Greece, gruppo comunisti libertari (atene) - If we go to
work is our obligation, the turning our home is our right (gr)
[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
We, in this blog, deal repeatedly about the consequences of the philosophy of modern
management in enterprises, especially in large (private, public and hybrid), especially in
the field of labor relations and the economic development of companies. Relevant text of
the writer, was published in the newspaper and formerly TO qualifications (see. The end of
the text) which, briefly, analyzes the causes and consequences of this phenomenon, in
labor relations and economic development of companies. Not accidentally, the specific text
(which of course has its defects involving the limited space of a newspaper), focus on
refineries: Refineries are and were the dominant model of the "great and constant
undertaking" in Greece. In reality of course, they are brothels, but always judged by the
share and mintiaki image. I do not know for example, what is more appalling: the
announcement that the death of two colleagues (of five injured in an accident last week)
almost coincided with the end of the work shoutdown of this unit -pragma which openly say
that it will be all paroikountes Jerusalem [1] , with the logic not to disturb the further
smooth development of the project - or that the massmedia reported little in the
accident (even distorting the most important elements in order not to cause outrage [2] )
and then almost none reported the news of the two deaths (one estimate is that this was
not to plummet even further the share of HEP).
Now here we are talking about confirmation anthropological types that echo the "no more
coal foolish." And it is important at such moments to distinguish who they are with whom.
As aptly noted by colleagues in Cucuta proclamation that circulated yesterday to
refineries Minister Mr. Lafazanis said on the subject, that "All government, the
management of EL. IP and workers needed to defend the credibility of the operation of the
EL. IP to fully ensure the health and lives of workers. Safety at work. ".
Certainly, we can not ignore the responsibilities of those operators, foremen etc. were
perpetrators of intensifying checks for a head of instigators. Neither internal divisions
of workers in contractor, corporate, black and white the REIO largely GUS accept Ms.
reproduce.
But let me remind you what Glezos said last month: "there can be no agreement between
exploiter and exploited." So simple, so clear. All together nor are neither will we.
Everyone has to choose sides.
The obvious question is, in what will come out by the government, with the exploiter
(administration Hellenic Petroleum) or the operator?
Giorgis
an older text from the newspaper "on the forward":
Outsourcing in the modern industrial age:
A different look to industrial accidents
The continuous sequence of industrial accidents, in addition to the clear picture of
generalized indifference (or control weakness) the "competent" and all the other
attendant, illuminates another side of the modern world of work. A cursory glance at the
statistics is enough to see that the majority of victims of industrial accidents, staff
"contractors", and has no direct employment relationship with the enterprise in which they
work. This is why most general practice in most large and medium-sized Greek businesses in
the broader industrial and manufacturing sector, the choice of method of outsourcing
(subcontracting Working) to perform even daily tasks. The usual arguments used to justify
this option are based on theoretical analysis of financial figures of firm as a whole, and
even in the time of Frederick Winslow Taylor [on the 3rd] could not afford to severe
criticism.
But why then continue this method not only to survive but to generalize? The main
rationale put forward by the proponents of this methodology is the following: The
performance of work by external teams, allegedly provided leads to staff reductions, and
therefore to eliminate the dead hours (hours during which staff underemployed),
theoretical interest the company. The execution of the work, by workshops specialized, and
therefore faster, further reduces the dead times and thus further increases the employer's
profit. Also, it is specialization, supposed to be, and guarantee the quality of works.
The necessity of purchasing and maintaining specialized and often expensive equipment
disappears from the employer, and passed on to the contractor, who, after continually deal
with this kind of work, it pays for itself faster, and will not have losses due to non-use
tous.Telos competition contractors, supposed to reduce their prices, or at least keep them
at a reasonable level, and gives the employer the ability to perform the tasks they need
immediately after passing on to its contractors required to have constantly available
staff and resources.
The reality contradicts them: There are, and there will be no contractors that employ
specialized personnel only for a very small part of their work. The logical necessity of
reducing labor costs, leading contractors in employment imiekpedefmenon workers with
short-term employment relationships. And it could not be different, partly because of
competition among contractors, and because the elimination of continuous employment of
qualified staff, is just what the fighting outsourcing: the elimination of dead time, is
the theoretical core. Let's take an example. In the larger heavy industries of Greece,
have been removed or shrink parts maintenance, construction etc. The theoretical result
should be to optimize the quality and speed of execution of work, increasing safety (since
supposedly specialized contractors "know the jobs ") and in particular the ability to
perform the work immediately and with reduced costs. In fact, except possibly the last,
there is no force. Anyone with even regional relationship with these interfaces, know that
contractors are indifferent to the time of execution of a task margins beyond their
contractual obligations (and why should not it also true, since it is inconvenient for
their own businesses) indifferent to the quality of their work (after the improvement of
the quality of work, reduce their profit margins) tend not to constantly observe the
safety measures (whether to increase their profit, or due to ignorance of the staff).
