Sri Lanka: thousands protest against anti-union discrimination at FTZs 7 July, 2016More than 3,000 members of independent trade unions in Sri Lanka demonstrated against severe anti-union discrimination in Free Trade Zones (FTZs) in the country.
Colombia - IndustriALL demands guarantees for assaulted USO union leader22 June, 2016Dibeth Quintana, a leader of the oil workers’ union, USO, was assaulted several times by an Ecopetrol security supervisor and national police officers. IndustriALL condemns this attack and demands guarantees from the Colombian government.
Turkey: IndustriALL mourns and condemns slaughter at Istanbul airport29 June, 2016After the murderous attacks on 10 October 2015, 17 February, 18 March and 19 March 2016, another massacre through suicide bombers with guns happened on 28 June in Turkey. This time the target was Atatürk Airport in Istanbul, one of the leading hubs. So far, 41 innocent people have been killed, while 239 are reported to be injured.
IndustriALL Global Union Sectoral Sustainability Report29 June, 2016The Paris Agreement, signed in December 2015 to cut global greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate change, will have a significant impact on IndustriALL’s sectors. Unions need to look at public policies at the national level and develop action to ensure a Just Transition for workers.
Colombian pulp, paper, packaging workers build power21 July, 2016IndustriALL Global Union conducted a workshop in Bogota on 18-19 July, bringing together Colombian members in the pulp and paper sector to share strategies for building power.
Finnish company PKC ignores court ruling and fails to reinstate workers in Mexico14 July, 2016“We give our complete support to the workers at Arneses y Accesorios,” announced IndustriALL Mexican affiliate Los Mineros in solidarity with workers fired by Finish-based electronics company PKC.
North Sea workers strike again as support floods in from around the world3 August, 2016Unite and RMT members working on seven Shell platforms in the North Sea will take further strike action on 4 and 5 August.
LafargeHolcim, make a concrete commitment to workers’ rights!3 May, 2021It is shameful that at a company producing concrete, a solid building material, workers’ interests and lives are falling through the cracks.
Global unions to challenge legitimacy of Myanmar junta at ILC18 May, 2021In solidarity with Myanmar’s trade union movement, the Council of Global Unions has vowed to challenge the legitimacy of the Myanmar junta throughout the UN system, including in the upcoming 109th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC).
IndustriALL condemns violence in Colombia6 May, 2021The people of Colombia are victims of police repression for demonstrating in the streets. Together with global union federations, IndustriALL rejects the armed violence against the country’s citizens, which has led to disappearances, arrests, injuries and deaths.
