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Save Dave: Australian miner sacked after leading underwear protest

18.05.2017 CFMEU delegate Dave McLachlan was sacked after a shift of miners at Appin mine stripped down to their underwear in protest at the lack of work clothes.

Freeport fires striking workers at Grasberg mine in Indonesia

10.05.2017 Mining operator PT Freeport Indonesia is laying off workers taking strike action at the Grasberg mine.

Meeting calls for an end to violence against women mineworkers

09.05.2017 At an IndustriALL AngloGold Ashanti Global Network meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 5 May, affiliates from Argentina, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ghana, Guinea, South Africa and Tanzania agreed to intensify their campaign against rape, murder and sexual harassment of women mine workers.

IndustriALL and London Mining Network demonstrate at Anglo American AGM

04.05.2017 Anglo American’s shareholders were met by demonstrations outside the venue of its annual general meeting (AGM) at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on 24 April. 

Common strategy needed to counter attacks on mineworkers

06.04.2017 Mineworkers at IndustriALL Global Union affiliates in three different continents are facing attack from multinational companies seeking to cut jobs, slash benefits and drive down wages.  

42-day strike in Chile ends with extended agreement

29.03.2017 Union nº1 at the Escondida mine in Chile has ended a 42-day strike, using an article in the law allowing them to extend the current collective agreement for another 18 months.

Australia: CFMEU wins Just Transition for Hazelwood power station workers

15.03.2017 The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has won a Just Transition deal for workers at the Hazelwood power station in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria.

Mining: initial study shows trade unions save lives

14.03.2017 The findings of a preliminary study have confirmed IndustriALL Global Union’s global campaign message on mine health and safety - trade unions save lives. 

Union building project brings recruitment boost in India

22.02.2017 Since 2014 IndustriALL affiliates in India have organized more than 63,000 new members, including a large number of precarious workers.

First regional mining workshop held in Morocco

21.02.2017 The first Middle East and North Africa regional mining workshop was held on 30 November and 1 December 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco.

IndustriALL - the voice of labour at Alternative Mining Indaba

15.02.2017 IndustriALL Global Union joined 475 participants from 31 countries in Cape Town, South Africa from 6-8 February 2017 to represent workers at the Alternative Mining Indaba. 

Pakistan: Two coal miners killed and one seriously injured

13.02.2017 Two miners were killed and another seriously injured in an accident at a coal mine in the Mahi Toor Ghar area of Harnai Baluchistan province on 5 February.

South African union saves mineworkers’ jobs

24.01.2017 Demonstrating the power of dialogue, a strong trade union and enabling legislation, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa has successfully averted the loss of 849 jobs.

Rio Tinto Global Network Meeting (2017)

17.01.2017

Glencore Global Network Meeting (2017)

17.01.2017

AngloGold Ashanti Global Network Meeting (2017)

17.01.2017

Anglo American Global Network Meeting (2017)

17.01.2017

OHS Seminar on Mining

17.01.2017

Guinea ratifies ILO Convention C176 on mine safety

05.01.2017 West African nation, Guinea, has ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 176 on safety and health in mines, following campaigning by IndustriALL Global Union trade union affiliates.

Unions in Burkina Faso and Senegal fight back against precarious work

01.12.2016 The lives of hundreds of precarious workers have been dramatically improved by unions after they were regularized and organized in a campaign against precarious work.

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