Athens, 23/2/2024
SETIP informs the workers that yesterday, Friday 23 February, a delegation consisting of the President of SETIP Alekos Perrakis and members of the temporary board of the Worker’s Union of Webhelp, held the first meeting with Webhelp, for the signing of an Industrial Collective Labour Agreement.
The discussion revealed that the company is positive about collective bargaining and workers representation. However, it did put legalistic conditions on our sectoral union. To remove any argument from the employers we insisted that negotiations continue and once there is an agreement, we can find a way to overcome any formal obstacles. We set out our basic demands based on our framework and committed to sending the draft collective agreement proposal on Monday to be discussed and decided at tomorrow’s meeting of Webhelp workers. We stressed that we would not tolerate it being seen as an unjustified absence for colleagues to participate in the strike and the company for its part committed to making a correction to the schedule to allow for the possibility of being declared before the strike.
The continuation of the negotiations should find the union even stronger, the workers should thicken its ranks to give strength to their voice.
We are all massively participating in the meeting of workers in Webhelp, on Sunday 25/2 at the Athens Labour Centre at 5.00 pm to co-decide and openly discuss the draft of the Industrial Collective Labour Agreement and decide the steps to be taken.