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Union
representatives of eight Federations and 22 unions, who represent
workers of the meat processing industries, took part in the National
Meeting, on 23 and 24 September in Sao Paulo, facilitated by the IUF
and CNTA, which was held at the premises of the Workers'
Federation of Food Industry Workers of the State of Sao Paulo (FETIASP).
The
situation of these workers within the national environment was discussed
and the CHARTER OF SAO PAULO was approved, which contents are as
follows:
1- The
IUF will commence an international campaign under its own
coordination to report the neglect and the subhuman working and safety
conditions at meat and poultry processing plants of Brazil.
2-
CNTA will continue the coordination, along with Brazilian union
entities, developing a campaign of protest against the deficiencies in
meat plants in terms of working conditions and safety at work.
3-
Delegates appointed by unions at the state level will form a National
Committe to decide industrial action by category as well as the date of
strike for workers of this sector throughout Brazil as a way to
call attention on our claims.
4-
Federations and Unions of each state of the country will organize
actions and strikes according to their criteria. In the meantime, they
will make public this national movement and the claims in the respective
states they represent by distributing materials which will be specific
by state and unified at the national level, also promoting its
dissemination in the media.
5- Since
it is a national campaign with international impact, and considering
that Brazil is the major meat exporter, mainly poultry meat, national
central union federations will be invited by CNTA and the IUF
to take part. These central union federations will be called by each
member union to participate in the campaign in defense of quality
employment and safety in read meat and poultry processing plants in
Brazil.
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September 2009
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