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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!

IndustriALL affiliates in Sub-Saharan Africa acting against precarious work

06.12.2012 

The Sub-Saharan Africa arm of IndustriALL’s Precarious Work Project held its regional seminar in Accra, Ghana on 22 and 23 November 2012, affiliates participating shared experiences and successful strategies against precarious work.

Excellon’s denials debunked

05.12.2012 

IndustriALL Global Union challenges claims by the Canadian mining company Excellon that all is well at its operations in Durango in Mexico.

Ghana must ratify mine safety convention

05.12.2012 

The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) called for the ratification of the ILO Convention 176 on safety and health in mines, claiming the government is “mortgaging the health and safety of the mineworkers”.

Egypt steps back on workers’ rights

04.12.2012 

Egypt’s new draft Constitution will treat workers like criminals and bring unions under tight government control as they were under the Mubarak dictatorship.

Talks break down in Colombia

30.11.2012 

On 24 November talks between Termotecnica Coindustrial and the Union Sindical Obrera de la Industria del Petróleo (USO) broke down in Colombia, giving way to further tensions on the ground.

Support Colombian glass workers in conflict with Owens Illinois

29.11.2012 

Colombian glassworker union Sintravidricol is facing obstinate management negotiators in bargaining for a new collective agreement with Owens Illinois subsidiary Cristalería Peldar. Today’s meeting is unlikely to provide a positive result and the next step will be a strike ballot. Send your message to management here.

Trade union caucus pushes labour agenda at COP18

29.11.2012 

IndustriALL is central in the work of the trade union caucus at COP18 (18th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) in Doha, Qatar, running from 26 November to 7 December.

Young Latin American and German workers attend exchange programme meeting in Brazil

29.11.2012 

From 26-30 November, young trade union members from the textile, chemical, mining and metalworking sectors of Latin America and from IG METALL and IGBCE in Germany are attending a training course that forms part of an international trade union exchange programme for young workers who are members of IndustriALL affiliates.

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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