Participation in the General Assembly on 15/6 for the elections
WE ALL PARTICIPATE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SATURDAY 15/6—17:30 PM at the Labour Center of Pireas, Omirou Skilitsi Str.—WE PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTIONS OF THE UNION
Following the SETEP Board Meeting on the 1st of June, we are happy to announce that we welcome all the new members of the union from all over Greece and inform them that two new Departments of the Union have been created for Chania and Thessaloniki, where the company has seats.
Based on the decision of the Board, we invite all the members of SETEP and all workers in Teleperformance to join their workers’ union and attend the preelectoral General Assembly that will
• discuss the Report of Action so far
• declare the elections to be held
• and, in the presence of a lawyer, will vote for an Electoral Committee to run the elections
We invite all workers in Teleperformance all over Greece to exercise their right to unionize, a right won by the struggles of many previous generations, to become a member of the union and participate in its elections.
WE ARE ALREADY COUNTING OUR FIRST VICTORIES.
Already with our union we are counting steps and small victories without of course stopping until all our demands are met. Through our struggle we managed to get a change in the special purpose visa regime so that the employment contract no longer needs to be presented for the examination of the documents for the renewal of residence permits.
Under pressure, the company promised and, in some cases, gave increases. However, these, like all the rights we have if they are not secured by Collective Agreement, are in abeyance. They can take them back or hire new colleagues with lower pay whenever they want.
We won numerous cases supporting workers reports at the Labour Inspectorate against unpaid compensations after dismissals, against forced unpaid leave during downsizing, against the violation of trade union liberties.
Teleperformance will never be the same after the creation and strengthening of our union, we will fight every day to make the workplace a better place for the workers and not for the profits accumulated from our hard work, unpaid work, occupational hazards, mental illness, lack of free time, lack of needed vacation and poverty.
A BIG PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTIONS WILL BE THE STRONGEST MESSAGE TO THE COMPANY, to sit at the negotiation table with the workers representatives and sign a Collective Agreement that will guarantee our rights for salary increases, indefinite contracts, 1h break, 7h work day, payment based on seniority, the end to unpaid days during change of projects, the protection of maternity and the return of young mothers to a stable working condition, will confront the mobbing and mental stress caused by the surreal intensification of work, find immediate solutions for the aggressive housing issues in Chania that concern the safety, privacy and high costs of bills for the workers and everything else that affects our day to day work life!
Because the union is the place where colleagues meet, discuss, decide, and show their solidarity for every problem in our lives and we all fight it together!
That’s how we will continue! Solidarity is our weapon! WE ALL GET ORGANIZED IN OUR UNION!