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Australia’s major step towards closing the gender pay gap

27 March, 2024Ten days after International Women’s Day, on 18 March, Australia enacted new legislation that will significantly extend Paid Parental Leave (PPL) for families and is a significant step towards addressing the gender pay gap.

OECD Steel Committee: workers warn of lack of just transition in the industry

26 March, 2024Workers are raising concerns over the lack of a just transition in the steel sector. Global excess capacity keeps rising, due to a combination of irresponsible practices by some major multinational steel corporations and misguided action by some governments who keep expanding capacity rather than investing in the green transition.

Organise more young workers, say south Asia’s young trade unionists

25 March, 2024In March, as part of the Building inclusive unions in South Asia project, supported by Union to Union, IndustriALL organized workshops for young trade unionists in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.

Just Transition in Tunisia

22 March, 2024Following the decision in last year’s regional  conference,  IndustriALL and affiliates from  the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) organized a meeting on Just Transition. More than 50 union leaders from the country’s textile, metals, oil and mining sectors participated in the meeting on 28 February.

Moroccan mining union established to fight for workers

22 March, 2024Under the slogan "Strengthening trade union action in the mining sector to defend the mining working class and win an agreement that guarantees the rights and benefits of the miners", the UMT National Union of Mineworkers in Morocco held its founding congress on 1 March.

Twelve mine workers killed in Pakistan

22 March, 2024Twelve mine workers were killed in a gas explosion at a coalmine in Balochistan on Tuesday.

Binding agreements: building worker safety and reducing risk

21 March, 2024With increasing recognition that voluntary, corporate self-monitoring of factories is a failed mechanism comes growing interest in binding agreements between global companies and trade unions as a more reliable route to effective human rights due diligence in supply chains. On 14 March, IndustriALL co-organized, with the New York City Comptroller’s Office, the third in a series of investor roundtables on the subject.

Zimbabwean power stations closure to affect 560 jobs

21 March, 2024The Zimbabwe Energy Workers Union (ZEWU), an IndustriALL affiliate, is raising concerns over the exclusion of unions from discussions to close and repurpose three coal-fired power stations in Zimbabwe. The union says 560 workers will be affected by this.

ILO agreement takes important step for living wages

21 March, 2024On 13 March, the International Labour Organization (ILO) reached an agreement on the living wage issue. The agreement, reached during a meeting of experts on wage policies, including living wages last month, was endorsed by the ILO’s Governing Body, last week. 

Towards a Just Transition in the automotive industry

21 March, 2024The automotive industry is at a critical juncture, facing the challenge of switching towards more sustainable and environmentally-friendly mobility. This change affects not only how vehicles are produced and used but also the millions of workers who make up this sector globally. It is essential, amid this transition, to ensure a fair way forward that protects jobs and the economy, while moving towards a greener and more equitable future.