ILO launches Future of Work global commission23 August, 2017With the view to finding adequate answers to the rapidly changing working environment, on 21 August 2017 in the presence of the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Mauritius, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the Global Commission on the Future of Work.
Fired by voicemail: an EDF worker speaks out3 August, 2017On 29 June 2017, EDF Luminus management in Belgium abruptly sacked 14 workers. IndustriALL spoke to one of the affected workers.
Serbia: Three week strike at FIAT ends28 July, 2017Two thousand striking workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' (FCA) plant in Serbia – FCA Srbija – have suceeded in gaining a 9.5 per cent pay increase and keeping their annual bonus, amongst other gains, in a deal signed between Fiat and Serbian trade unions on 25 July.
The fight against precarious work continues19 July, 2017Recent legislative and political developments around the world illustrate the continuing increase of precarious work. Trade unions are fighting back.
G20 leaders can no longer ignore inequality7 July, 2017As police clashed with protestors ahead of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, which begins today, the discontent felt by many with the current model of globalization is all too clear.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: union fights to save 1,000 jobs6 July, 2017A chemical union in Bosnia and Herzegovina is fighting to save 1,000 jobs at the GIKIL coke plant in Lukavac.
Two thousand Serbian FIAT workers take strike action6 July, 2017 Workers at the factory of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Serbian subsidiary FCA Srbija in Kragujevac are on strike over excessive workload and low wages.
International unions join striking workers at GOŠA railway factory in Serbia4 July, 2017A delegation of trade unionists from Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary joined workers from the GOŠA factory in a blockade of the international Belgrade-Thessaloniki railway line and the road to the factory, where workers have been on strike for 100 days.
Empowering Bulgarian affiliates in the Inditex supply chain3 July, 2017As part of the implementation process of the Inditex global framework agreement (GFA), IndustriALL Global Union’s textile and garment affiliates in Bulgaria met to review capacity building needs and develop organizing plans
Caterpillar trade union network masters challenges and makes progress 26 June, 2017More than 30 trade union delegates from North America, Brazil, Europe, Japan and India from unions at multinational mechanical engineering giant Caterpillar met in Frankfurt, Germany, from 22 to 23 June.
