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Unions worldwide demand LafargeHolcim honours its commitment for a global agreement

01.02.2018 73 union leaders from 39 countries addressed a joint letter to CEO, Jan Jenisch, demanding the company honour its commitment and sign a global framework agreement.

ILO to adopt improved code of practice for shipbuilding and ship repair

01.02.2018 Expert representatives of governments, employers and workers from around the world gathered at the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland, from 22 to 26 January, to improve and adopt a revised code of practice on safety and health in shipbuilding and ship repair. 

India: Bajaj Auto workers take action against management delaying tactics

31.01.2018 Protesting against unfair terminations and the intransigence of the Bajaj Auto management in collective bargaining negotiations, the union launched an indefinite hunger strike on 29 January in Pune.

Kimberly-Clark trade unions around the world angry with mass job cuts announcement

31.01.2018 The US-based multinational personal care company unilaterally announced a massive cut of 5,000 to 5,500 jobs on 23 January. The cut of 12% of the global workforce will mostly come through closing 10 of Kimberly-Clark’s 91 factories. Which 10 factories has not been announced. 

Unity, resistance and determination bring great victory to Turkish metalworkers

30.01.2018 Despite their strike being banned by the government, Turkish metalworkers have won a wage increase of almost 25 per cent as part of a new collective agreement.

International and Russian trade union movement opposes the dissolution of ITUWA

30.01.2018 IndustriALL Global Union affiliates in Russia issued a joint statement against the dissolution of the Interregional Trade Union "Workers Association" (ITUWA). The Russian trade union centres the Confederation of Labour of Russia (KTR) and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR), IndustriALL affiliates in the CIS region and global unions strongly oppose the court decision to dissolve ITUWA.

Another worker killed at LafargeHolcim operation in India

29.01.2018 ***UPDATE*** On 30 January, just few days after the killing of the contract worker Arun Singh at LafargeHolcim another similar incident happened again at the same factory. According to the union representative Vijay Thakre this time fortunately no worker was injured, but the incident poses serious doubts about effectiveness of health and safety policies of the company.

200 days: Glencore lockout continues at Oaky North in Australia

27.01.2018 Glencore has locked workers out of the Oaky North mine in Queensland, Australia for 200 days in an ongoing industrial dispute.

Algeria: Global unions condemn detention of 1,000 protestors

26.01.2018 Global unions have condemned the inhumane treatment of more than a thousand protestors detained by Algerian police, and are calling for an end to the escalating repression of trade unions and trade union leaders in Algeria. 

Turkey: Metal industry strike banned by the Government

26.01.2018 Is the right to strike still in place in Turkey? The answer is clearly NO. A strike of 130,000 workers at 179 workplaces across the metal sector in Turkey, including all major multinational companies, scheduled to begin on 2 February 2018, has been banned by the Government on the grounds of being “prejudicial to national security”.

IndustriALL Sub-Saharan Africa Executive Committee Meeting

25.01.2018

IndustriALL Sub-Saharan Africa Women Executive Committee Meeting

25.01.2018

IndustriALL Sub-Saharan Africa Women Activities

25.01.2018

IndustriALL rejects Mexico's labour reform proposal

25.01.2018 IndustriALL Global Union is calling on Mexican senators to vote against proposed labour reforms that will increase outsourcing in the country and endanger the safety of workers. 

Workers locked out of Canadian aluminium smelter after negotiations break down

25.01.2018 More than a thousand members of United Steelworkers Local 9700 have been locked out of Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc (ABI), in Bécancour, Quebec, Canada.

John Deere Global Network Meeting

25.01.2018

Cement union in India fights for contract workers’ wages

25.01.2018 IndustriALL Indian affiliate Chanda Cement Works Employees Union have signed a wage agreement covering over 1,000 contract workers at a Lafarge Holcim plant.

Italian metalworkers demand: “No more deaths at work!”

23.01.2018 IndustriALL affiliates FIOM-CGIL, FIM-CISL and UILM-UIL organized a rally and one-hour strike across the Lombardy region to attract public attention to the problem of poor health and safety at work, following four recent tragic fatalities at Lamina spa in Rho, Milan and Elettronica LG in Rovato, Brescia.

Pakistan: Anger soars over frequent fatalities in mines

22.01.2018 After the recent tragic deaths of six mine workers in Pakistan, with many more injured, IndustriALL Global Union affiliate the Pakistan Central Mines Labour Federation (PCMLF) staged a protest action in Quetta to demand the government address the problem of poor working conditions and ratify ILO Convention 176 on Safety in Mines as a matter of urgency.

Global unions reach US$2.3 million Bangladesh Accord settlement with multinational brand

22.01.2018 IndustriALL Global Union and UNI Global Union have reached a US$2.3 million settlement with a multinational apparel brand to remedy life-threatening workplace hazards. The settlement, reached through an arbitration process under the legally-binding Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety, represents one of the largest payments made by a brand to remedy workplace dangers in its supply chain.

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