Historic victory for CUT metalworkers in Brazil23 April, 2014The CNM/CUT, an affiliate of IndustriALL Global Union, has signed a unique agreement on profit sharing with ThyssenKrupp Elevadores. The company will pay a profit sharing bonus to 2,000 members of 27 metalworkers’ unions affiliated to the CUT in nine states. This is the first such national company agreement to apply only to members of unions affiliated to the same Brazilian trade union central.
Q&A with Jyrki Raina one year after Rana Plaza23 April, 2014Jyrki Raina, general secretary of IndustriALL Global Union, speaks on the anniversary of the catastrophic collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building complex in Bangladesh. The industrial homicide on 24 April 2013 took the lives of at least 1,138 people and injured 2000 more. Find out what has changed and what needs to change.
Q&A with Mojtaba Kazazi 23 April, 2014Mojtaba Kazazi is in charge of administering compensation to Rana Plaza victims. Find out how and when it will be paid.
Protests against Crown Holdings scheduled across the globe23 April, 2014IndustriALL and its affiliates are staging a series of protests against U.S. based multinational, Crown Holdings, one of the biggest consumer packaging producers, which brazenly violates workers’ rights in North America and Europe.
Mexican Teksid workers ambushed and beaten up for organizing by CTM thugs 22 April, 2014IndustriALL Global Union denounces the brutal aggression against eleven workers who were attacked by CTM thugs on 21 April. Join the international calls on Teksid Italian management to stop union busting in Mexico.
IndustriALL Everest hero killed in avalanche22 April, 2014The man who carried IndustriALL's flag to the top of the world, Dorje Khatri, was one of 12 Sherpa guides who died in a Friday morning avalanche on Mt. Everest.
A day to fight for the living; and mourn for the dead22 April, 2014Every 28 April is designated by the labour movement as the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers.
Energy unions worldwide back UWUA in struggle against FirstEnergy: “One Day Longer, One Day Stronger” 18 April, 2014The entire network of the world’s energy industry trade unions is rallying in support of members of the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA), employed by the third largest U.S. electric power company, FirstEnergy.
IBM unions agree new global strategy to fight job cuts17 April, 2014IBM unions have agreed a new global strategy to fight thousands of job cuts and deteriorating working conditions at the computer services giant.
Workers donate blood in solidarity for struggling Paharpur workers16 April, 2014As a gesture of solidarity for the struggling workers of the Paharpur cooling towers, 117 workers of the GRSE workmen’s union in Kolkata donated their blood at a temporary Blood Donation Camp.
