Uganda ratifies ILO Convention 190 15 August, 2023On 7 August Uganda became the 32nd country in the world and the 8th country in Africa to ratify ILO Convention 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work. Unions in the country have been instrumental in the campaign for its ratification.
National campaign on precarious work in Uganda23 November, 2016130 participants from IndustriALL’s Ugandan affiliates met to discuss their campaing against precarious work on 17 November. The campaign aims to create awareness on how precarious work is affecting the welfare of workers in Uganda.
Uganda unions engage social partners on African industrialization strategies12 November, 2020IndustriALL Global Union affiliates in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda are hosting national conferences to discuss African industrialization strategies. This is part of African Industrialization Week, 17-20 November.
Ugandan oil and gas fields provide potential for union organizing1 October, 2020IndustriALL affiliate UMMOGAWU in Uganda welcomes the agreement between French oil company Total and Uganda’s government for the construction of an over 1,440 km oil pipeline, expected to create up to 16,000 new jobs, and has declared its intention to organize the workers.
Improved maternity protection needed in Uganda11 June, 2015Twenty-one women leaders and shop stewards from IndustriALL Global Union affiliated unions in Uganda met at the end of May 2015 to discuss issues faced by women workers, particularly the need for improved maternity protection.
Ugandan unions in joint organizing drive6 July, 2015IndustriaLL Global Union affiliates in Uganda came together for a national planning meeting in the country’s capital Kampala on 25 and 26 June 2015 as part of the IndustriALL East African Union Building Project.
East African unions receive awards for organizing8 November, 2016When the IndustriALL East Africa Union Building project met in Uganda on 27 – 28 October, three unions were awarded for their major organizing achievements.
Ugandan affiliates boost organizing10 August, 2015A national level training on organizing focused on occupational health and safety and precarious work as the tools for organizing took place on 30 and 31 July 2015 at Kampala, Uganda in Lavanda Hotel.
Three Holcim workers killed and 8 injured in fire in Uganda28 January, 2022Three workers died and eight were critically injured in a fire at the Hima cement plant, a subsidiary of Holcim, in Uganda on 15 January. The fire erupted during installation works on a diesel oil tank.
Unions campaign for recognition at Chinese-owned textile and garment factories in Uganda14 October, 2021After recruiting and organizing most of the workers in the Chinese-owned textile and garment factories in Mbalala Mukono, the Uganda Textile Garment Leather and Allied Workers Union (UTGLAWU) is shocked by the continued refusal by the employers to recognize the union, in violation of Uganda labour law.
