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	Automotive and supplier sectors in Thailand have been booming. Some say Thailand is on the way to becoming the &ldquo;Detroit&rdquo; of Asia. The export oriented industry is overwhelmingly located in the cities of Bangkok, Chonbori, Rayong, Samutprakaran and Pathumthani.

	Thailand&rsquo;s tyre industry is made up of 16 companies, most of them multinationals, and operating in 20 factories employing 30,000 direct employees. Only nine factories are unionized, and those unions come from different sector and regional labour bodies in Thailand.

	Some 33 union representatives from factories of French-based Michelin&rsquo;s two plants, US-based Goodyear, Japanese-based Bridgestone and Yokohama, Taiwan-based Maxxis, and the Thai national company, Siam Rubber, came together in an ICEM workshop held 18-19 February in Bangkok. The meeting&rsquo;s purpose was to organize a common union view of the tyre industry at both global and regional levels, introduce international labour standard applications, and chart the future union strategies in rubber in Thailand.

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	&ldquo;The Thai tyre industry has developed and international&rsquo;s support of the sector&rsquo;s unions is a must,&rdquo; said ICEM Thai Council Chair Prakob Parimon in opening the meeting. Chaiyuth Choosakul, the new President of ICEM affiliated Petroleum and Chemical Workers&rsquo; Federation (PCFT) said six out of 18 unions belonging to his federation are active in the tyre industry.

	&ldquo;We need knowledge, experience and support from the outside to better serve our members in the tyre industry,&rdquo; said Choosakul in his initial remarks.

	The workshop examined general trends, and challenges economically and socially that affect labour matters, presentations by ICEM Director of Industry and Corporate Affairs Kemal &Ouml;zkan. Participants also warmly welcomed the Secretary of the European Works Council from Michelin, Cyrille Poughon, a member of ICEM&rsquo;s French affiliate FCE-CFDT.

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	from right to left: FCE-CFDT&#039;s Cyrille Poughon, Kemal Ozkan, ICEM Thai Council Chair Prakob Parimon

	Poughon provided detailed information on the French union and collective bargaining structures, as well as rubber industry collective agreements with details such as wages, work hours, labour relations in France and in Europe, as well as Michelin&rsquo;s corporate situation. ICEM&rsquo;s Asia Multinational Companies and Social Dialogue Project Coordinator Yoon Hyowon addressed international labour standards such ILO Conventions, OECD Guidelines, the UN&rsquo;s Global Compact, and other instruments.

	The participants then extensively discussed their difficulties, challenges, strong points, opportunities and future ideas on cooperation and solidarity. Widespread union de-recognition practices by employers in the sector was specifically mentioned. Differences in wages and social payments between different tyre companies, even among subsidiaries of the same companies, were noted as important challenges to overcome.

	At the meeting&rsquo;s conclusion, delegates unanimously agreed to form a national tyre union network for defending the interests and rights of employees in the sector. The participants further agreed that regular network activities must materialize in the near future. Continuation of ICEM&rsquo;s leading role was underlined. Participants from Michelin asked French union representatives to assist them in upcoming negotiations to break the negative attitude of local management by intervening with senior management.

	&ldquo;The ICEM is proud to take the lead in a workers&rsquo; voice in the start-up of the Thai tyre network,&rdquo; said &Ouml;zkan. &ldquo;Following the initiative to form a national network in India last December, ICEM will follow the same decisiveness in Thailand to ensure that effective union networking occurs in the tyre sector.&rdquo;

Thailand’s Tyre Unions Join Forces into National Network

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	The threat of strikes across Austria&rsquo;s electric energy sector in mid-February brought a national labour agreement to 21,000 workers. ICEM affiliate PRO-GE and GPA-djp, the Salaried Employees, Print, Journalism, Paper Union reached accord on 12 February after the third round of bargaining last week failed.

	In keeping with a decision made in worksite meetings after the second round of talks failed, late in January, the two unions got strike endorsement from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (&Ouml;GB) and were to start manifestations today, with warning strikes commencing tomorrow.

