Shipbuilding-Shipbreaking unions focus on workers’ safety and jobs28 November, 2016More than 60 participants from 18 unions gathered in Mandurah, Western Australia for the IndustriALL Global Union Shipbuilding Action Group meeting on 7-8 November 2016.
IndustriALL supports Carlton & United Breweries boycott20 October, 2016A resolution at IndustriALL’s 2nd Congress in Rio de Janeiro supports the call to boycott union-busting Carlton & United Breweries.
Trade unions protest one year after Mariana mining disaster20 October, 2016Trade unions from all over the world are together preparing a protest for 5 November, the first anniversary of the biggest environmental tragedy in Brazil’s history, at the Samarco mine, BHP Billiton.
Strike continues at Anglo American coal mine in Australia15 September, 2016A strike at the Anglo American’s coal mine in Queensland, Australia has entered its fourth week, as the company refuses to negotiate in good faith with workers. The situation has escalated as the mining giant attempts to bring in strike-breakers to undermine the workforce even though the strike is legal.
Rio Tinto unions build solidarity as company reaches out5 May, 2016The Rio Tinto global union network met in Brisbane, Australia this week, bringing together nearly fifty union leaders from Rio Tinto in eleven countries to discuss recent developments and update the network’s program of action.
Global solidarity on May Day 4 May, 2016IndustriALL affiliates around the world took to the streets to celebrate May Day 2016, calling out for a living wage and a stop to precarious work.
Mining community activist murdered on South Africa’s Wild Coast30 March, 2016IndustriALL is outraged by the murder of Sikhosiphi “Bazooka” Rhadebe, a community activist fighting the development of the Xolobeni mine.
Union struggles for decent work building at Rio Tinto1 February, 2016Struggles are building in a number of countries against attempts by Rio Tinto to increase the use of precarious labour.
Alcoa – forcing crew off ship in Australia and closing plants in the US14 January, 2016In the middle of the night on 13 January, 30 security guards boarded the Alcoa motor vessel Portland to remove five union crewmembers and escort foreign seafarers on to the ship that immediately left for Singapore.
Global unions welcome Australian union merger20 October, 2015Global union federations IndustriALL Global Union and the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) have welcomed news that two of their Australian member unions are considering a merger that would create a new ‘super union’.
