and
Precarious Working Conditions and Relations, in the Summer Campo of FEQUIMFAR
Federation of Chemists of Sao Paulo, in Praia Grande.
The main goals of this activity were:
Monitoring the work plan of the fight against precarious work and
precarious working conditions and work relations of each class/sector
defined in the last seminar, which was held last May.
Developing/adjusting the work plan of fight against precarious work for
the next period.
The program of the activity included the exhibition on Precarious Work
and its interface with the Working Youth, with La Marques, political
advisor of CUTs National Youth Department.
Besides reports on situations of precarious work in different professional
sectors, participants discussed actions and adjustments to the work plan
per professional sector developed in the seminar, which took place last
November.
The board of directors of CNQ-CUT participated in this event and was
represented by Maria Aparecida Arajo do Carmo (Cidinha), secretary of Social
Policies, and by Edielson Souza Santos, secretary of Labour Relations.

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In defense of SUS and of health

On April 7, the World Health Day is celebrated and it was established by the World
Health Organization - WHO already in 1948. And, on April 28, we will celebrate the
World Day of Remembrance for Victims of Accidents, which emerged in Canada via an
initiative of the labor movement, and soon it became international. April 28 was made
official in Brazil in May 2005.
This April 7 we took to the
streets in defense of SUS,
demanding more investment,
against the privatization of
health and against outsourcing.
The motto was: "What does it
take for the Unified Health
System (SUS) to take good
care of all?.

Check out the letter

to the population in
SUS defense

A aprovao da PL 4.330 tornou a luta pela sade ainda mais crucial porque a
terceirizao aumenta a ocorrncia de mortes e acidentes no trabalho. Segundo a OIT o
Brasil est colocado em quarto lugar no ranking mundial de acidentes fatais de trabalho.
Segundo o ultimo Anurio Estatstico da Previdncia Social, em 2013 ocorreram
717.911 acidentes, nmero 0,55% maior que em 2012. Os dados referentes a 2014
ainda no foram divulgados.
The approval of the Law Project 4330 made the struggle for health even more crucial
because outsourcing increases the occurrence of deaths and accidents at work.
According to the ILO, Brazil is in the fourth position in the world ranking of fatal work
accidents. According to the latest Statistical Yearbook of Social Welfare, in 2013 there
were 717,911 accidents, 0.55% higher than in 2012.
There is no doubt that if outsourcing of business activities is kept, this number should
increase more, at the same time the precariousness of work will increase. The research
of CUT/DIEESE about outsourcing gives two examples that illustrate this situation:
From 2005 to 2012, the number of outsourced workers increased 2,3 times at Petrobras and the
number of accidents at work exploded: it grew 12,9 times. In this period, 14 workers of Petrobras
died during work. Among outsourced workers, 85 workers died.
At Klabin, where 37,5% of workers are outsourced, the accident rate is 3,32 among
outsourced workers and 2,79 among formal workers.
This report leaves no doubt. Accidents and deaths at work are the terrible aspect of
outsourcing in Brazil, perhaps the most evil one. There are uncountable cases of
accidents and deaths among outsourced workers reported every year.
On April 28, we are going to remember our dead and injured at work and we are going
to wipe the tears and settle our fight against outsourcing, precarious work and against
our rights and benefits.

We won a fight, but the war continues

Cibele Vieira, director of the Unified Sindipetro of SP and of CNQ
The announcement that Petrobras should issue an audited balance by the end of April and
the loan made along with the Chinese development bank calmed the market on the
financial difficulties of Petrobras, and increased the value of its stocks. The focus of the
opposition should change slightly: instead of openly defending privatization of part of
Petrobras to put more emphasis on the pre salt layer exploration, altering the Partition
Law.
Certainly the signs that the knife will come out of Petrobras neck are highly positive,
however, at what cost? Selling U$13,7 billion in assets at one point in a situation that any
laymen realizes that is not the ideal one, is a sign of strength of financial and media
institutions that joined the bankruptcy of Petrobras. At the same time, the Brazilian
population showed a clear sigh that it understands the importance of oil and of Petrobras
and took a position against privatization in pool researches, acts and protests.
However, let us not forget that the 13th round of the oil auction in Brazil, which was
expected to take place in the first semester, was only postponed to the second. It is
intended to occur this year, with or without the participation of Petrobras. Dispute over
our wealth and over the sovereignty of Brazil remain: there are three projects under the
chamber of deputies and under the Senate to break the Partition Law.
That is the reason we will continue on the streets in defense of Petrobras, of the partition
and screaming out loud: the oil is ours and we will not give it in!