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	PRO-GE&rsquo;s Manfred Anderle

	Instead, the employers&rsquo; association moved a previous 3.6% wage offer to over 4%, with the minimum level of wages in the utility sector lifted to 4.2%. Higher-level wages will be increased by 3.8%, while those of apprentices will be hiked by 4.2%.

	The two unions took the stalemate in 2012 wage negotiations to union memberships at the shop-floor level because employers were refusing to come close to wage level increases reached in Austria&rsquo;s metal sector last October, or to account for a 2011 inflation rate of 3.2% that continues to rise. The unions also cited rising company earnings as reason why electric generating and distribution companies could pay what was achieved in the nation&rsquo;s metal sector.

	In a statement issued yesterday, PRO-GE&rsquo;s Manfred Anderle and GPA-djp&rsquo;s Karl Proyer jointly said: &ldquo;Our great thanks go to all employees and to the shop stewards, who made this possible through their solidarity and readiness for action.&rdquo;

Strike Threat in Austria Brings National Electric Accord

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	Some 250 European trade union militants turned out today at Unilever&#039;s Rotterdam headquarters in the Netherlands to protest the world&#039;s third largest consumer products company&#039;s unrelenting shut-off of a final salary pension scheme for 5,200 UK workers. 
	 
	The manifestation, under the banner &ldquo;Unilever, Don&rsquo;t Make Workers Pay for Your Profits&rdquo;, saw representatives from no less than 23 European trade union organisations, as well as from the ICEM and the International Union of Food and Agriculture Workers&#039; Association (IUF). 
	 
	For three months now, Unilever has been trying to bully UK&#039;s Unite the Union, GMB, and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) into conceding a final salary pension scheme, to replace it with an average career earnings pension plan effective 1 July 2012. Unilever CEO Paul Polman&rsquo;s 2010-11 salary and bonus pay-out equaled &euro;8 million, while Unilever&rsquo;s UK employees face a slash of between 20-40% on their pension earnings.

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	At today&#039;s manifestation, led by Unilever&#039;s European Works Council (EWC), the European Mine, Chemical, Energy Federation (EMCEF), and the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT), rally leaders presented Unilever executive Rupert Chatwin with a declaration. 
	 
	In part, it read: &quot;We are very concerned that Unilever has been pursuing an approach of uncompromising unilateralism in the UK, which may be indicative of a change for the worse in Unilever&#039;s corporate culture. 
	 
	&quot;We believe that Unilever workers in Europe and around the world have good reason to fear for their futures. We have noted (CEO) Paul Polman&#039;s pledge to double Unilever revenue over the next ten years while promoting &#039;sustainable living&#039; but that he says nothing about sustainable employment.&quot;

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	Rally leaders present Declaration 
	From left, Michael Wolters, Simon Cox, Unilever&#039;s Rupert Chatwin

	Unilever EWC Chairman Hermann Soggeberg told the gathering, including scores of the company&#039;s UK staff, that on behalf of 30,000 European workers, &quot;We stand by your side in this dispute. You are on the front lines of what is just the beginning of bigger problems facing workers in Western Europe. 
	 
	&quot;The struggle you face in the UK is a struggle we must all tie into.&quot; 
	 
	Other speakers included EMCEF General Secretary Michael Wolters, EFFAT EWC and Transnational Companies&#039; Coordinator Simon Cox, as well as Unite Convenor Bill Hodgson from Unilever&#039;s Port Sunlight plant. 
	 
	Among some of the unions taking part: FNV Bondgenoten of the Netherlands, IGBCE of Germany, PRO-GE of Austria, FGA-CFDT of France, NGG of Germany, Petrol-Is of Turkey, FGTA-FO of France, FITAG-UGT of Spain, CGT of France, FLAI-CGIL, FAI-CISL and UILA-UIL, all of Italy, CNV of the Netherlands, and FGTB/ABVV of Belgium.

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	The Rotterdam manifestation comes just days two weeks after Unilever posted a strong set of financial numbers in its latest results and three weeks after UK workers from several Unilever sites descended on Davos, Switzerland, where Polman served as one of the co-chairs at the World Economic Forum.

