Finnish forest company UPM attacks workers’ fundamental rights19 mars, 2021One month after promises to conduct collective bargaining, the Finnish forest industry company UPM, announced in the beginning of February 2021 that it would no longer negotiate collectively on wages, bonuses, sick leave pay, maternity or paternity leaves thus violating its workers fundamental rights at work. The company employees demand that the terms of their work should be negotiated collectively with the unions representing them.
Union in Georgia wins substantial wage increase23 mars, 2021A 20 per cent income increase for Ksani glass container factory workers has been achieved in the new four-year collective agreement.
New Kyrgyz trade union law must be revoked8 avril, 2021IndustriALL, together with ITUC and other global unions, support Kyrgyz unions urging the President to veto the law on trade unions that would deprive workers of freedom of association.
South Asia unions demand strong universal social protection9 avril, 2021IndustriALL affiliates in South Asia are calling for national, regional and global efforts to improve the weak social protection system which is exacerbating the social crisis caused by Covid-19.
Fatalities explode at ArcelorMittal - unions demand urgent action30 mars, 2021Workers and their unions note with horror that health and safety conditions at ArcelorMittal operations are getting worse with an increasing number of fatalities.
Building sustainable unions in Malawi31 mars, 2021IndustriALL Global Union affiliates organizing over 25,000 workers in the textile, garment, leather and shoe, cement manufacturing, mining, chemicals, energy, and other industrial sectors met in Lilongwe 22-25 March to discuss sustainability, building union power, and strengthening the capacity development of organizers and shop stewards through training and online learning.
Migrant Resource Centre protects migrant workers in Mauritius against exploitation15 mars, 2021When migrant workers are recruited to work in Mauritius, they are often told that they will earn lots of money by recruiting agents in their countries of origin that include India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and others. However, this is not the case.
Interim win against Kyrgyzstan’s anti-union draft law 12 mars, 2021Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has postponed the third reading of the anti-union draft law, as a result of the Kyrgyz unions’ fight with international solidarity campaign. But the struggle will only be over once the draft law is wholly abandoned.
Valter Sanches: Welcome to the Global Worker (#1-2021)22 avril, 2021It has been over a year since large parts of the world ground to a halt as our lives were overcome by the Covid-19 pandemic. The virus is still wreaking havoc, and hospitalizations and deaths continue. By the time we close this edition the world counts more than 140 million cases and more than 3 million deaths. The social consequences follow with the elimination of over 300 million formal jobs and 1.6 million informal ones.
PROFILE: Supporting Sweden’s pulp and paper workers21 avril, 2021Compared to other Swedish unions, Pappers is relatively small and only organize workers in one industry. But the 13,500 members represent around 95 per cent of all workers in Sweden’s pulp factories and paper mills.
