“We want an industrialized Africa” say IndustriALL affiliates12 December, 2018Around 80 participants from 20 Sub-Saharan African countries attended IndustriALL Global Union’s Conference on Industrialization in Africa, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 7 December 2018, to explore union strategies on sustainable industrialization of the continent.
Shell’s hidden shame - Contract workers on the poverty line in Nigeria 5 December, 2018Oscar Tamuno*, a driver for major Shell contractor, Plantgeria, has not had a wage increase in eight years. After paying taxes, pension contributions and union dues, he takes home 94,000 naira a month (US$258) working a 12-hour day, six days a week. And yet, Oscar is better off than many of his co-workers.* Not his real name.
IndustriALL investigation uncovers exploitation of Shell workers in Nigeria24 October, 2018A new report from a fact-finding mission by IndustriALL Global Union has revealed the shocking exploitation of contract workers at Shell oil and gas operations in Nigeria.
Battery manufacturing pact stimulant for decent jobs in Africa26 January, 2023IndustriALL Global Union affiliated unions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia welcome the memorandum of understanding between their governments and the United States of America (US) on the creation of an electric vehicle value chain in the two countries.
Unions demand African Union include labour provisions in business and human rights policy13 September, 2023Inclusion of ILO fundamental rights, decent work, Convention 190, informal economy workers, corruption and the creation of social dialogue spaces are some of the provisions which trade unions want included in the policy.
Workshop strategizes a gender responsive Just transition for Sub-Saharan Africa19 October, 2023Over 40 participants from 15 African sectors representing IndustriALL Global Union affiliated unions organizing in the automotive, chemicals, energy, engineering, metals, mining, oil and gas, textile and garment and other manufacturing sectors met at a workshop in Mombasa, Kenya, on 17 October, to strategize how a gender responsive Just Transition can be implemented in their countries.
The mining industry must respect labour and community rights: IndustriALL12 February, 2018IndustriALL Global Union delivered this message at the African Mining Indaba, held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 5 to 8 February 2018.
Mozambique: Union shocked by appalling conditions at plastics factory4 April, 2018Workers at a Chinese-owned plastics factory in Mozambique are being forced to work in shocking conditions according to IndustriALL Global Union trade union affiliate, SINTIQUIAF, which organizes more than 15,000 workers in the chemical and allied industries.
Zimbabwe: Unions organizing against all odds18 October, 2017To be effective in the fight for workers’ rights, Zimbabwean workers must join trade unions, emphasized the IndustriALL Global Union women’s committee meeting in Harare on 13 October.
South Africa: union in historic court victory against precarious work26 July, 2018The Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, has ruled that an employer cannot employ a worker for more than three months without a permanent contract.
