Māra TomsoneLatvian Building Workers Trade Union President

Organizing Practices and Perspectives: A North – South SharingRöneberga, 16 June 2006

Average salary in Baltic states in 2006 (before tax)

Counrty Salary EUR per month

Latvia 351

Lithuania 400

Estonia 500

Average salary in international companies in Latvia in 2006

(before tax)Company name Salary

EUR per month

CEMEX 328

Consolis Latvia 471

Knauf 571

NCC Konstrukcija 654

SVR TERBELAT 714

YIT Celtniecība 1142

Countries having investments in Latvia (top five) Sweden Germany Estonia Russia The Netherlands

Multinational companies in Latvian building and building material production industry

Company name in Latvia

Owner country Number of TU members in Latvia

Number fo employees in Latvia

CONSOLIS LATVIJA Finland 70 240

NCC Konstrukcija Sweden 3

No TU organization

130

SVR TERBELAT Finland 6 18

YIT CELTNIECIBA Finland 10 60

RUDUS LATVIJA Finland _ 100

DALDEHOG LATVIA Sweden _ 40

CEMEX Mexico 105 194

KNAUF Germany 80 152

IN TOTAL 274 (29%) 934 (100%)

Latvian Building Workers Trade Union activities in international companies

Activity Company name

Collective agreements signed

NCC Konstrukcija

CEMEX

KNAUF

Collective agreements under negotiation

CONSOLIS LATVIJA

SVR TERBELAT

YIT CELTNIECIBA

Workers participation in TU education activities

SVR TERBELAT

NCC Konstrukcija

YIT CELTNIECĪBA

CEMEX

KNAUF

Consolis Latvija

Wisiting construction sites and factories, meeting workers

SVR TERBELAT

NCC Konstrukcija

YIT CELTNIECĪBA

CEMEX

KNAUF

Consolis Latvija

European Works Council representatives in Baltic states

Lithuania Estonia LatviaConsolis - - -

Gerb.Knauf Gipswerke

- No operation in country

-

Heidelberg Cement Group

- - -

NCC No operation in country

No operation in country

-

YIT-Huber - - -

Skanska - + -

Paroc + - -

Social dialogue in intermational companies (Consolis Latvia)

Social dialogue in intermational companies (Knauf)