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Summary of Session 1

Study Circle BUL1 (Plamen Dimitrov)

Stydy circle KNSB (Plamen Dimitrov)

Our first meeting was attended by 5 persons (3 men and 2 woman).

Brief presentation of the participants in International Study Circle Project

• what's your name and where do you live?
• where do you work and what kind of work do you do?
• what do you like doing when you are not working?
• what organisation do you belong to?
• what do you hope to get from being part of this study circle?
• what would you like to contribute to the study circle?
• what message would you like to send the study circle members in other countries?

Tanya Nikolova Avramova comes from the Federation of the Independent Trade Union Organisation in the Food Industry and works in "Nestle" factory in Sofia. She is shopsteward in KNSB Trade Union Organisation and operator in "Nestle" Marketing department. In her free time she likes to read books and to rest in the countryside. She wants to know what are really the TNCs and what is their influence in our country. She looks forward to get information, opinions and isuues concirning the protection of the workers' collective of the firms.

Nadka Ivanova Petrova comes from the Federation of the Independent Construction Trade Union and worls in Cement Producing Plant "Granatoid". She hopes to receive more information connected with TNC and to share experience and questions of mutual interest with her colleagues in similar TNCs. The message to the study circle members in other countries is: It is wonderful to commit with people who have common problems and interests.

Miltsho Ivanov Tsherkezov comes from Trade Union Federation "Metalworkers" and works in "OCK"- AD in Kardjaly. He is shopsteward in KNSB Trade Union Organisation. He likes to read books and to watch TV. He expects to get informatoin about stile and work methods of TNCs in our country and other participating country in the project. He wants to be beneficial to the rest participants in the group with concrete ideas and sugestions concirning the work in TNCs. He things that International Solidarity is very useful and needed in the work in TNCs.

Dimitar Dikov comes from Trade Union Federation "Metalworkers" and works in "MDK" in Pirdop. He is shopsteward in KNSB Trade Union Organisation and power engineer. He is dailling with engineering and construction of his house. He hopes to get edditional knowledges of KNSB public activity and to share experience.

Georgy Dimitrov Georgiev comes from the Federation of the Independent Trade Union Organisation in the Food Industry and works in "Kraft J. Sushard" in Svoge. He is shief of Administrative Department. He is member of KNSB and TD. He dos with sport, tourism and he reads specific books. He wants to receive information about main poind and methods of trade union action in TNCs and if possible something about "KJS". He wants to share expirience fom our trade union activity in TNCs.

Short description of the sesssion

• Presentation of the participants
• The game "Globai Detector"
• Offering of the project and the partners in this project
• Description of the method
• Introduction into the content and the course outline
• Brief evaluation of the session
• Discussion on the priorities and special interests of the participants in group

Additional materials

• The questionnaire NTCs is given out of the participants
• Accompaning|Suplementary materials concerning: foreing investmants, privatization and brief information about currency board and shareholders.

Discussion of priorities and interests of participants

• Collective bargaining at enrerprise and national level
• Social dialogue at enrerprise level
• Wage systems in respective TNCs
• Difference between Trade Union activity and Europen Works Counsils activity
• Organisation of labour and participation in management of the enterprise

Evaluation
Primary intention of involving of NGO could not acomplished because of objective reasons. Most of the participants, excluding one representative of "KJS", are not involved with TNCs. They are interested in the project but still do not have any background information of TNCs. Because of these reasons in framework of session 2 we will invite an expert in connection with the influence, functioning and presence of TNCs in Bulgaria. Only one participant has command of a foreign language - Nadka (English). No one is using INTERNET as a network for communication. All participants represent local trade union organisations.

Organisation of the implementation of the next session
It has been agreed each week to set the day for the next session because of the arrangements of the participants. Second session will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 1997, at 13.00 h. During the regular KNSB press-conference next week will be represented the content, the aims and the participants in the project.

We are still looking forward to receive the advanvanced payment of the project.

Links Conserning this summary

• Nestle
• MDK

Study Circles other summaries

[Session 1]/ [Session 2]/ [Session 3]/ [Session 4]
[Session 5]/ [Session 6]/ [Session 7]/ [Session 8]

Summaries of session1

• BAR1 (Ulric Sealy)
• BUL1 (Plamen Dimitrov)
• EST1 (Tiia Kask)
• GBR1 (Peter Emery)
• GER1 (Christian Lange)
• KEN1 (Monica Musau)
• PER1 (Juan Carlos Vargas)
• RSA1 (Martin Jansen)
• SPA1 (José Luis Ferrándiz)
• SWE1 (Ola Niclason)
• SWE2 (Stefan Carlquist)
• SWE3 (Ake Dahl)

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