Sustainability

As trade unionists, we have a responsibility to ourselves, our families, our communities. We must speak for today's workers - and future workers. Sustainability is the goal. Just Transition is the path. There are no jobs on a dead planet.

Contact details:

Brian Kohler
email: bkohler@industriall-union.org
Tel. +41 22 304 18 49
Fax: +41 22 304 1841

Sustainability

Sustainable Industrial Policy launch

17.05.2013 

IndustriALL is launching an ambitious initiative on Sustainable Industrial Policy which aims to stimulate debate and action among affiliates and so promote a union perspective on the key sustainability issues for industry.

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.

African unions commit to prioritizing sustainable industrial development

30.04.2013 

Meeting in Johannesburg on 23-24 April, 26 IndustriALL affiliates from 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa developed strategies to pressure their governments for progressive policies to promote industrialization and jobs.

IndustriALL heralds new IRMA head

04.04.2013 

IndustriALL Global Union is pleased to welcome Matthew Wenban-Smith as new Managing Director of the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). The appointment marks an important milestone in establishing IRMA as the first legitimate global certification programme in the mining sector.

Financial Transaction Tax approved by EU

28.01.2013 

A Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) in the European Union (EU) could be set in place by January 2014, following the approval of EU Finance Ministers meeting in Brussels on 22 January 2013.

COP18 disappoints

20.12.2012 

The 18th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP18) has ground its tedious way to its unsurprising conclusion with the adoption of a weak package of decisions dubbed the “Doha Climate Gateway”. It is now time to assess this Gateway and determine where we stand.

Sustainability

As trade unionists, we have a responsibility to ourselves, our families, our communities. We must speak for today's workers - and future workers. Sustainability is the goal. Just Transition is the path. There are no jobs on a dead planet.

Contact details:

Brian Kohler
email: bkohler@industriall-union.org
Tel. +41 22 304 18 49
Fax: +41 22 304 1841

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

27

IndustriALL Global Women's Committee

Frankfurt, Germany

28-29

IndustriALL Executive Committee Meeting

Frankfurt, Germany

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