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06.12.2013
In both opening and closing this week’s Executive Committee, to resounding applause from the EC members, President Huber welcomed Napoleón Gómez Urrutia to address the EC in person. This was Napoleón's his first trip outside Canada since he was forced into exile in 2005.
05.12.2013
Today at the international body meeting, IndustriALL Executive Committee members unanimously approved a petition condemning Samsung Electronics for union busting policy.
At least seven migrant garment workers of Chinese origin died and three were injured in the blaze on 1 December 2013 in an industrial zone of the town of Prato in Tuscany region of Italy.
As part of the IndustriALL/SASK/LO-TCO India project on organizing workers in the steel sector, a workshop on capacity building was held on 24 - 26 November at Hyderabad, India. The thirty participants came from IndustriALL Global Union affiliates INMF (INTUC) and SMEFI (HMS). During the two days, participants learned more about occupational safety, health and environment, as well as trade union rights. An overview on industrial safety and labour rights was given.
24.11.2013-26.11.2013
28.11.2013
FirstEnergy Corp. – one of the largest electric power corporations in the United States – locked out 150 members of the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) in the early morning hours of November 25, three days before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh is a historic breakthrough covering more than 2 million garment workers. Breaking from failed corporate-led social auditing of the past, under the Accord trade unions and multinational companies are working together to improve the precarious situation of garment workers in Bangladesh.
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