Changing the face of the global textile and garment industry24 May, 2016The textile, garment, shoe and leather industries employ 60 million people globally. On 22 – 23 May, union leaders from around the world met in Frankfurt for IndustriALL’s first world conference on the sector, discussing challenges and achievements.
Hugo Boss union-busting in Turkey "damages brand"19 May, 2016Hugo Boss shareholders heard about the luxury fashion brand’s illegal treatment of union members in Turkey at the company’s annual general meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, today.
Bosch World Works Council addresses worker concerns20 April, 2016Unions raised their voice at Bosch through the company’s World Works Council on 12-14 April, in Abstatt, Germany.
German steelworkers raise their voice12 April, 2016On 11 April, around 45,000 German steelworkers rallied in different cities all over Germany for the future of Europe’s steel industry.
ThyssenKrupp launches online violations reporting system30 March, 2016As part of the Global Framework Agreement (GFA) signed with IndustriALL Global Union and IG Metall in March 2015, the German metal and engineering multinational, Thyssenkrupp, has launched a new system allowing labour-related violations and abuses to be reported online.
German government commits to ratifying the Hong Kong Convention9 October, 2015Responding to the demand of IG Metall, Germany’s Maritime Coordinator of the Federal Government commits to achieving the swift ratification of the Hong Kong Convention.
IG Metall Coastal Region demands that Germany’s federal government ratify the Hong Kong Convention10 September, 2015The IG Metall Coastal region lodged its firm support for German ratification of the Hong Kong Convention.
Union power taking off in aerospace industry2 July, 2015The world conference for aerospace industries held in Berlin on 1 – 2 July, saw delegates from around the globe discuss building union power and confronting global capital in the sector.
IG Metall commits to strengthen global agreements15 June, 2015Some fifty union leaders and works council representatives of IndustriALL Global Union’s German affiliate IG Metall deeply discussed to make an evaluation over the existing global framework agreements (GFAs) that their union took the lead in negotiation and implementation.
IG Metall has 365 Women's Days a year28 April, 2015This, together with "If you want the best, you can't do without women" was the slogan for IG Metall's 20th women's conference that ended on 21 April in Willingen, Germany. About 200 women met to discuss among other things their motions for the IG Metall Congress later in the year.
