Addressing gender based violence in Tanzania22 May, 2014IndustriALL conducted several activities with Tanzanian affiliates during the week of 12 May to encourage workers to take up action on sexual harassment and gender based violence and raise awareness on HIV and AIDS.
Global unions sign Health and Safety Agreement with GDF Suez22 May, 2014French utility giant GDF Suez has made a commitment with global unions to end fatalities linked to the company across its entire operations, including subcontractors.
Union leaders announce commitments to fight against climate change22 May, 2014At the ITUC congress in Berlin, more than 50 unions representing millions of workers signed up for the Unions4Climate action. This call for climate justice signals the start of a global mobilisation for a climate deal in Paris in 2015.
IF Metall congress shows support for workers around the world 22 May, 2014As Sweden is gearing up for EU elections in a few days and national elections in September, IndustriALL affiliate IF Metall took to their congress in Stockholm to discuss the labour market, salaries and social security. The Swedish union also called upon the Turkish government to take swift action against the mining tragedy in Soma.
PROFILE: Fighting for women in the DRC21 May, 2014The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is torn apart by conflict fuelled by powerful foreign interests in its great mineral wealth. Josée Shimbi Umba is First Deputy General Secretary responsible for women’s issues at the Council of Metalworkers Unions of the DRC (CSC), fighting for the rights of women in an environment of extreme exploitation and abuse.
IndustriALL members in the Balkans suffering from huge flood21 May, 2014All IndustriALL trade union affiliates of BIH (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Serbia and Croatia have members in the area affected by the worst floods since records began in the region 120 years ago.
REGIONAL REPORT: New challenges and fights for trade unions in post Soviet Union countries21 May, 2014It is more than two decades since the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics disappeared from the global map. Many of the nations that broke away from what was once the biggest country in the world proclaimed they would follow a market-oriented path. As a result of the liberal reforms that took place, workers’ and trade union rights came under enormous pressure. Here is a closer look at some of the most recent developments in the region.
REPORT: IndustriALL mobilizes global support for garment workers in Cambodia21 May, 2014The rights of garment workers in Cambodia have become a priority for IndustriALL Global Union following the government’s brutal crackdown on wage demonstrations in January, leaving four people dead, 39 injured and 23 people in prison.
JYRKI RAINA: Welcome to Global Worker21 May, 2014“Too many corporations and governments actively oppose workers’ demands for fairness and social justice.”
PROFILE: The struggle continues21 May, 2014Charismatic Indonesian trade union leader Said Iqbal is the epitome of the dynamism his trade union confederation, the KSPI, has shown in the last few years. Faced with problems such as outsourcing and a minimum wage that is too low, Said Iqbal is committed to fight for change.