	Unilever UK management did finally agree to meet with the unions on 9 February with the assistance of UK&rsquo;s Advisory, Conciliation and Mediation Services (ACAS), but the company is still adamant on closing the final salary pension scheme effective 1 July 2012.

Spirited Rotterdam Rally Calls on Unilever to Save UK Pensions

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	Some 25 trade union representatives from Indian states Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka met at an ICEM workshop entitled &ldquo;International Labour Standards and Social Dialoguein Indian Chemical Industry,&rdquo; which took place on 15-16 February in Mumbai. The participants represented different chemical companies, including BASF (Mangalore and Thurbe plants), Rhodia, Reliance, 20-Microns, Shankar Packaging, FAG Bearing, NRC, Calchem, BEC Chemical and Danashmand and the ICEM workshop brought together different unions and national centers.

	Since 1990s, India has seen phenomenal economic progress with average 8% yearly GDP growth. This has made India 12th in the global chemical world and third-ranking in Asia. The chemical sector makes up 7% of India&rsquo;s GDP and 14% of total exports. The country also has emerging multinationals such as Reliance, Tata, Gujarat Chemicals, Biocon and Ranbaxyies.

	The Indian trade union movement, including chemical industry unions, face serious challenges such as declining union membership, shifts to unorganized and informal sectors, union multiplicity, low union density and weak finances. Indian union leaders inside the chemical industry say low wages and very long working hours are major problems.

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	Contract and Agency Labour was defined as another major matter because chemical companies are using this social dumping practice widely. Workers employed in such regressive contracts generally get paid much less than workers directly employed with the primary employer.

	The meeting analyzed recent trends in the chemical industry through ICEM&rsquo;s viewpoint via its Director of Industry and Corporate Affairs, Kemal &Ouml;zkan, who provided wide information on employment characteristics in the sector. International labour instruments were also on the programme within the context of ICEM&rsquo;s Multinational Companies and Social Dialogue Project, coordinated by Yoon Hyowon.

	Ghosalkar Ravindra Govind, President of ICEM affiliate Chemical Mazdoor Federation (CMFI), stressed the importance of international cooperation for developing union work in India&rsquo;s chemical industry. &ldquo;At a time when our chemical industry grows, we must take all efforts to advance our members through the global support of ICEM,&rdquo; said the CMFI President.

	The participants discussed a road map for the future with special attention of enhancing union visibility, organizing contract and agency workers; enhancing union and social networking; establishing social dialogue mechanisms at various levels, and escalating campaigns for ratification and proper implementation of core labour standards.

	There was also wide common understanding among participants that the collective bargaining scale must be taken from plant level to sector level. It was unanimously agreed to continue such strategy meetings on a regular basis.

Chemical Unions in India Escalate Struggle for Decent Work

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ICEM&rsquo;s Swiss affiliate UNIA is celebrating a great success in its campaign to save the 320 jobs at the pharmaceutical giant Novartis. The decision to reverse a plant closure at the Prangin production site near Nyon was announced on 17 January, following an extremely strong campaign effort that dated to last November. 
 
The 17 January announcement included a pledge to protect jobs at the site in the long term. Job cuts at Novartis in neighbouring Nyon have also been reversed. 
 
The ICEM salutes a spirited campaign of strikes, mass mobilisations and mass support from the local public and area politicians in Canton Vaud, which culminated in bad press and huge pressure on Novartis management to reverse its decision. The planned closures were undeniably based on corporate greed as profits were huge, and the facilities were widely regarded as top quality. 
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ICEM marched with UNIA colleagues on several demonstrations, with the Nyon-based UNI Global Union. 
 
Staff at the Prangins facility took the concession of increasing weekly work hours from 37.5 to 40 in negotiations. 
 
Management&rsquo;s shock decision to close &ndash; announced at a 25 October press conference &ndash; significant sections of the Nyon and Basle plants came only weeks after Novartis showed third quarter net sales up 18% to US$14.84 billion from US$12.58 billion in the same period in 2010. Net income increased 7% to US$2.49 billion, third quarter 2011, from US$2.32 billion in the quarter, 2010. 
 
Novartis had planned to cut 2,000 jobs internationally, with 760 at its Basle headquarters and 320 in Nyon. Job cuts were greatly reduced at Basle as well, with only a third of the initially planned job cuts in Basle to now occur. 
 