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Strengthening Braskem Network

CNQ has a meeting with Mexican officers to strengthen relationships and
expand the Trade Union Network Brasken. The Brazilian delegation includes
Lucineide Varjo, president of CNQ/CUT, Elias Soares, advisor and Raimundo
Suzart, president of the Trade Union of Chemists of the ABC region.
Workers and trade union officers from the chemical and oil sectors, as well as
from the multinational Braskem, held a meeting with Mexican trade union
representatives. Meetings took place on April 7 and 9, in Mxico City, and had
the goal of achieving the internationalization of the Trade Union Network
Braskem and reaching a political approach among these institutions.

The meetings were attended by Victor Manuel Flores, president of the National
Revolutionary Trade Union of the Chemical industry, and by representatives of the Trade
Union of Technicians and Oil Professionals (UNTyPP), of the Center of Labor Investigation and
Trade Union Consulting (CILAS) and of the National Trade Union of Workers (UNT).
These activities are part of the project of Labor Rights in Latin America, developed by the
Institute of Social Observatory, CUT Brazil, National Confederation of Metallurgists of CUT
(CNM/CUT) and CNQ/CUT, and supported by the education Center DGB BW. (Paola
Bello/IOS) (Hlio da Costa/IOS)

IndustriALL Youth Seminar

Young chemist of Manaus participates Seminar IndustriALL. Marcio Necersia, union
leader of Workers in Plastic Industries of Manaus, represented the CNQ-CUT

The young Marcio Necersia (photo), union leader of Workers in Plastic Industries of
Manaus, represented the CNQ-CUT in the IndustriALL Youth Seminar, which took place
on 24 and 25 March, in the FEQUINFAR Summer Camp ( Chemical Workers Federation
of the State of So Paulo-Union Force), Praia Grande, So Paulo coast.
The initiative aims to enable and prepare young people for work in the union structure. This
is the fifth and penultimate seminar of the project, which has existed since 2013.
This year the Youth Seminar has been integrated with the Project to Combat Precarious
Work, a project also from IndustriALL, conducting joint discussions, as the interfaces of
precarious work in the youth population in Brazil.
During the seminar, Marcio presented its action plan to the other youths in the project. "We
plan to hold a meeting with young workers in the plastic industries of Manaus, which will help
to strengthen the union and increasing youth participation," he said.
The next IndustriALL youth seminar will be on 1 and 2 October 2015, and will also feature
the participation of young trade unionists from other countries. (Josenildo Melo - Photos:
Dino Santos)

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Focus on Climate Justice

Three quarters of worlds people want governments to act on climate change
New ITUC Climate Justice Frontlines briefing sets out union plans for a climate deal in 2015
Overwhelming support for government action on climate change puts leaders in the
spotlight to agree a climate deal in December 2015 that will give the world a fighting chance
to limit temperature rises to 2 C.
The worlds people want their governments to deal with the pollution that is causing climate
change. According to the ITUC Global Poll of the general public in fourteen countries, 73 per
cent of people want governments to do more to limit pollution causing climate change.
Brasil (93%), frica do Sul (88%), Rssia (87%), Itlia(85%) and ndia (80%) topped the
leaderboard with 80 per cent or more of respondents insistent on action by their
governments.
For the CUT National Confederation
of the Chemical Industry is not
surprising that the Brazilian population is
the most concerned about climate
change. Brazil faces a climatic situation
almost unprecedented in its modern
history. Severe drought and water crisis
in southeastern Brazil is complemented
with floods in the North, showing that
the cause is the increase in deforestation
in the Amazon..

There are no jobs

on a dead planet.

Photo: Cantareira Dam, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo >>

We know the science is unequivocal. Without urgent and ambitious action we will face a
temperature rise of 4C or more this century and irreversible changes in our climate.
Economists have spoken. The financial damage caused by global warming will cost the world
far more than previously estimated, said Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, ITUC.
Workers and their unions have a vital role to play to protect jobs in existing workplaces and
industries by demanding industrial transformation, organizing new quality jobs in the emerging
green economy and fighting for the Just Transition measures that ensure we leave no one
behind.
In the months leading up to the Paris Climate summit in December, mobilisations in hundreds
of countries will call on leaders to commit to a strong global agreement on climate change.
Climate change is putting at risks thousands of jobs. There will be no jobs on a dead planet,
said Ms Burrow.

Stop deadly exposures today!

An ITUC Briefing explaining why trade unions must globally mobilise to protect workers from
hazardous substances, with key facts and figures.
This 28th April, trade unions will commemorate those who lost their life and health trying to
earn a living.
How? Fighting even stronger so these tragedies do not happen again. In 2015, Global Unions
will be reinforcing the message that no-one should be harmed by hazardous substances at
work.

Toxic work!

Why is this an issue? Because dangerous chemical, biological and physical agents can be found
in our workplaces in many forms, and represent a huge occupational risk for workers.
Because current regulatory systems are inadequate - and in some countries, non-existent to
protect workers.
Because trade unions can change this situation by:
Unions at the company and workplace level mobilising for Joint occupational health
and safety (OHS) committees to address hazardous substances, bring this issue to
unions collective bargaining agenda, improve union capacity through effect
organisation and training, and fight for workplace rights.

