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STOP Precarious Work

On 7 October 2014, the World Day for Decent Work, IndustriALL Global Union called on affiliates to mobilize their members and join the global fight to STOP Precarious Work. Take a look at who took action on the World Day for Decent 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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Turkey: Remarkable achievement for precarious textile workers

21 January 2015 at 07:42

IndustriALL Global Union’s Turkish affiliate DISK-Tekstil has achieved an unprecedented step forward at Greif Enterprises, an American packaging company, by making more than 1,200 contract workers permanent through an agreement between the union and the company.

Why no mention of workers at Davos?

13 January 2015 at 13:54

As leaders from government and business prepare to descend on Davos for the World Economic Forum, working people are ignored in this year’s theme on the ‘new global context’.

Historic union victory in Turkish tyre industry

8 January 2015 at 14:18

After a long struggle, IndustriALL Global Union Turkish affiliate Lastik-Is, representing tyre workers in the country, has persuaded two multinational tyre manufacturers to end out-sourcing of staff and put a total of 1,200 contracted workers on the payroll.

2014: what a year it has been

22 December 2014 at 13:40

2014 is approaching its end and what a year it has been. IndustriALL affiliates around the world have organized and campaigned for trade union rights and will continue on into 2015.

Malaysian and Indonesian unions continue their fight to stop precarious work

22 December 2014 at 12:40

Last week, during national unity meetings in Indonesia and Malaysia, IndustriALL Global Union affiliates from both countries took stock of their action against precarious work. Each victory gained by unions continues to be challenged by employers.

Union changes status of precarious workers at Siemens, India

16 December 2014 at 13:43

In early December, 40 precarious workers at a Siemens factory in India received permanent contracts after negotiations between the trade union and management.

IndustriALL Executive Committee in Tunis

8 December 2014 at 18:58

On 4 – 5 December, IndustriALL held its Executive Committee meeting in Tunis. The location was a show of support for Tunisia’s democratic development, in which trade unions have played an important part.

IndustriALL’s magazine out now!

4 December 2014 at 11:39

As recent mobilizations demonstrate the power of global solidarity, this edition of IndustriALL Global Union’s “Global Worker” looks at some significant union struggles and how global worker solidarity can make all the difference when facing these struggles.

JYRKI RAINA: Welcome to Global Worker

2 December 2014 at 21:21

Building the organizing and campaigning capacity of unions is at the heart of IndustriALL Global Union’s agenda. Recent mobilizations demonstrate the power of global solidarity.

INTERVIEW: Sharan Burrow - The world needs a pay rise

2 December 2014 at 20:56

180 million workers in the world are members of trade unions, making the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) the largest democratic organization in the world. But this is only seven per cent of all workers, which is not enough, says ITUC general secretary, Sharan Burrow. The target is set at 200 million by 2018.

FEATURE: IndustriALL: Campaigning, organizing, and winning

2 December 2014 at 20:33

Supply-chain pressure, coalition and network building, media strategy, and corporate research are all vital elements to trade union campaigning. But it is workers’ solidarity across national borders that, time and again, makes the difference and achieves the win.

SPECIAL REPORT: Unions putting a STOP to precarious work

2 December 2014 at 20:01

The continuing expansion of precarious work is one of the biggest threats facing unions. It is not only about job security, pay and working conditions, but also about workers’ capacity to organize and to fight collectively for their rights. For IndustriALL Global Union, fighting against precarious work is a key strategic goal integrated into all work at global, industrial and regional level.

PROFILE: CFMEU Fighting for Australian workers

2 December 2014 at 18:55

Founded in 1915 as the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees Federation, IndustriALL Global union affiliate the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has evolved into one of Australia’s largest national trade unions representing over 120,000 members.

Precarious work behind declining US manufacturing wages

1 December 2014 at 17:03

A new study by the US National Employment Law Project, supported by US unions, shows that wages for manufacturing workers are significantly lower for the same jobs than they were in the past.

Fighting for a sustainable industrial policy

28 November 2014 at 15:15

On 29 November trade union federations in India came together for a workshop on sustainable industrial policy to fight back against the massive expansion of agency work and to develop a strategy for sustainable industrial growth.

Plans developed to confront precarious work in South Asia

28 November 2014 at 14:32

Representatives from IndustriALL Global Union affiliates in India and Sri Lanka have developed a strategy to combat precarious work, in a regional coordination meeting in New Delhi on 22 to 23 November 2014.

Stronger unions fight precarious work in Latin America

28 November 2014 at 14:00

IndustriALL’s Precarious Work Project in Latin America held a national seminar in Chile, with affiliates from Chile, Colombia and Brazil. Participants shared experiences and successful strategies in strengthening their union through organizing precarious workers

Hunger strike workers in Belarus face jail

20 November 2014 at 17:54

Four metalworkers in Belarus, who went on a two-day hunger strike to bring public attention to their unfair dismissal, are now facing a fine or even jail.

Huhtamaki cedes under charges of unfair labour practices

14 November 2014 at 09:48

Following the charges of unfair labour practices filed by the IndustriALL affiliate United Steelworkers (USW) to the U.S. National Labor Relations Board, Finnish-based packaging company Huhtamaki now needs to inform its employees about their rights at the plant in Commerce, California as settlement.

Let’s talk about Holcim

6 November 2014 at 22:06

Watch this IndustriALL video about the violations committed in India by the world’s largest cement producer, Holcim.

Desperate workers announce hunger strike in Belarus

6 November 2014 at 16:38

On 5 November four fired workers of Bobruisk Factory of Tractor Parts and Units (BZTDiA) announced a two-day hunger strike in their desperate bid to find justice, one week after their arbitrary dismissal.

Our work continues to STOP Precarious Work

31 October 2014 at 15:15

Here at IndustriALL, our team leads the work on all five continents to build global union power by organizing and growth, defending workers' rights and fighting against precarious work.

Belarusian unions prepare to struggle against short-term contracts

30 October 2014 at 15:47

On 24 October 2014 in Minsk IndustriALL Global Union held the workshop to evaluate «Possible joint actions of Belarusian unions against precarious work. Possibilities for strengthening cooperation of trade unions in Belarus against the system of short-term labour contracts. "

Ukrainian unions develop strategies to fight precarious work

29 October 2014 at 16:35

During the workshop held on 14-16 October in Odessa, Ukraine, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) the unionists of the Nuclear Power and Industry Workers' Union of Ukraine and the Unіоn оf Епеrgу аnd Elеctrotechnical Industry Workers of Ukraine, IndustriALL Global Union affiliates, discussed strategies to fight the expansion of precarious work.

Mexican electrical workers: five years of struggle – still standing, looking to the future and resisting

17 October 2014 at 15:49

On 11 October 2009, 44,000 employees of the state-owned utility company, Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LyFC), supplier of electricity to the central regions of Mexico, were literally thrown out on to the streets after a presidential decree issued by then President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa shut down the company.

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