Nissan rejects US government offer to mediate dispute with UAW3 febrero, 2015Nissan Motor Company has refused a US government offer of mediation to resolve a longstanding dispute with the United Auto Workers (UAW) and IndustriALL Global Union over the company’s anti-union practices in the United States. The State Department-based US National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines said on Friday “the issues raised by UAW and IndustriALL are material and substantiated and merit further examination.”
165,000 German metal workers stage warning strikes2 febrero, 2015165,000 metal workers from IndustriALL Global Union affiliate IG Metall have staged warning strikes at almost 800 companies across Germany in the past week.
Metalworkers’ strike banned in Turkey30 enero, 2015The Turkish Government has issued a Cabinet Decree to postpone the metal industry strike launched by IndustriALL affiliate Birlesik Metal-Is in 19 companies on 29 January. The decree also covers 18 companies where the strike will start on 19 February.
Turkey: Time for global solidarity with metalworkers’ mass strike29 enero, 2015IndustriALL Global Union is mobilizing support for its affiliated union Birlesik Metal-Is in the sector-wide strike launched today, 29 January. The strike covers some 40 workplaces with 15,000 workers in Turkey’s metal industry.
Indonesia: another fatality at the Grasberg mine29 enero, 2015A mine worker was killed on 24 January at Rio Tinto's minority-owned mine in Papua, Indonesia. This brings the death toll at the mine over the last two years to a staggering 39.
Glencore to close Optimum Coal Mine in South Africa 29 enero, 2015Mining giant Glencore has announced that they are to close the Optimum Coal Mine in Mpumalanga. Around 1,500 employees and contractors would be affected by the decision.
Our message at Davos29 enero, 2015In 2015 IndustriALL Global Union will mobilize workers everywhere in the fight for societies to be built on social justice.
CTM intimidate Teksid, Gunderson and Pytco workers at court hearing29 enero, 2015On 22 January, 350 thugs from the non-independent Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) surrounded the Local Conciliation and Arbitration Board building in Monclova, Mexico. The board was dealing with a request by the National Miners’ Union (SNTMMSRM) to schedule a vote on which union should have collective bargaining rights at Gunderson, Teksid and Pytco.
Driving the women’s agenda in MENA29 enero, 2015IndustriALL has set up a number of women’s networks in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region; so far in Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and Egypt. The women have identified challenges and opportunities for more women participation in unions.
Miners protest against destruction of coal mining in Ukraine29 enero, 20151,500 coal miners from IndustriALL Global Union affiliates across the Ukraine launched a protest action picketing the Cabinet of Ministers building today (28 January) in the capital Kiev.
