SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June, 2004
Commission File Number :1-14118
PRESS RELEASE #16/04
QUEBECOR WORLD RESPECTS WORKERS RIGHTS
QUEBECOR WORLD INC.
(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)
612 Saint-Jacques Street, Montreal, Quebec H3C 4M8
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
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June 1, 2004 16/04
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QUEBECOR WORLD RESPECTS WORKERS RIGHTS
Montréal, Canada - Quebecor World (NYSE, TSX: IQW) denies allegations of unfair labor practices that are contained in a union sponsored press release. This is an ongoing tactic being used by the union leaderships' campaign to disparage and harass the Company and its workforce with false and misleading allegations. In its latest release the union states the Company has been found to have broken U.S. law when workers tried to organize. This is completely false and defamatory.
Quebecor World has solid relationships with the union members of its workforce and is one of the most highly unionized companies in the printing industry. Approximately one-third of our U.S. employees or more than 7,000 are union members. This compares to approximately 12% of public and private sector unionized employees in the U.S. Quebecor World has always and will continue to abide by and respect the labor laws in all the jurisdictions in which it operates.
The filing of such unfair labor practices is a well-established strategy being used in the furtherance of the union's corporate campaign goals. The union's stated goal is to force the Company to give up its rights under the law in instances of union organizing attempts and that the Company take away its employees' legal and democratic right to vote on the issue of unionization by secret ballot. Quebecor World will not be forced into giving up its legal rights nor its employees' right to a secret ballot election to select union representation.
At the present time the National Labor Relations Board has not notified the Company of any newly filed unfair labor practice charges. However the Company categorically denies the specific allegations in the union's press release. If any unfair labor practice charges have, in fact, been filed Quebecor World will cooperate fully with the NLRB and demonstrate yet again that Quebecor World complies with the requirements of the law.
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Quebecor World Inc. (NYSE, TSX: IQW) is one of the largest commercial printers in the world. It is a market leader in most of its major product categories which include magazines, inserts and circulars, books, catalogs, specialty printing and direct mail, directories, digital pre-media, logistics, mail-list technologies and other value-added services. Quebecor World Inc. has approximately 37,000 employees working in more than 160 printing and related facilities in the United States, Canada, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and India.
Web address:http://www.quebecorworld.com
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For further information contact:
Jeremy Roberts |
| Tony Ross |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
QUEBECOR WORLD INC.
By:/s/ Raynald Lecavalier
Name: Raynald Lecavalier
Title: Vice President, Corporate General Counsel and Secretary
Date: June 2, 2004