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The Siemens Europe Committee has been informed that Terry Kennedy, member of the Siemens Europe Committee from Ireland, has died on August 18th. Terry has been the representative from Ireland in the Siemens Europe Committee for seven years. He has always been a honorable and nice colleague who helped the Siemens Europe Committee to get a perspective from Ireland.

Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana, in May for the union’s Broadcasting, Manufacturing and Telecommunications Conference. For the second year, Dirk Linder, representing the Siemens Global Union Network, addressed the conference.

Zeliha Saltan (24) arbeitet im Sekretariat der Strategie Abteilung am Siemens Standort Duisburg. Sie ist dort Vorsitzende der JAV - und seit vier Jahren in der IG Metall.

The active opposition of Italian Healthcare employees against worse conditions in the new structure has led to a success: After 10 weeks of negotiation, a total of 24 hours of strike and two public demonstrations at the entrance of the Siemens Headquarters in Milan, finally a bargaining agreement has been reached.

The struggle continues: Italian HC employees keep demanding what they are entitled to - nothing more but certainly nothing less! In its latest proposal for a bargaining agreement, the Siemens management has not included many of the requests that the Healthcare employees consider absolutely indispensable to reach a fair agreement.

The very great majority of Siemens Healthcare employees went on strike on June 30th in Italy. And their participation at the demonstration at the entrance of the Siemens Headquarters in Milan was huge!

The working conditions that Siemens wishes to apply in the new Healthcare company to the employees of the Healthcare Division of Siemens Italy (“HC employees”) are worse than their current working conditions. The employees will act against this questionable approach for the carve out of the Siemens Healthcare Division and go on strike on June 30th.

Heidrun Raab (54) ist Übersetzerin für Englisch - und aktives IG Metall Mitglied. Seit 2010 ist sie teilfreigestellte Betriebsrätin am Siemens-Standort Erlangen G.

From April 190th to 23rd 2015, employee representatives from China and Germany met in Beijing. Besides a workshop on collective bargaining strategies, the agenda included internal discussions about employee representation as well as a meeting with representatives of management and HR of Siemens China.

On May 27th/28th, the Siemens Europe Committee (SEC) held its 20th meeting session at Manchester, UK. 33 members from 20 European countries took part in the meeting; the representatives from Poland, Slovakia and Ireland were missing. Harald Kern, the SEC chairman, opened the meeting and welcomed the participants. He especially mentioned that this would be the 20th meeting of the Siemens Europe Committee.