Industry controlled Responsible Jewellery Council fails to fulfill promise

22.05.2013 

Industry controlled Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) fails to fulfill promise of preventing conflict diamonds and dirty gold. Trade unions and environmental groups team up to expose deep flaws in jewelry certification system

Building Power in Alcoa

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.

Inditex GFA in new phase with pilot project in Turkey

09.05.2013 

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.

Airbus refuses to respect workers' rights in Tunisia

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.

15 May deadline set for Bangladesh safety plan

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.

Rubber unions strengthen global networks

25.04.2013 

Meeting in Hungarian capital Budapest on 22-24 April 2013, the IndustriALL Global Union World Conference for the Rubber Industry’s more than one hundred participants from some twenty countries committed to reinforce trade union workers at the dominant multinational companies of the sector.

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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