Update 25.03.2011: The CEO of OTTO agreed to new talks in Venray on Thursday. Three workers received compensation. ZSP will meet with OTTO to discuss the issues in general and is organizing informational events in different cities where many workers are recruited.
On March 21 a group of Polish workers, together with the AGA/Vrije Bond and members of the anarchosyndicalist union ZSP did an action at the headquarters of OTTO Workforce in Venray, Holland, against exploitation and bad work and living conditions. OTTO has been cheating workers from Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia working on precarious contracts in Holland.
A campaign has started against the exploitation of workers in OTTO temporary agency. On February 11, ZSP and Priama Akcia organized informational actions and protests at the offices of OTTO in Poland and Slovakia. In Holland, a group of Polish workers, comrades from de Vrije Bond (AGA and ZAG) and the ZSP visited some workers “hotels”.
OTTO temporary agency is the biggest employer of workers from Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic in Holland. The salaries, lack of payment for sick leave or vacation and other working conditions, as well as the housing conditions, are sometimes ilelgal and do not comply with the collective agreement for temporary agencies. Moreover, OTTO create a system of labour control and earns money from a system of fines at work and at the company housing. We wrote more about the problems with the agency here: www.otto.zsp.net.pl
Empezó la campaña contra la explotación laboral en OTTO ETT. El 11 de febrero, la ZSP y Priama Akcia realizaron acciones informativas y protestas en las oficinas de OTTO ETT en Polonia y Eslovaquia. En Holanda, un grupo de trabajadores polacos, compañeros de Vrije Bond (AGA i ZAG) y la ZSP vistaron algunos “hoteles” de los trabajadores.
OTTO ETT es el empleador más grande de trabajadores de Polonia, Eslovaquia y la República Checa en Holanda. Los pagos, las bajas, las condiciones laborales y del alojamiento a veces son illegales o no cumplen con el convenio colectivo. Ademas, OTTO creó un sistema de control laboral y ganan dinero con un sistema de multas en el trabajo y con el alojamiento de la empresa. Escribimos sobre los problemas con la agencia aquí: www.otto.zsp.net.pl
