Sindicatul IT Timișoara | |
![]() Florentin Iancu at a
UNI Global Union conference for
unionised tech workers. | |
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president | Florentin Iancu |
Affiliations | Cartel Alfa, UNI Global |
The Romanian IT Union ( Romanian: Sindicatul IT Timișoara; SITT) is Romania's first trade union for people working in the IT and outsourcing sector. It represents 3,000 workers at four different firms; Nokia, Wipro, Accenture and Atos. [1]
SITT was formed in 2009, when a French European Works Council member at Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia) notified Romanian workers of the company's plans to outsource one third of all jobs to the Romanian branch of Wipro. SITT organized strike actions, hired a legal team (rare in Romania) and signed a collective agreement with Alcatel-Lucent on 22 December 2009, a few days before the outsourcing was finalised. SITT continues to represent workers at both Alcatel-Lucent and Wipro, taking a geographic approach instead of a typical firm-enterprise approach to labour organising. [1] In 2011, Romania changed its labour code, raising the threshold for companies to recognise unions to 50% of workers. In 2012, SITT won representation of workers at Accenture. [2] In 2017, workers of Atos won legal recognition by SITT. [1]
SITT is affiliated with the Romanian national trade center Cartel Alfa and the global union federation UNI Global Union. [1]
Sindicatul IT Timișoara | |
![]() Florentin Iancu at a
UNI Global Union conference for
unionised tech workers. | |
Location |
|
---|---|
president | Florentin Iancu |
Affiliations | Cartel Alfa, UNI Global |
The Romanian IT Union ( Romanian: Sindicatul IT Timișoara; SITT) is Romania's first trade union for people working in the IT and outsourcing sector. It represents 3,000 workers at four different firms; Nokia, Wipro, Accenture and Atos. [1]
SITT was formed in 2009, when a French European Works Council member at Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia) notified Romanian workers of the company's plans to outsource one third of all jobs to the Romanian branch of Wipro. SITT organized strike actions, hired a legal team (rare in Romania) and signed a collective agreement with Alcatel-Lucent on 22 December 2009, a few days before the outsourcing was finalised. SITT continues to represent workers at both Alcatel-Lucent and Wipro, taking a geographic approach instead of a typical firm-enterprise approach to labour organising. [1] In 2011, Romania changed its labour code, raising the threshold for companies to recognise unions to 50% of workers. In 2012, SITT won representation of workers at Accenture. [2] In 2017, workers of Atos won legal recognition by SITT. [1]
SITT is affiliated with the Romanian national trade center Cartel Alfa and the global union federation UNI Global Union. [1]