600 workers, almost half of the 1,300 workers at the fertilisers and industrial chemicals factory, AB Achema, started an open-ended strike. The strike was the result of the unanimous decision of the Achema Workers' Trade Union Council. The union is demanding that the employer signs a collective agreement for a two-year period, with key provisions to review wages at least once per calendar year, to establish a procedure for onetime incentives for the achieved annual work results, to legalise overtime when working beyond the permitted annual duration, and to coordinate annual work schedules with the trade union.
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