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Bangladesh compensation countdown
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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

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

ThyssenKrupp imposes cuts at the expense of the weak at AST Terni

Feb 26, 2015

The Italian trade unions CGIL, CISL and UIL are ready to start a labour dispute in Umbria, Italy at ThyssenKrupp’s Terni facility if the company continues its policy of marginalizing the most vulnerable temporary workforce.

Base metals

STOP Precarious Work

NUM marches against Glencore

Feb 25, 2015

When Glencore took over the Xstrata and Optimum operations in South Africa, the company committed to not retrench workers. IndustriALL affiliate the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa is outraged that Glencore now has announced the closure of the Optimum colliery in Mpumalanga.

Mining

USA: Workers fight back against giant oil companies

Feb 24, 2015

Thousands of members of IndustriALL affiliate United Steelworkers (USW) National Oil Bargaining Program have gone on strike over health and safety issues in the industry.

Energy (oil, gas, electricity and nuclear)

Health and safety

IG Metall secures 3.4 per cent industry pay rise

Feb 24, 2015

German metalworkers’ union, IG Metall, has succeeded in securing a 3.4 per cent pay rise in a deal with employers following warning strikes by more than 850,000 workers nationwide.

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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Colourful demonstrations around the world on the global day of action on the right to strike! http://t.co/mZ9GqhPql9

@IGMetall secures 3.4% wage increase for 850,000 metal and electronics workers in #Germany @IndustriALL_GU http://t.co/uR3ROuU8n9

Mining giant @RioTinto threatens @IndustriALL_GU with legal action while unions seek an end to anti-union policy http://t.co/1Wfjehkho2

Bangladesh compensation countdown

Roche Deva

LafargeHolcim

Global Worker November 2014

Join an IndustriALL union

Rio Tinto seeks conflict with unions at global meeting

Right to strike upheld at ILO

Severe union busting in Georgia

ThyssenKrupp imposes cuts at the expense of the weak at AST Terni

NUM marches against Glencore

USA: Workers fight back against giant oil companies

IG Metall secures 3.4 per cent industry pay rise

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