GM workers in Brazil launch campaign to protect jobs4 September, 2019Workers at General Motors' São José dos Campos plant have launched a campaign for job security, days after the car giant fired 17 people.
Workers at Petrobras Brazil condemn union busting8 April, 2021In the face of union busting, Brazilian oil workers' union FUP is striking to protect workers' rights and is demanding safe and decent working conditions.
GM workers in Colombia and Ecuador condemn plant shutdowns 22 May, 2024General Motors (GM) is closing plants in Colombia and Ecuador in a move to drive the industry towards an emissions-free future. Workers are demanding job stability during the transition and calling for re-skilling.
Bangladesh: affiliates seek to hold dialogue with interim government26 August, 2024Considering the changed political situation in Bangladesh after the toppling of the discredited Sheikh Hasina’s government, IndustriALL affiliates in the country extends support to the interim government and laid out their demands and expectations from the advisor to the ministry of labour and employment as well as seek to hold dialogue with the interim government.
1,500 workers lose jobs as Yazaki shuts down in Uruguay4 February, 2025Japanese multinational Yazaki has closed its two plants in Uruguay, leaving 1,500 workers—1,000 of them women—unemployed. The union is demanding that the factories reopen.
Campaigning Yazaki workers reach favourable agreement after company closes plants in Uruguay17 February, 2025Former employees at Yazaki Uruguay have reached a favourable agreement with the Japanese firm after it announced that it was closing its plants in the country. Following a long campaign, Yazaki has agreed to an additional payout for workers.
ILO reports global unemployment on the rise24 January, 2013The number of unemployed worldwide rose by 4.2 million in 2012 to over 197 million, a 5.9 per cent unemployment rate, according to the International Labour Organization’s report, Global Employment Trends 2013.
Only one in ten in G20 countries believe austerity will work16 June, 2012G20 leaders must urgently rethink policies and back job-centred growth, demands unions, after a new poll commissioned by the ITUC shows that only one in ten in G20 countries believe austerity will work.
Trinidad and Tobago: OWTU protest at possible job cuts at Petrotrin 17 January, 2018Trinidad and Tobago’s government recently announced a restructuring of state-owned oil company Petrotrin, which is in debt due to the fall in oil prices and unpaid taxes. In response, IndustriALL affiliate OWTU is organizing protests at Petrotrin’s Trinmar offshore operations at Point Fortin.
Brazilian oil workers on strike against layoffs at Petrobas11 February, 2020Brazilian oil workers' union FUP have called an indefinite national strike, protesting against Petrobas' plans to shut down a nitrogen fertilizer plant and lay off more than 1,000 workers.
