Organizing faster as technology reshapes India’s ICT and electronics sector25 August, 2026Thirty-one representatives from IndustriALL Global Union’s Indian affiliates have committed to 100-day organizing plans to strengthen union membership and reach contract workers, women and young workers across India’s ICT, electrical and electronics sectors.
Organizing as AI and automation reshape India’s mechanical engineering sector25 August, 2026More than 60 trade unionists from across India’s mechanical engineering sector met for a workshop on strategic organizing, organized by IndustriALL. The two-day workshop, held on 11-12 August in Pune, focused on a central challenge: how can unions ensure that technological change improves work rather than weakening employment, rights and collective bargaining?
Unions put safety and organizing at the heart of India’s base metals sector25 August, 2026Trade unions in India’s base metal sector have agreed to strengthen organizing and occupational safety and health (OSH) as central priorities in a sector facing growing precarious employment and rapid industrial change.
Empowering young unionists to organize and lead25 August, 2026The value of union training comes from how it is used once participants return to their workplaces. At a recent youth workshop, participants moved beyond learning about workers’ rights and union power to developing concrete plans for organizing, collective bargaining and strengthening worker participation.
India: workers and farmers reaffirm united action30 July, 2026Trade unions and farmers' organizations from across India reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening joint action at a national convention held in New Delhi on 29 July. The convention was jointly organized by India's Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). It adopted a declaration committing to closer coordination on issues affecting workers, farmers, and rural communities. Additionally, the declaration outlined a strategy for future collective action.
India affiliates chart strategies for youth and women leadership20 July, 2026Building more inclusive unions is about more than increasing participation. Young workers and women have just as much of a stake in the future of the labour movement as anyone else. Creating space for them to shape decisions, take on leadership roles and strengthen their unions is essential to building a movement that truly reflects the workers it represents.
Graveyard to Green Yard: one year ago, workers won a landmark victory26 June, 2026Today is the launch of the film, Graveyard to Green Yard: the coalition that changed the ship recycling industry, a new film that tells the story of how one Indian shipbreaking union built a coalition to transform one of the world's most dangerous industries.
Deadly workplace accidents expose systemic safety failures in India24 June, 2026Five workers died and dozens were hospitalised after an ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing factory in Tamil Nadu on 21 June 2026. Days earlier, nine workers were killed at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL) when a ladle of molten steel erupted during casting, engulfing them in a fireball. Preliminary reports suggest a critical gas-rinsing safety process may not have been completed as required.
Singhitarai explosion exposes systemic OSH failures in India17 April, 2026At least 20 workers were killed and nearly 50 exposed to a high-pressure steam pipe explosion at a Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh, India on 14 April 2026. The death toll is expected to rise.
India’s just transition is leaving workers behind24 March, 2026India’s energy transition is no longer a distant policy ambition. Yet, as discussions at a two-day meeting held on 10–11 March in New Delhi made clear, the gap between the language of a “Just Transition” and the lived reality of workers remains stark. Organized by IndustriALL, the meeting brought together, for the first time in India, trade unions from both coal, mining and energy sectors to assess what this transition means and who it is leaving behind.
