Our first announcement: https://bookworker.wordpress.com/2020/03/11/immediate-reinstatement-of-our-colleague-who-was-fired-maliciously-at-spandidos-publications-announcement/
All the material regarding the firing at Spandidos Publications are to be found published on our blog https://bookworker.wordpress.com/tag/spandidos_apolysi_2020/
> SUD Culture Solidaires
> Red and Black Coordination
> Hans Köbrich (On behalf of Arbeitskreis Internationalismus der IG Metall Berlin – Gewerkschaftliche Griechenlandreisegruppe)
From: SUD Culture Solidaires
For the direction of Spandidos Publications.
IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMENT OF OUR COMRADE WHO WAS FIRED MALICIOUSLY AT SPANDIDOS PUBLICATIONS IN ATHENS
We denounce the malicious sacking of our comrade and vice president of the Workers Union in Publications, bookstores, Photocopy Centers, Stationery, Digital Devices of Attica ( Athens- Greece), Ilias M.
The pretext of low productivity which was suddenly discovered by the employers after 7 years, finds itself in full contradiction with the nature and range of responsibilities which they themselves assigned to the colleague. The firing is directly connected to his trade union activities, his participation in strikes, with the last being the strike of the 18th of February regarding pensions and social security reform.Three days before his firing and his consistent opposition to
arbitrary incidents and spiteful treatment which exceed managements rights.
In a condition within which workers rights are being demolished, trade unions and rank and file unionism are being targeted and marginalised, whilst investment and entrepreneurship are being glorified to the expense of working people. It is in such a situation that employers are emboldened to trample on constitutional rights believing that this will be tolerated.
The firing of a colleague is an attack on all of us.
To the blackmail of being fired our answer is collective struggles.
We request the immediate reinstatement of our maliciously sacked comrade Ilias M.
For SUD Culture Solidaires, the general secretary, T.B.
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SUD Culture Solidaires
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sud@culture.gouv.fr
From: Red and Black Coordination
AGAINST ILLIAS´ SACKING
Published on Saturday, 11 April 2020 | Written by R&B SECRETARY
Red and Black Coordination denounce the malicious sacking of our colleague and vice president of the Workers Union In Publications, Bookstores, Photocopy Centers, Stationery, Digital Devices of Attica ( Athens- Greece), Ilias M.
The pretext of low productivity which was suddenly discovered by the employers after 7 years, finds itself in full contradiction with the nature and range of responsibilities which they themselves assigned to the colleague. The firing is directly connected to his trade union activities, his participation in strikes, with the last being the strike of the 18th of February regarding pensions and social security reform.Three days before his firing and his consistent opposition to arbitrary incidents and spiteful treatment which exceed managements rights.
In a condition within which workers rights are being demolished, trade unions and rank and file unionism are being targeted and marginalized, whilst investment and entrepreneurship are being glorified to the expense of working people. It is in such a situation that employers are emboldened to trample on constitutional rights believing that this will be tolerated.
From: Hans Köbrich (On behalf of Arbeitskreis Internationalismus der IG Metall Berlin – Gewerkschaftliche Griechenlandreisegruppe)
Arbeitskreis Internationalismus der IG Metall Berlin
c/o IG Metall Berlin, Alte Jakobstraße 149
10969 Berlin
Gewerkschaftliche Griechenlandreisegruppe
Date 03.04.2020
To the management of Spandidos Publication
We demand Immediate Reinstatement of Ilias M, Vice president of Workers
Union in Publications Bookstores, Photocopycenters, Stationary, Digital
Devices of Attica (Athens Greece) at SPANDIDOS PUBLICATIONS
As a Group of German tradeunion activists we are traveling to Greece
since nine years, building up links and relations with Greek TradeUnion
activists. Almost from the begining we met people from the book workers
union. We know them as people to defend workers rights that got strongly
under attack during the crisis.
As we were informed the colleague Ilias M. was fired from Spandidos
Publications. The colleague has been working for almost seven (7)
years. Since the beginning he was a a member of the Union and since the
last elections he has been elected vice president, The firing of the
collegue is unfair and illegal according to Greek labour legislation.
For us it is clear that Ilias M. was fired because he reacted with
dignity to incidents of arbitrary and degrading treatment that go beyond
managements rights and because he claimed things such as sick leave to
be given as established labour rights allow for and not as benefits– and
charity as the employers have said.
Ilias M. has also been fired because he participated in the procedures,
rallies and strikes of his Workers Union. It is no coincidence that the shacking took place two days after the General Strike of 18/2/2020 regarding pensions and social security reform.
We declare our Solidarity with Collegue Ilias and demand his Immediate
reinstatement
On behalf of Arbeitskreis Internationalismus der IG Metall Berlin
Gewerkschaftliche Griechenlandreisegruppe
Hans Köbrich
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