NLRB issues sweeping complaint against FirstEnergy8 mayo, 2014The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint charging FirstEnergy (FE), its operating companies West Penn Power and Potomac Edison, and other FE subsidiaries with a wide range of unfair labour practices during ongoing negotiations with the Utility Workers Union of America for a new labour agreement covering more than 700 workers throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.
Workers strike over slave wages at Crabtree in Lesotho8 mayo, 2014A strike led by the Factory Workers’ Union (FAWU) at Crabtree Lesotho, has entered its third week as the electrical accessories manufacturer stubbornly refuses to negotiate with the union.
Oil services giant Schlumberger abusing agency workers in Indonesia7 mayo, 2014The local subsidiary of US – headquartered Schlumberger is using a labour agency to avoid the trade union and pay workers lower benefits in Indonesia. Workers are mounting a fight back with the help of IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, FSP KEP-KSPI.
Philippines: Entire union executive sacked for not working on national holiday 7 mayo, 2014IndustriALL Global Union’s metalworker affiliate in the Philippines MWAP is fighting back against a mass sacking on 5 May of 24 union officials at NXP Semiconductors in Cabuyao, Laguna. Management and government is colluding to bust the union, one of the few that successfully organizes workers in the country’s Free Trade Zones.
Victory for Greek Shipbuilding Workers!7 mayo, 2014A two year trade union solidarity campaign achieves legal victory for Greek shipbuilders imprisoned for organizing at IndustriALL Global Union affiliate POEM.
Napoleón Gómez awarded Arthur Svensson prize6 mayo, 2014Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, the heroic head of the Mexican mineworkers union, Los Mineros, won this year’s Arthur Svensson International Prize for trade union rights. The famous leader once again presided over his union’s congress last week remotely from exile in Canada.
Support striking paper workers in Indonesia2 mayo, 2014A second round of strikes has begun at one of the Asia Pulp and Paper - Sinar Mas factories in Indonesia. Among other things, the striking paper workers from the Pindo Deli Paper Workers' Union demand negotiations on the minimum wage.
FUP Women’s Network at Petrobras meets in Salvador 2 mayo, 2014The Brazilian oil workers’ union FUP has a women’s network and collective at Petrobras. On 25 – 27 April they met for the second time in Salvador. The meeting was held against the background of right wing attacks against the national oil company Petrobras, attacks which are multiplying in the election year. The conference was attended by around 60 women.
Fatal accident at Holcim plant in India2 mayo, 2014On 28 April, a 32-year old contract worker, who had been with the ACC-Holcim plant at Jamul, India, for ten years, was crushed to death by a falling tree. The workplace accident occurred while gathering firewood for the coal mill.
Dis-connecting people - raising the voice of workers at Nokia India 2 mayo, 2014On International Workers' Day, trade union Thozhilalar Sangam at Nokia India released a film called Dis-Connecting People. The film documents the voices of workers that have been muted in the battle between the state and the company.
