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Eliminate violence against women

16.11.2012 25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. 2012 marks the 13th year that world civil society has commemorated this day, with the UN General Assembly designating the day at its 54th session.

Brazilian march in solidarity with European Workers

15.11.2012 As workers throughout Europe were striking against the neo-liberal austerity agenda the Gerdau Workers’ World Council was supporting them from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

South African workers' protest violently put down at Xstrata

14.11.2012 In the third incident of violent police action at Xstrata’s South African Kroondal operations in a week, police fired on mineworkers during a protest on 13 November, arresting 37 including shop stewards.

STOP Precarious Work mobilization, October 2012

13.11.2012 At the IndustriALL founding Congress in Copenhagen in June 2012, affiliates resolved to support a global campaign to STOP Precarious Work, including mobilizing their members around October 7, the World Day for Decent Work.

Support continues for Gerdau workers in Colombia

08.11.2012 It was decided in the Gerdau Workers World Council that workers around the world would come together and demand respect for workers at Brazilian multinational Gerdau in Colombia.

Gerdau Workers’ Network unites for rights in Colombia

02.11.2012 See the new campaign leaflet of the Gerdau Workers’ World Council, one of the most active worker networks of IndustriALL affiliates, taking united action to defend the rights of Gerdau workers in Colombia.

Pay rise for Austrian metalworkers

01.11.2012 Under difficult circumstances Austrian metalworkers win a pay rise of up to 3.4 per cent for 180,000 workers in this year’s bargaining rounds.

Training Women in Indonesia

31.10.2012 A course for training women only was held in Serang, Indonesia from 21 to 23 October in the framework of the MNC project. This project is sponsored by LO/TCO and fnv and aims to train workers in the use of international standards to promote workers’ and trade union rights.

Georgian union regroups after a wave of repression

25.10.2012 Since August 2012, workers at Hercules Steel in Kutaisi, Georgia, have carried out a secret organizing campaign, and in October proposed the management to begin negotiations.

Workers invade streets in London

25.10.2012 150,000 people came to London on 20 October 2012 to participate in union-organized actions against austerity imposed by the government.

Steelworkers ratify agreement with U.S. Steel

04.10.2012 Members of the United Steelworkers, North American affiliate of IndustriALL Global Union, voted in favour of the new agreement with U.S. Steel.

Agreement reached at Tenaris in Brazil

03.10.2012 After a 24-hour strike, workers at Tenaris Confab voted to accept the proposal presented by the employer in the evening of 27 September 2012.

Tenaris claims low production to fire workers

27.09.2012 Tenaris claims that there is low production in order to justify firing workers with high seniority and suffering illnesses.

Gerdau continues firing workers in Colombia

27.09.2012 Sintrametal and the Gerdau Workers’ World Council met with ministers and members of the government last week.

Swiss unions demonstrate to save industrial jobs

25.09.2012 Thousands of workers gathered on 22 September in Bern, Switzerland demanding the industrial sector be saved. Four local unions called for the strengthening of the collective labour agreement (CLA) and secure jobs.

IndustriALL proposes ethical partnership with TATA Steel

19.09.2012 IndustriALL Global Union’s network in Tata Steel will seek to develop an ethical partnership with company management at a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand later this month.

Gerdau Diaco Muña workers create Sintrametal committee at Sibaté plant

13.09.2012 In response to the dismissal of almost 300 workers at the end of August from two of Brazilian multinational Gerdau’s Colombian steel plants, a group of workers at Muña has decided to get organised and link up with the Sintrametal metalworkers’ union.

Gerdau sacks a total of 270 workers at two of its plants in Colombia

13.09.2012 Gerdau has dismissed 180 workers from its Tocancipá plant and 90 from its Muña plant. Sintrametal is calling on the government to support the country’s workers. The company has blamed the economic crisis for the dismissals.

Alcoa union network supports Italian workers’ fight against plant closure

06.09.2012 IndustriALL’s Alcoa global union network has pledged support to workers in Portovesme in Italy fighting for the future of their plant. Unions representing workers in the plant have been working around the clock to find ways to keep the workers’ jobs.

1,000 metalworkers rally against aluminium plant closure in Russia

04.09.2012 On 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.

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