Victory at IKEA
.The IKEA
store in the city of Brescia sacked 7 store employees in September
2008 refusing to renew their contract with them. The company believed
that employees should pay for the crisis. These people had worked at
IKEA for many years, working up to 200 hours per month for as little
as 1000 Euros. So the workers decided to protest against this
sacking and engaged in picketing at the IKEA store. They
have were an established group of workers Senzatemponedenaro
and were willing to fight a stubborn struggle. They also joined the
USI, the Italian section of the International Workers Association.
They conducted continous weekend pickets at IKEA with many people n
deciding to boycott the store.
On December 17, the labour
court ruled to reinstate Belmadani
Azzedine with all the other employees, back to work. He also
will receive compensation. Unionists from the USI are confident that
everyone who wants to get reinstated will be.
Background info here http://tinyurl.com/usi-v-ikea
(Solidarity with sacked IKEA workers)
