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Anita GardnerDirector of Communicationsagardner@industriall-union.org+41 22 308 5032
22.05.2013
Petrobras has improperly used the redundancy clause of the collective bargaining agreement with Pengassan to terminate all ten workers in its exploration division and is refusing to engage the union to resolve the matter.
16.05.2013
Indonesian cement worker, Edi Iriawadi, was imprisoned after taking action to protect workers at Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa plant, which is part of the Heidelberg Cement Group, from intruders that entered the factory in September 2012. IndustriALL demands that Indonesian authorities and the company stop these violations.
09.05.2013
IndustriALL Global Union’s Turkish affiliate Deri-Is has struggled for union recognition at ISMACO producing for luxury Italian brand Ermenegildo Zegna since late 2012. But the company’s local management, despite all constructive efforts, persistently continues to violate fundamental worker rights.
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.
Another factory fire kills eight people, as death toll after Rana Plaza collapse reaches 900 and negotiations between IndustriALL and international clothing brands intensify before the 15 May deadline for a binding fire and building safety plan for Bangladesh.
IndustriALL Global Union continues to give support to the free, independent and democratic trade union movement in Egypt through a special education and training program supported by AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center via the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
Upcoming events
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
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
23-24
Final Evaluation of CUT Mining Project
Lima, Peru
24
IndustriALL Precarious Work Project Meeting
27-28
Caterpillar network meeting
Esher, United Kingdom
28-29
IndustriALL Executive Committee Meeting
Frankfurt, Germany
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