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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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South-East Asia

Industrial tribunal deals blow to BHP

16 July 2020 at 13:28

IndustriALL’s affiliates CFMEU Mining and Energy and AWU welcome the decision by the Australian Fair Work Commission that BHP’s two enterprise agreements covering the mining giant’s in-house labour hire workforce cannot be approved.

Fighting precarious work in Indonesia's oil and gas sector

1 July 2020 at 10:33

Indonesian oil and gas workers are fighting precarious work through legal action and an organizing drive, amid the coronavirus outbreak and economic downturn.

Indonesian paper workers fighting for their jobs

12 June 2020 at 13:50

Management of the large pulp and paper company PT Tanjungenim Lestari is facing international outcry for allowing union busting of its workforce. The unionized handlers have worked for up to 20 years loading pulp and paper at different stages along the production line.

One dead and seven injured at Bokaro steel plant, India

26 May 2020 at 10:09

Four accidents in two weeks at Bokaro steel plant expose the poor safety measures at Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), the leading public sector steel maker in India.

Brazil closes 47 unsafe mining dams

16 April 2020 at 10:40

Brazil has ordered the immediate closure of 47 tailings dams as their stability could not be certified. More than half of the mines belong to Vale, the company responsible for the country's worst ever environmental and human disaster.

Namibia: 1,500 workers to be retrenched as mine closes

3 April 2020 at 15:19

Skorpion Zinc mine has announced a suspension of operations on safety grounds and put the mine on “care and maintenance”, which risks turning the nearby community which depends on the mine for employment into a ghost town.

Indonesian unions reject Omnibus bill

30 January 2020 at 17:22

IndustriALL’s Indonesian affiliates unanimously reject the Omnibus bill on job creation, proposed by the country’s President Joko Widodo. The past week has seen continued union protests around the country.

Iranian miners fired after protest action

30 January 2020 at 10:31

300 workers at the Chadormalu iron ore mine have been fired after protesting low wages and wage discrimination against contractors.

March for justice for victims of Vale’s crime

23 January 2020 at 16:34

One year after Brazil's worst environmental, human and work-related disaster, which killed 272 people, 11 bodies remain to be found. Those affected are on a six-day march to condemn the lack of action.

Iranian oil workers protest unpaid wages

23 January 2020 at 14:27

On 21 January, hundreds of workers at the Bandar Imam Khomeini petrochemical complex in Iran, launched a protest which lasted for several days over precarious work conditions, the non-payment of wages, reduction of bonuses, and the end of overtime pay.

Unions celebrate World Day for Decent Work

15 November 2019 at 16:24

IndustriALL Global Union affiliates around the globe took action on 7 October, the World Day for Decent Work. As well as calling for an end to precarious work, unions demanded better working conditions, maternity rights, mine safety, youth rights and climate justice.

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.

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