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Solvay sets up global forum

IndustriALL Global Unions global framework agreement partner, Belgian-based chemicals
company, Solvay, has taken the lead in labour relations in the chemical industry in forming a
Global Forum with participation of union representatives from different continents.
The very first meeting of the Global Forum took place on 4-6 March 2015 at the central
offices of Solvay in Brussels. The objective of the Forum is to strengthen social dialogue
within the group at a global level. The three-day meeting included Solvay top management
and employees representatives from Europe, Asia, North America and Latin America.
IndustriALL Global Union was also present.
Solvay management considers the Forum an important opportunity to assess the companys
results, understand strategic challenges, create a common culture and coordinate actions in
a global context.
Solvay employs around 26,000 employees in 119 sites in 52 countries.

USW reaches tentative agreement with Shell

IndustriALL affiliate, the United Steelworkers (USW), and petrochemical company Shell
have reached a tentative agreement to bring an end to the national oil workers strike, which
began on 1 February.
he agreement, reached on 12 March and approved by unions lead negotiators, is the first
major step towards ending the largest oil refining industry strike in the United States since
1980.
We salute the solidarity exhibited by our membership, said USW International President
Leo W. Gerard. There was no way we would have won vast improvements in safety and
staffing without it.
The strike has focused on safety and working conditions rather than wage increases and the
new four-year contract will act as a pattern agreement for the rest of the industry.
Safety issues have been central to the negotiations, and the proposed agreement calls for
the immediate review of staffing and workload assessments, with USW safety personnel
involved at every facility.
The strike began at nine oil and chemical facilities when negotiations over a new contract
broke down. By March, six more facilities had joined the strike bringing the number of
striking workers to close to 7,000.
The union expectation is that other employers will offer the same terms at their local
bargaining tables.

Germany: new agreement after tough negotiations

IndustriALL Global Unions German affiliate IG BCE and the Chemical Employers Federation
finally concluded a sector-wide chemical industry collective bargaining agreement after a
long fourth final session in Stuttgart on 26-27 March.
Covering 550,000 employees in 1900 companies throughout the sector, the new agreement
brings a 2.8 per cent increase to the wages for a 17-month period and an almost doubling of
employer contributions to the sectors Demographic Fund over 24 months.
This is a specific fund in the German chemical industry that facilitates early retirements, part
time work, long term working time accounts and other measures in order to tackle the
demographic change in this industry. The employers will now pay 750, up from 338, per
year per employee into this fund, which represents an additional 0.9% pay rise.
The agreement covers major multinational companies such as BASF, Evonik, Bayer, Dow
Chemical and LyondellBasell in Germany which is Europe's largest chemical producing
country."
Given the divergent starting points, the sector-wide negotiations had difficult times and
required four separate meetings before the social partners finally reached an acceptable
conclusion. Some 100,000 people took to the streets earlier in March to demonstrate their
commitment for a wage increase and improved working conditions.
Michael Vassiliadis, President of IG BCE said:
We have shown in the chemical industry, once again, that a strong union achieves
sustainable outcomes for workers. We have not only taken care of significant income growth,
in a difficult overall environment, but also updated and strengthened the demographics
allowances in this collective agreement. This is important for the people and the industry;
this is a real investment in the future.

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Board 2013-2017
Directors
(in alphabetical order)
President
Lucineide Varjo Soares
Adilma Oliveira da Silva Pereira, Alex Ricardo Fonseca, Antonio
Felipe Goulart, Aurlio Antnio de Medeiros, Cacilda de Paula
Oliveira, Cairo Garcia Corra, Carlos Alberto Mota Itaparica,
Carlos Alberto Soares Padilha, Cibele Izidorio Fogaa Vieira, Dalva
Lcio de Oliveira, Edielson Souza Santos, Fbio Augusto Lins,
Francisco Brito de Freitas, Geralcino Santana Teixeira, Gildsio
Silva Ribeiro de Souza, Itamar Jos Rodrigues Sanches, Jocemir
Ribeiro Monteiro, Jorge Alves de Pinho, Jos Isaac Gomes, Jos
Maria dos Santos Nascimento, Jos Pinheiro Almeida Lima, Letcia
Aida Silva Queiroz, Luciano Jos da Silva, Lucimar Rodrigues da
Silva, Lucola Conceio dos Santos Semio, Mrcio de Paula Cruz,
Maria Aparecida Arajo do Carmo, Paulo Antnio Lage, Paulo de
Souza Bezerra, Ronaldo Rodrigues de Lima, Rosalina da Silva,
Rosival Ferreira de Arajo, Severino Amaro do Nascimento,
Sergio Novais, Silvaney Bernardi, Tnia Andrea Lisboa, Valdeli dos
Santos Guimares, Vandr Jernimo da Silva

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