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Unions mobilize globally for workers’ rights at Holcim Lafarge

Jan 26, 2015

Last week, on 15 January Lafarge and Holcim workers and their supporters in 30 countries organized a series of actions as part of a global campaign launched by the Building and Wood Workers International (BWI), European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) and IndustriALL Global Union.

Cement

Confronting global capital

IndustriALL signs global union agreement with Total

Jan 22, 2015

IndustriALL Global Union has today signed a landmark agreement with Total, the French oil and gas giant, guaranteeing employee rights across the company’s international operations.

Energy (oil, gas, electricity and nuclear)

Global Framework Agreements

NUM strike upholds rights at Northam Platinum

Jan 22, 2015

A 6-day strike by 5,000 members of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at Northam Platinum ended on 20 January after workers’ accepted a draft memorandum of understanding developed with management.

Why won’t Roche stop the abuse of workers making their product?

Jan 22, 2015

“Let me tell you four things: Do not record this. There will never be a union in this workplace. Leave the union now and get a 30 per cent pay rise. Stay in the union and get sacked.” This was the announcement made by Deva Holdings management to workers after the Turkish Labour Ministry ordered the company to recognize the workers’ trade union.

Pharmaceutical

Human & trade union rights

Framework agreements signed by Polish miners and government

Jan 21, 2015

January has seen 2,000 miners in Poland protesting against government plans to close a number of mines in the country. On 17 January, a framework agreement was reached between the trade unions and the government, putting an end to the protests.

Mining

Turkey: Remarkable achievement for precarious textile workers

Jan 21, 2015

IndustriALL Global Union’s Turkish affiliate DISK-Tekstil has achieved an unprecedented step forward at Greif Enterprises, an American packaging company, by making more than 1,200 contract workers permanent through an agreement between the union and the company.

Textile industry

STOP Precarious Work

Union rights victory at Ashton Apparels in Kenya

Jan 15, 2015

Over 7,000 workers returned to work on 15 January after an eight-day of strike action. The action was the result of the dismissal of 120 workers from Ashton Apparels after they joined the Tailors and Textiles Workers Union (TTWU).

Garment

Union Building

"Seeing tremendous gains in life safety"

Jan 15, 2015

Brad Loewen, chief safety inspector at the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, speaks of challenges and wins for the factory safety inspections.

2014 is approaching its end and what a year it has been. IndustriALL affiliates around the world have organized and campaigned for trade union rights and will continue on into 2015.

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