Unpaid garment workers on hunger strike 6 août, 20141,600 Bangladeshi garment workers on hunger strike for more than a week have called for a strike at garment factories across the country on 10 August if outstanding salaries and bonuses are not paid.
Gaza: mark your commitment to peace on 7 August6 août, 2014IndustriALL Global Union is asking its affiliates to mark your commitment to peace on 7 August by joining the ITUC’s global Call to Action over the appalling death toll of civilians in Gaza.
Hankook continues to violate union rights in Hungary5 août, 2014Since the start of its Hungarian operations, leading Korean tire maker Hankook has been relentless in its union busting.
Numsa settles engineering strike4 août, 2014The month long strike is over after members in the engineering sector overwhelmingly and unanimously accepted the settlement negotiated by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa).
Chirico ends hunger strike but the fight goes on4 août, 2014On Sunday, 3 August, Hugo González Chirico announced the end of his hunger strike but said he will fight on, with the support of workers at the local and international levels.
Unions’ determination brought step back over Eni's plans to reduce production in Italy4 août, 2014IndustriALL Global Union’s Italian affiliates Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl, and Uiltec-Uil answered with a series of united actions against the plans of the energy giant Eni Group, announced earlier in July, to gravely change its refinery investment plan in Italy.
Day of action against outsourcing in Colombia31 juillet, 201428 July was a special day for Colombian workers, who renewed their commitment to the welfare of outsourced workers. The commemoration took the form of a national meeting to promote the formal sector and combat outsourcing.
Journalist and human rights lawyer in Swaziland receive two-year prison sentences31 juillet, 2014Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu, have both been sentenced to two years of prison without benefit of bail. Following their arbitrary detention since March 2014, the two men were convicted on 17 July 2014 for contempt of court four months after their initial arrest. Contempt of court ordinarily carries a 30 day sentence or a fine of 2,200 Euros in Swaziland.
Rio Tinto's 'sustainable mining' claims exposed31 juillet, 2014Global mining giant Rio Tinto markets itself as a 'sustainable company', writes IndustriALL Assistant General Secretary Kemal Özkan on The Ecologist. But serious failures in its reporting, and its attempt to hold an Australian indigenous group to ransom, reveal a very different truth: the company is driven by a reckless pursuit of profit at any cost.
Continued union-busting by Deva Holding in Turkey 31 juillet, 2014As part of continuous union-busting, pharmaceutical company Deva Holding in Turkey, subsidiary of UK-based East Pharma, has fired eight workers since June, simply because they chose to join a union.
