Compass Group Intimidating Catering Workers in Algeria
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While employees at multinational oil producers in Algeria relax in air-conditioned
shelters, workers at a catering contractor that serves them swelter in tents in
the desert. The workers, employed by a subsidiary of the multinational Compass
Group, have shifts that last six weeks without a day off.
They decided to create a union in 2006, but management disputed the
union’s legitimacy despite initial support from 1,400 workers out of 1,800. They
refused to permit meetings on company property, allowed by law.
The union collapsed. Worse yet, the company and its subcontractor have
tried to make an example of the union’s elected general secretary, Yassin Zaid.
His work contract was suspended, and he faces charges for “slander on the
internet.” He lives in fear of further reprisals. The independent Algerian
union SNAPAP is asking supporters to pressure the company to abandon legal
proceedings against Zaid and to reinstate him—and to cease interfering with the
union.
http://labornotes.org/node/2311
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