Unions prepare campaign to keep Ford factories in Russia21 March, 2019Ford union representatives and their national and international colleagues spent two days debating possible ways of safeguarding jobs at the Ford Sollers joint venture in Russia, and their response to the potential closure of other Ford plants, after the company announced a review of its strategy in the country.
Calling on Russia to stop immediately its aggression, invasion, and occupation of Ukraine 28 February, 2022IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll European Trade Union’s affiliates urge the government of the Russian Federation to stop immediately its aggression, invasion, and occupation of Ukraine. The Russian Federation should stop violating Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Statement on the announcement by the Russian Federation that IndustriALL Global Union is an “undesirable organization”8 March, 2024 We have received information from private sources and public media that the Office of the Russian Federation Prosecutor General has declared IndustriALL Global Union as ‘undesirable organisation’. The reasons for this announcement have not been made public.
Ford workers in Russia ready for strike20 June, 2013The Interregional Trade Union of Autoworkers (ITUA) scheduled a strike on 24 June at Ford in Vsevolozhsk, Russia, over the issues of wages and working conditions.
Union under attack at Bashneft in Russia20 December, 2012Bashneft management is striving to wipe out locals of the Russian Chemical and Allied Workers Union (RCWU) at its plants and replace them with so-called Labour Councils, company-controlled bodies. IndustriALL-affiliated RCWU is fighting back with a national campaign of protest.
Help IndustriALL stop union-busting at Bashneft in Russia23 January, 2013IndustriALL launches an international solidarity campaign in support of Russian Chemical Workers Union (RCWU) under attack at Bashneft in Russia.
Attack on union at Russian auto supplier disrupts production at GM23 August, 2012Vlankas, a company which supplies bumpers to GM in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, refuses to recognize the Interregional Trade Union of Autoworkers (ITUA) local. Several unionized workers were dismissed, causing production problems both at Vlankas and its customer, General Motors.
Voestalpine workers in Russia resign over poor wages and conditions23 August, 2012Voestalpine workers in Yarcevo, Smolensk area, Russia, took an extreme step in the ongoing industrial dispute: 12 out of 18 field engineers resigned collectively, while simultaneously putting forward a list of demands to the management. According to the workers, this is the only way to stop the persistent degradation of working conditions.
1,000 metalworkers rally against aluminium plant closure in Russia4 September, 2012On 2 September 1,000 metalworkers rallied against the closing of aluminium production at Bogoslovsky, an aluminium plant in Krasnoturyinsk (Sverdlovsk area, Russia), which is part of the Rusal group.
Russian think-tank: neither workers nor employers benefit from agency labour16 June, 2012On April 20 the Center for Social and Labour Rights, a Moscow-based think-tank, presented the results of the research on ‘Agency Labour and its Effects on Workers’. Experts found that neither workers nor employers benefit from agency labour.
