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On December 12, members of ZSP IT Workers Union visited various branches of Bank Santander. Leaflets were distributed to customers and passersby informing about the situation of outsourced workers and the dismissal of the CNT-AIT union delegate in Spain.

Bank Santander outsources all sorts of work to companies which it actually owns but can avoid direct employment in the bank this way. ISBAN provides its IT services. The workers have various precarious working conditions and poor pay. Santander is outsourcing workers to companies it creates, which then do services again in Santander, as a way to avoid employers responsibilities. This is a situation which is very well known to IT workers in Poland too.

Members of ZSP went to a few branches of the bank in Warsaw. After the banks closed, posters were left on their windows.

A protest letter was sent to the bank demanding the reinstatement of the delegate, respect for the right to organize and improving the situation of the workers, especially in regards to their employment status and stability.

These actions were part of an international day of action called by the comrades of the Telecommunications and IT Union of the CNT-AIT Madrid. We made a few similar actions in the past and we are sure that the bank has noticed our actions, posters, banners and pickets (although modest). We will continue to inform people about the situation.

Leaflet (in Polish): http://www.zsp.net.pl/ulotka-bank-santander