Especially on the issue of security, the (common) practice of contractors to pay workers
by the piece (eg by welding the welders inch) at high working pressure times leads even
the few skilled craftsmen to ignore safety measures , with known results. These are common
place in all industries, which indirectly, is acceptable to the industries themselves,
which spend a lot of time and within the control of contractors, and usually serious work
(which supposedly invented the outsourcing) choose to make own power. So finally, the
correlation cost of execution with its own resources - outsourcing costs vary because the
theoretical premise that both the contractor and the employer company, working under the
same conditions and to produce the same product, not applicable. This of course, should be
obvious from the beginning, because if a = actual labor costs b = goodwill (gain)
contractor then, at least for fixed and continuous operations (eg. Annual cleaners
contracts) will be a (cost by their own means) <a + b (contractor costs) This does not
apply nor for the work to which they apply initial theoretical conditions for applying
outsourcing (specialized, with many dead hours) because it takes into account not only the
factors mentioned above, but others, such as the logistics cost of the contractor, the
damages caused by poor quality of work or the uncertainty associated with this, the Impact
COST [4] of a possible accident, the increased cost of supervision, cooperation of
contractors to remain prices to desired levels, etc.
So the company loses. [5] The staff of contractors apparently loses, because to apply the
above inequality, should reduce a (labor costs) of the contractor, which is reduced with
the known methods (uninsured, ypopliromeni work, annual dismissal and reinstatement, etc.)
lose funds, the government, society. And who wins? Sure, winning contractor. But win and
others who are not shown. The performance of work by contractors, gives points to
executives of companies that apply it because it displays a notional cost for a task
because it takes no account of the staff employed indirectly by the employer (eg.
Supervising engineers), and indirect costs of low quality work of the contractor, the
principal also does not take account of the cost and defamation fines if it is proved that
the contractor eg. not paying Social Security, and of course the impact cost if it happen
eg. an accident (although the latter is likely to bathe) for which contractors are very
willing to take risks if he is to win. It is also an accounting trick: The contractor's
payment costs are deducted from the tax office, so the share is overestimated, so the
shareholders see greater profits from reality. This is an absurd logic: the longer term,
the company ordered to wear and destruction. In the short term, the value of the share is
rising. So, earn and spekouladoroi.
[1] The expression circulated extensively in all refineries was that their "keep alive
until you finish shoutdown "
[2] It is important that the event occurred as a fire tank fire while involved in high
flammable fuel pipe in an internal production unit, which was theoretically off. The
testimonies of those who were on the spot, said that people Flood upon quarter with fuel
under pressure, while the fire was in progress from the pipe in which they worked, and
which was supposed to be "blinded" ie. was interrupted flow. Also in the room were dozens
of workers from other teams working in parallel, without supervision. Nanny job
performance licenses were signed in the blink of an eye, without being able to examine the
interaction between them. Essentially that is, hide the fact that due to time and
labor-intensive, while jobs were in no way should be made.
This cover-up is obviously intentional, as the production units are completely elsewhere
than tanks.
[3] Frederick Winslow Taylor: Considered the father of project management. It introduced
the principle of profit maximization through "rational" -veltistopoiimenis use of media
and individuals.
[The 4th] Impact COST: The actual (economic) cost of an accident at a company theory is
enormous. Beyond the possible interruption of production, and the potential severance pay,
defamation company affects the share price, which for large companies is more important
source of revenue from the production process.
[5] Here, when I speak for the company, I am not referring to capitalists, the main source
of income of which is not the production process, but the variation of the share. I refer
to the company as agency, which contained and employees. The continuous loss of fixed
assets, wear of means of production, borne mainly workers since drastically aggravate the
quality of their working time. Anyone who has worked in a factory, she knows that the
workers "to hurt", not only because if you close go hungry, but because they live there
much of their lives, and any damage may have a direct impact on them. An employee at a
refinery repair a pipe with more attention than any contractor simply because the
contractor the next day it's gone, and he will pass by there every day and knows that if
the pipe burst beside him would kill him.
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