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HUGO BOSS: Luxury brand, garbage employer

Mar 2, 2015

This high-end clothing brand puts up every possible barrier to union organizing at its most important production factory, in Izmir, Turkey. Company management ruthlessly sacks key union members, and has been found guilty of this in Turkey’s High Court of Appeals.

Rio Tinto seeks conflict with unions at global meeting

Feb 23, 2015

Rio Tinto cut short a meeting with global union leaders when the leaders rejected the company’s demand to end their campaign exposing Rio Tinto’s unsustainable practices.

Mining

9 miners dead and 23 missing after explosion in Ukrainian coal mine

Mar 4, 2015

A gas explosion at the depth of 1230 meters occurred in the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk region of Ukraine. At that moment some 230 miners were working underground.

Mining

C176 - Mine Safety

8 miners die at lethal Pakistani coalfield

Mar 3, 2015

Eight coalminers have died and 14 more have been injured following a methane explosion at the Duki Coal Mine in Pakistan.

Mining

Health and safety

Victory for 5,000 General Motors strikers in Brazil

Mar 3, 2015

A six-day strike by more than 5,000 workers at General Motors in Brazil has resulted in a union victory, with the car manufacturer dropping plans to lay off 800 staff.

Automotive

Germany: chemical workers determined in negotiations

Mar 2, 2015

Sector-wide collective bargaining rounds covering 550,000 chemical workers in Germany are continuing as the latest negotiations on 24 February in Kassel failed to reach a conclusion.

Chemical

Right to strike upheld at ILO

Feb 26, 2015

After months of pressure from trade unions, the right to strike has been recognized by the employers’ group at the International Labour Organization (ILO) following a crucial tripartite meeting in Geneva from 23 to 25 February.

Confronting global capital

Severe union busting in Georgia

Feb 26, 2015

Georgia’s leading mining company, Rich Minerals Group (RMG) is coming down on IndustriALL affiliate Metallurgy, Mining and Chemical Industry Workers’ Union (TUMMCIWG) at their gold and copper operations.

Mining

Human & trade union rights

All over the world, the IndustriALL Global Union family is mobilizing for a living wage for all workers. In 2014, good steps forward were taken in Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam and elsewhere. But there is a long way to go.

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