Last November, the temporary work agency Start People notified its employees who had been providing services in Qualytel that they had been overpaid because of a mistake in their  contract. In these contracts, both parties agreed on a salary of 7.99 euros per hour, which included a payment for transport that was not included in the agreement.

Many comrades refused to sign the paper, which would have allowed the agency to make deductions from the salaries which had been overpaid. This would have left them with a salary of only 7.27 euros. Instead, they started receiving threats that they would be taken to court and that the contract would be terminated immediately, etc.

The CNT tried to get in touch with Start People several times to resolve the conflict between the two parties, but, as one can expect, they received no answer.

The only thing our comrade received after this was the notice that her contract would not be renewed. The only reason for this is the fact that she had decided to demand what is rightfully hers. The rest of the workers that started working on the same conditions as her saw their contracts renewed..

Later, the company acknowledged, in an act of reconciliation, that it had made an unfair dismissal and therefore would pay our worker the appropiate compensation. But our member, not happy with this, demanded reinstatement. This demand is supported by the fact that the contract fell under the Fraud Act, since the workers were supposedly hired temporarily for the company but it was actually a permanent job inside the firm.

Furthermore, the lawyer has indicated that there were illegal assignments of workers.

On the 26th of March a national day of solidarity was held in Spain and it was a success. In addition, another solidarity action was held in Caen (Normandy, France) on March 19th.

We are now calling for an international day of solidarity and actions at Start People offices around the world to be held the 9th of April.

We ask that, as far as possible, all unions that are planning on making such actions notify us so that we can spread this information in Zaragoza and on our website.

Secretary of the Association and Social Action. CNT-AIT Zaragoza
Avd. Miguel Servet, 34-36- Local 4. Zaragoza
Telf/Fax. +34976410477 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Information:
Startpeople.com is brand name of the usgpeople.com  European company,
from their usgpeople.com website: "Our companies are active in ten European countries: Austria, Belgium,  France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and  Switzerland."

European tels, fax and locations are available at:
http://usgpeople.com/index.php?parent_id=204&pk_pagina_id=204
And see also: http://startpeople.com