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STOP Precarious Work

On 7 October, the World Day for Decent Work, IndustriALL Global Union calls on affiliates to mobilize their members and join the global fight to STOP Precarious Work.

Unions are pushing against this tide by organizing precarious workers, fighting laws that expand precarious work and mobilizing in support of secure employment with good pay and working conditions.

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Australian union calls out BHP on contract work

12 November 2019 at 11:54

IndustriALL affiliate CFMEU Mining and Energy, representing mine workers at BHP operations in Australia, attended the company’s annual general meeting on 6 November in Sydney, to question executives about the new labour hire subsidiary Operations Services.

Action in shipbuilding and shipbreaking

7 November 2019 at 17:16

Shipbreaking is one of the most dangerous professions in the world. When IndustriALL’s action group on shipbuilding-shipbreaking met in Marseille on 4-5 November, safety was high on the agenda, together with precarious work and increased campaigning for the ratification of the Hong Kong Convention.

Solidarity in the face of BHP’s race to the bottom

18 October 2019 at 17:24

IndustriALL, together with London Mining Network, International Transport Federation, Unite the Union and others, joined forces in a joint demonstration ahead of the mining giant’s annual general meeting in London, calling on BHP to stop replacing permanent jobs with less stable, lower paid contract work.

GM workers in Brazil launch campaign to protect jobs

4 September 2019 at 13:59

Workers at General Motors' São José dos Campos plant have launched a campaign for job security, days after the car giant fired 17 people.

Philippine President vetoes bill to end contract work

28 August 2019 at 10:59

Trade unions in the Philippines have expressed dismay over President Duterte’s last minute veto on 26 July of a bill to end short-term employment.

Shell unions to collaborate on organizing

9 July 2019 at 16:33

IndustriALL Global Union affiliates from eight countries met in London on 3 and 4 July 2019 for the fifth Shell Global Union Network meeting, and committed to closer collaboration, particularly in organizing workers at the multinational energy company.

PROFILE: Indian unions fight precarious work

21 May 2019 at 01:21

The All India Cement Employees Federation (AICEF) and Unions United both affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union in November 2018. While defending the rights of precarious workers and women, both industrial federations have led struggles, built union structures and overcome challenges posed by employers.

Unilever and global unions sign agreement to restrict temporary jobs

10 May 2019 at 15:47

IndustriALL Global Union, the IUF and Unilever have signed a breakthrough agreement to limit the use of temporary workers and protect permanent jobs in Unilever factories.

Coal unions to intensify organizing precarious workers

15 April 2019 at 16:43

Trade unions representing workers at Coal India Ltd will focus on organizing precarious workers and improving occupational health and safety following a training workshop held from 4-5 April 2019, at Raipur India.

Young Nepali unionists demand increased representation

3 April 2019 at 10:25

Twenty-two young trade unionists, including ten women from IndustriALL Global Union Nepali affiliates, met in Hetauda, Nepal, on 26 and 27 March 2019 to strengthen the voice of youth in the union movement.

Zambian union on organizing blitz for contract mineworkers

27 March 2019 at 13:00

Mining companies in Zambia are increasingly employing workers through contractors instead of offering direct employment. Unions are recruiting and organizing to fight back this promotion of precarious work.

South Africa: Workers striking against precarious work at Arcelor Mittal

20 March 2019 at 16:25

A strike is on at Arcelor Mittal, South Africa, to force the company to give permanent jobs to contract workers, and to demand equal pay for work of equal value.

Shell worker abuses in Nigeria taken to UN Human Rights Council

15 March 2019 at 14:16

Royal Dutch Shell violations against contract workers in Nigeria came under scrutiny today at the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

Senegal: Unions build strength through organizing and collaboration

12 March 2019 at 18:17

Over 30 participants at a union building workshop and women’s meeting in Dakar, 25-26 February, resolved to recruit and organize more workers, defend the rights of women workers, fight precarious work, strengthen leadership capacity, and increase union-to-union collaboration.

Bodies of Pasta de Conchos victims may be recovered

26 February 2019 at 15:49

Thirteen years on and the bodies of those killed in the Pasta de Conchos mine disaster may finally be recovered.

Cement unions in India commit to strong organizing drive

26 February 2019 at 14:23

Over 30 Indian cement sector representatives of IndustriALL affiliates across India gathered in Delhi on 21-22 February and committed to improve social dialogue, union organizing and recruiting initiatives.

Chemical and pharmaceutical unions build power in India

21 December 2018 at 11:30

Meeting in Mumbai, India on 20 December 2018, IndustriALL Global Union’s Indian affiliates agreed to intensify their union building programme in the booming chemical and pharmaceutical industries in the country.

Shell’s hidden shame - Contract workers on the poverty line in Nigeria

5 December 2018 at 13:38

Oscar Tamuno*, a driver for major Shell contractor, Plantgeria, has not had a wage increase in eight years. After paying taxes, pension contributions and union dues, he takes home 94,000 naira a month (US$258) working a 12-hour day, six days a week. And yet, Oscar is better off than many of his co-workers.* Not his real name.

We are just working to die, say Shell workers in Nigeria

27 November 2018 at 15:41

IndustriALL Global Union reveals how Shell contract workers in Nigeria are living in poverty and exposed to dangerous hazards at work in a new video released this week.

Pakistan: Seven workers injured in a fire at shipbreaking yard

17 October 2018 at 10:30

The fire started on 14 October as workers were breaking the oil tanker Kriti in the plot number 10 in the Gadani shipbreaking yard located in Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. The tanker is owned by an individual Alam Khan. Initial reports suggest that seven workers were injured as result of a fire, three of them are in critical condition due to severe burns.

What is precarious work?

4 October 2018 at 12:22

Casual, temporary, indirect, zero-hours contracts, are all terms that describe precarious work. This type of work is increasingly being used to replace direct, permanent jobs, allowing employers to reduce or even abandon their responsibility to workers.

Precarious work destroying workers’ lives in Nigerian oil and gas industry

27 September 2018 at 09:07

Contract work and casualization of the oil and gas industry is having a dire impact on trade unions and the lives of workers in Nigeria, according to IndustriALL Global Union’s affiliates in African’s largest oil producing country.

L20 unionists call on the G20 to fight inequality and precarious work

12 September 2018 at 11:28

Representatives of international trade-union organizations attended the Labour 20 Summit (L20) in Mendoza, Argentina, on 4 and 5 September 2018. They called on the G20 to take steps to reduce inequalities, combat precarious work and ensure a fair transition to a low-carbon economy.

Interview: Napoleón Gómez Urrutia’s return to Mexico a triumph for freedom of association

11 September 2018 at 12:06

After 12 years of self-imposed exile in Canada, the leader of the Los Mineros union, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, has finally returned to Mexico, where he will take on a new role as senator for the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party led by President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

South Africa: union in historic court victory against precarious work

26 July 2018 at 17:48

The Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, has ruled that an employer cannot employ a worker for more than three months without a permanent contract.

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