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Global brands pull together on Bangladesh safety deal

Global brands pull together on Bangladesh safety deal

23.05.2013 

Major retail companies behind the global Bangladesh Fire and Safety Accord showed their commitment to improving the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers at the kick-off meeting, held at the International Labour Organisation in Geneva today.

Investor warning: risk shoppers turned off by Gap’s stand on Bangladesh safety deal

21.05.2013 

Investors warned, ahead of today’s Gap AGM, the company is out of touch on Bangladesh Safety Accord and risks shoppers’ anger. 40 leading worldwide retail brands have agreed to sign up to the safety deal but Gap, along with Walmart, has declined.

Trade union movement’s solidarity and unity in Latin America and the Caribbean

20.05.2013 

Delegates at the meeting of regional affiliates in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ended the meeting by raising IndustriALL’s banners and calling for international solidarity and regional unity.

Sustainable Industrial Policy launch

17.05.2013 

IndustriALL is launching an ambitious initiative on Sustainable Industrial Policy which aims to stimulate debate and action among affiliates and so promote a union perspective on the key sustainability issues for industry.

Zambian miners strike for wages

17.05.2013 

“Whilst we are happy with progress we are making in wage negotiations, we aslo want to see improvement in working conditions in the mines” said Joseph Chewe, General Secretary of MUZ.

FNV trade union award goes to Said Iqbal

16.05.2013 

This year’s FNV Febe Elizabeth Velasquez Award went to Indonesian trade union hero Said Iqbal. FNV Mondiaal will also screen the premiere of “Working Class Heroes”, a documentary uncovering the struggles of trade unionists in Indonesia and Colombia.

German metalworkers win major wage increase

16.05.2013 

In Germany workers of the metal and electrical industries, organized by IndustriALL affiliate IG Metall, win 5.6 per cent pay rise for the next 20 month period.

Set Edi Iriawadi Free!

16.05.2013 

Indonesian cement worker, Edi Iriawadi, was imprisoned after taking action to protect workers at Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa plant, which is part of the Heidelberg Cement Group, from intruders that entered the factory in September 2012. IndustriALL demands that Indonesian authorities and the company stop these violations.

Swazi trade unionist Wonder Mkhonza released on bail

16.05.2013 

Asked whether this experience will dampen his political activism, Wonder Mkhonza replies “Of course not! The threat of jail can no longer dent our spirit as we push for democracy in Swaziland”.

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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