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We made it! – Global Breakthrough as Retail Brands sign up to Bangladesh Factory Safety Deal

We made it! – Global Breakthrough as Retail Brands sign up to Bangladesh Factory Safety Deal

16.05.2013 

The world’s leading retail labels commit to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh before the midnight deadline. The Accord now covers more than 1000 Bangladeshi garment factories. Implementation starts now!

Colombian union USO reaches agreement

10.01.2013 

The violent 4-month labour conflict between Unión Sindical Obrera de la Industria Petróleo (USO) and oil field services contractor Termotécnica ended in agreement on 22 December 2012.

Union under attack at Bashneft in Russia

20.12.2012 

Bashneft management is striving to wipe out locals of the Russian Chemical and Allied Workers Union (RCWU) at its plants and replace them with so-called Labour Councils, company-controlled bodies. IndustriALL-affiliated RCWU is fighting back with a national campaign of protest.

UN human rights officials meet community landowners and workers in Excellon case

20.12.2012 

At a meeting with UN human rights officials, community landowners and workers described how they had been evicted from their protest camp in Durango. They also said that Excellon violates human rights, has failed to comply with the lease it signed in 2008, and has threatened and harassed local people and workers.

Aker GFA is extended with an indeterminate duration

20.12.2012 

Fellesforbundet, Tekna, NITO, IndustriALL Global Union and Aker ASA will work together to secure implementation of GFA.

Outsourced workers at food company in Chile out on strike

20.12.2012 

73 workers at the Chilean company WFS Food Services have been on strike for 14 days in support of their demand for a new collective agreement and in protest at anti-trade union practices.

COP18 disappoints

20.12.2012 

The 18th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP18) has ground its tedious way to its unsurprising conclusion with the adoption of a weak package of decisions dubbed the “Doha Climate Gateway”. It is now time to assess this Gateway and determine where we stand.

Global unions call for measures after Tazreen fire

18.12.2012 

Three powerful global union organisations, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), UNI Global Union and IndustriALL Global Union are demanding that Walmart act to prevent deadly working conditions.

IndustriALL focuses on organizing, rights and political influence

14.12.2012 

The Executive Committee of IndustriALL adopted a program of activities for 2013 focused on organizing, trade union rights and political influence at its meeting in Geneva on 12 and 13 December 2012.

Upcoming events

May 2013

2-3

Alcoa Network Meeting

Pittsburgh, USA

14

IndustriALL Regional Women's Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean

Buenos Aires, Argentina

14-15

Coordination of Trade Union Networks and Implementation of Global Framework Agreements in the chemical and related industries in Asia-Pacific

Bangkok, Thailand

15-16

IndustriALL Regional Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean

Buenos Aires, Argentina

21-22

IndustriALL Regional Mining Conference

Santiago, Chile

22-23

Trade Union Consultative Conference on Developing a Labour Agenda for Socially Sustainable Development in the Global South

Santiago, Chile

23-24

Final Evaluation of CUT Mining Project

Lima, Peru

24

IndustriALL Precarious Work Project Meeting

Lima, Peru

27-28

Caterpillar network meeting

Esher, United Kingdom

28-29

IndustriALL Executive Committee Meeting

Frankfurt, Germany

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