COLLECTIVE CONTRACT
This COLLECTIVE CONTRACT, which establishes the basic principles concerning
relations between capital and labour in the Mercosur is written between
VOLKSWAGEN do Brasil Ltda., located at the city of São Paulo,
State of São Paulo - Brazil, 291 Volkswagen Street, Parque Jabaquara;
as well as VOLKSWAGEN de Argentina S.A. located at the city of Buenos
Aires - Argentina, 267 Street Maipú, 11th floor, Capital Federal,
hereinafter referred to as COMPANIES and the ABC METALLURGIC TRADE UNION,
located at 231 João Basso Street, in São Bernardo do Campo,
State of São Paulo, and the TAUBATE, TREMEMBE AND DISTRICTS METALLURGIC,
MECHANICS AND ELECTRICAL MATERIAL, IRON AND STEEL AND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIES
AND OFFICES WORKERS' TRADE UNION, located at Taubaté, 98 Urupês
Street, and CUT METALLURGIC TRADE UNIONS, as well as the MECHANICS AND
AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORT TRADE UNION OF ARGENTINA, located at Buenos Aires,
665 Av. Belgrano, hereinafter referred to as TRADE UNIONS, representing
in this contract the employees of the COMPANIES, employed in the factory
located at Via Anchieta, km. 23,5, in São Bernardo do Campo,
State of São Paulo, in the factory located at Av. Carlos Pedroso
da Silveira, 10.000, in Taubaté, State of São Paulo, both
in Brazil; and in Delcasse and Av. Henry Ford Street, City of General
Pacheco, Buenos Aires and Camino San Carlos, km. 3,5, Province of Cordoba,
both in Argentina, hereinafter referred to as PLANTS' INTERNAL COMMISSIONS.
This contract establishes that:
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07. VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM
- Vocational training programmes will be standardised between the different
units of the enterprises with respect for the particularities and technical
needs due to the productive processes of each unit.
- According to existent needs and the possibilities of implementation,
enterprises will elaborate vocational training programmes taking into
account co-operation, contributions and suggestions presented by trade
unions and plants' internal commissions.
- Training, courses, seminars, etc, that are part of the vocational
training programmes in any unit will be automatically recognised by
others. (...)
(...) By being the parts in whole agreement with this contract, they
subscribe the present document by eight similar channels.
São Bernardo do Campo, April 16th 1999.