Union attacks EDF for allowing sub-contractors to sack workers

The electricity workers’ union has called on Fingrid, the national electricity grid company, to investigate claims that Turkish workers employed by a sub-contractor are paid wages at around half the rate set by the relevant collective agreement. The union is not opposed to the employment of foreign workers but concerned about maintaining the proper pay and conditions for employees in the sector. It is urging the company to consider its responsibility and ensure contracts are awarded fairly and with due respect to the legislation. [Read more at > Trade Union News (EN)->http://www.artto.kaapeli

The FNME-CGT energy federation organized a national day of action on 22 September to highlight the situation of the employees of sub-contractors in the nuclear sector. The union points out that these workers are facing some of the most serious safety risks in the sector but are missing out on the pay and employment conditions enjoyed by permanent staff. The union has delivered a 10,000-signature petition to the energy minister calling for improved pay and conditions for all sub-contracted workers, arguing also that all the contracted out services should be brought back in-house. [Read more at