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Confronting global capital
Social justice & globalization
Solidarity
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Anita GardnerDirector of Communicationsagardner@industriall-union.org+41 22 308 5032
Challenging the power of multinational companies.
10.05.2013
Developing an action plan that increases the influence of workers in Alcoa, the world’s largest producer of primary Aluminum was the objective of the latest trade union network meeting in Pittsburgh.
09.05.2013
IndustriALL Global Union’s Turkish affiliate Deri-Is has struggled for union recognition at ISMACO producing for luxury Italian brand Ermenegildo Zegna since late 2012. But the company’s local management, despite all constructive efforts, persistently continues to violate fundamental worker rights.
IndustriALL Global Union’s global framework agreement (GFA) with the Spanish-based world’s largest garment retailer Inditex has entered into a new phase of implementation in Turkey through a pilot project bringing together worker and management representatives from supplier factories with training sessions.
Another factory fire kills eight people, as death toll after Rana Plaza collapse reaches 900 and negotiations between IndustriALL and international clothing brands intensify before the 15 May deadline for a binding fire and building safety plan for Bangladesh.
02.05.2013
In Fouchana, a suburb of Tunis, the female workers of Latélec, a subsidiary of French Group Latécoère, which is a sub-contractor for Airbus, demand that their trade union rights be respected. As a result the company threatens to leave the country.
30.04.2013
IndustriALL and international clothing brands commit to a 15 May deadline to finalize an agreement on fire and building safety that will make the garment industry of Bangladesh sustainable. Funds will be made available for inspections, training and upgrades of dangerous facilities.
Upcoming events
2-3
Alcoa Network Meeting
Pittsburgh, USA
14-15
Coordination of Trade Union Networks and Implementation of Global Framework Agreements in the chemical and related industries in Asia-Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
14
IndustriALL Regional Women's Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean
Buenos Aires, Argentina
15-16
IndustriALL Regional Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean
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
27-28
Caterpillar network meeting
Esher, United Kingdom
28-29
IndustriALL Executive Committee Meeting
Frankfurt, Germany
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