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PRESS RELEASE November 11, 2024

Athens, 11/11/2024

On Saturday 9/11 the General Assembly of our Union took place. A great deal of experience came from the mobilizations of the previous period. The need to continue the mobilizations as a whole and by department was highlighted, as many of our demands have not yet been met.

Special mention was made of the struggle for a Collective Labour Agreement even though the company has refused to start negotiations.

A notable reference was made to the company’s attempt to terrorize us by dragging our Union’s Board of Directors to court for the strike that it organized and had massive participation in a Greek-speaking department on 10/10.

This fact proves how the company is in the end intimidated by the organisation of the workers’ struggle and the power we have in our hands when we decide to fight for our rights. 

After the voting, the following decisions were taken:

– Participation in the 24-hour national strike on 20/11.

– Mobilization at the Ministry of Immigration on 18/11, 19:00.

– Continuation of the struggle for the signing of a Collective Labour Agreement.

– Meetings by project.

– Organization of a solidarity event for Palestine.

STRIKE IN A PROJECT

Uncategorized October 13, 2024

The company’s panic after the announcement of the strike in a Greek-speaking project, as a step of escalation in the complete disregard on the part of the management to the demands of our colleagues, shows the strength we have.

It shows that without us, the company is a hollow building, unable to produce the profits it brags about every quarter in its statistics.

The minute after the strike was announced by the workers, the company rushed to send an email declaring it illegal and making the now familiar threats that participation in it would have consequences for the program and the bonus.  

Threats that did not work, as the strike had almost a total participation and this forced the management to ask for the workers’ demands to be examined.

It is a huge victory! It shows the way. It shows that we have the power to demand work with rights and dignity. We take an example from the brave stand of our colleagues and continue on the same path to sign a Collective Labour Agreement.

Without us, no call is answered – no ticket is closed!

We have right on our side!

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WORKERS’ UNION AT WEBHELP – CONCENTRIX

Instructions for participating on the strike on May Day

INSTRUCTIONS April 29, 2024

With the official declaration of the May Day strike by GSEE, the General Confederation of Workers of Greece all of us are covered to not attend work on Wednesday 1st of May starting from 00.00 until 00.00 Thursday the 2nd of May, as this is a justified absence by law.

Send them template below. So we will make sure they declare everything properly. Declare it ESPECIALLY if they have put you on a day off. So the participation can be counted properly.

On the day of the strike:

Do not log in, and if you do not feel like it, do not answer any calls by the management. They have no right to ask for any explanation or force you to come to work.
During the strike those working from home or in the buildings, we meet in front of the main building of Webhelp at 08.00 on Wednesday the first of May at Metropolis building.
We meet at 10.30 at Syntagma.
Together we will win! No one is alone!

Template for strike:

Dear (supervisor name),

I will be participating to the General 24 hour strike declared by GSEE, which constitutes a justified absence, covering all workers of (your company), as per the law 1264/82. In Support for the Unions call for signing a CLA and for the demands concerning all aspects of our work. Which echoe the general requests as well.

Thank you very much for your time in advance.

Kind regards,

(Name and last name)

May Day is not a bank holiday, it’s a Strike Day!

Uncategorized April 25, 2024

We denounce the attempt of Webhelp – Concentrix to devalue the May Day strike with unacceptable tactics!

Specifically, in departments where colleagues participated massively in previous strikes, they are now being pressured to take a day off, saying that the May Day “holiday” has been moved by the government to May 7th.

We respond to the Webhelp – Concentrix management that on May Day the workers do not ask for a day off to go to the countryside, they strike globally in honour of the workers of all countries who gave their lives to have basic labour rights which are daily violated! We are on strike at Webhelp to have a Collective Labour Agreement with increases – we call once again on the management to proceed immediately with the procedures for signing it.

May Day is not a Bank Holiday, it’s a Strike Day!

Through the previous strikes that we, the workers of Webhelp, have organized, we forced the company to make increases. We make it clear that we are not stopping our struggle for signing a collective labour agreement since these increases are far from the needs based on the situation!

 We have achieved a major victory on the special purpose visa issue.

We created our Union with hundreds of colleagues becoming members. We confronted layoffs and terrorism within the projects.

We proved that only when we are organised and struggle together for our self-evident rights can we count victories in these difficult times.

We call on all our colleagues to participate en masse in the strike meetings of our union on 1 May, giving once again an answer to all those who want us bowed down, without memory and ultimately without a future.

For us, for our children, for our lives, not for their profits!

We demand:

  • Here and now the continuation of negotiations for the signing of a Collective Labour Agreement.

  • Work 5 days-7 hours a day-35 hours a week.

  • One hour break based on the regulation provided for working with monitors. Except for breaks for personal needs.

  • Automatic wage adjustment based on the increase index in consumer goods.

  • Protection of young mothers and people with health issues.

Against the attempt to intimidation, we all become members of our Union and call on our colleagues to do the same.

Only in this way will we build a shield of protection against any attempt to intimidate workers!

ALL ON STRIKE ON MAY 1st,  10.30 AM AT SYNTAGMA

Joint Announcement by SETIP and Workers’ Union of Webhelp

Uncategorized March 13, 2024

We salute the thousands of strikers who fought the battle in our third round of strikes against intimidation, threats and manipulation by the company. All those who joined our struggle for the first time. We are here and we continue, because our demands are fair and our struggle so far counts only victories!

We have managed to pressure Webhelp, breaking the isolation of remote working, going against the threats, the evaluation programme, the closures of departments, the calls for raises that never came. We didn’t sit down “behaving” as they wanted us to, but we joined our voices in our struggle!

In a very short time, we have managed to discuss collectively, in more and more departments, in almost every language. Through mass collective processes we decide our every step, we become more and stronger!

We are already victorious because our fair demands have brought us together, united us and now we are fighting side by side.

We are already victorious because out of the fire of our strike struggle the Workers’ Union of Webhelp (WUW) was born and as of yesterday it is legally approved.

We are already victorious because after the workers’ mobilization and our pressure the Ministry of Immigration has backed down on the visa issue. The new immigration code that was passed may have made the visa worse from special purpose to post-immigration, but the Minister pledged in Parliament that it will not get worse. However, and the existing regulations still hold colleagues hostage. That is why on 21/3 at 6.30 pm we continue with a mobilisation at the Ministry of Immigration.

We are already victorious because we have managed to break the multinationals’ front, with Webhelp sitting at the table and having our demands formally submitted to them.

We the workers who make all their wealth have made it clear that we want a Collective Agreement, with rights, with substantial improvement in working conditions and we are not backing down. We now officially call on the company to come to the table and discuss without any more excuses.

We are strengthening our Union, WUW, joining it and organizing our struggle in all departments of the company. On any issue big or small we get in touch, no one is left alone.

We are going on a mobilization on Thursday 21 March 6.30 pm at the Ministry of Immigration to have residence permit as workers in any company in any industry!

We are here, we are many, we will win!

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