It was predicted 2,000 related jobs in Nyon would go if the company closed the plant, ending over 90 years of drug production in Nyon. 
 
UNIA&rsquo;s role in mobilising the support of local and federal politicians in the process was important, especially since a major factor in the decision to cut Swiss jobs was a retort at Swiss authorities&rsquo; price-cutting of pharmaceutical drugs. 
 
Novartis Chief Executive Daniel Vasella is the highest paid person in Switzerland, with an annual salary of CHF 40 million.

UNIA Jobs Saved at Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Switzerland

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	Just over a year after a People&rsquo;s Revolution shook Egypt, a glimmer of legislative light regarding trade union freedoms and formation of independent unions has come to the country. On 8 February, the Draft Law on Trade Union Freedoms was submitted to the People&rsquo;s Assembly, the lower house of Egypt&rsquo;s Parliament.

	After months of promises to leaders of the Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress (EDLC) and the Centre for Trade Union and Worker Services (CTUWS) for such legislation, it was introduced just over two weeks from the time the People&rsquo;s Assembly opened its session following elections.

	If enacted, the law would codify many of the core ILO Labour Conventions that Egypt has ratified over the years, but has failed to implement due to draconian laws and decrees by the Mubarak regime, and more recently the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Continuing Revolution Party Parliamentarian Aboul Ezz Al-Hariry is said to be championing the new law, and the EDLC and CTUWS &ndash; as well as the newly formed Independent Union of Workers in Electricity and Energy&mdash;are hopeful some provisions of it can still be strengthened.

	The draft law was prepared by Minister of Labour and Migration Ahmed Hassan El-Borai and had been discussed in eight tri-partite meetings of Egypt&rsquo;s Manpower Committee before it was submitted to SCAF, which was silent on it.

	Now officially in Parliament, it will go before the Committee for Suggestions and Complaints and then to special Committees on Manpower and Legislative in public sessions.

	Foremost, the law would guarantee the right of freedom of association and encourage free and independent trade unions to thrive. It is hoped that other debate in Egypt will also occur on adopting an effective minimum wage policy, giving permanent contracts to temporary employees, and lifting bans and penalties on sit-ins, demonstrations and other forms of freedom of expression.

	&ldquo;A year has gone by since the people of Egypt &ndash; most specifically workers&rsquo; groups &ndash; have stood and demanded their freedoms,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;We are encouraged by the Trade Union Freedoms draft law and fully intend to support an Egyptian labour law that is in full compliance with global labour standards.&rdquo;

ICEM Encouraged by Draft Labour Law in Egypt

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	Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 9 February, the ICEM&rsquo;s Sub-Saharan African Regional Organisation (SSARO) adopted a moving statement that denounces violence against women in the workplace, most specifically a rape and murder earlier this week inside Anglo American Platinum Ltd.&rsquo;s (Amplats) Khomanani Mine in Rustenburg, North West Province.

	ICEM affiliate National Mine Workers (NUM) of South Africa has given North West police until the end of this week to arrest those responsible for this horrific act of violence. The SSARO statement follows:

	&ldquo;On the morning of 6 February, a 28- year-old female worker was violated and murdered underground at Khomanani Mine, which is owned by Amplats, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American.

	&ldquo;This barbaric and neanderthal act against an innocent young worker is the most glaring case of gender-based discrimination against women and abuse of power. Sexual assault is cruel, inhuman, horrible. A mineworker underground on a daily basis has to deal with death or injury that can come from a rock fall or machines. Having to deal with death and violation against your person sexually and otherwise compounds the insecurity of a human being. A fellow worker who was supposed to act as a fellow human being acted as an animal.

	&ldquo;The National Union of Mineworkers has been fighting to enable women to work in mines. This and similar incidents should not be misconstrued to undo the progress that women have made to achieve equal employment rights.&rdquo;

	He who does not love a woman, who does not respect a woman, despises his own mother having come out of a kind womb of a woman.

	&ldquo;As the ICEM African Executive Committee and the ICEM African Women&#039;s Structure, we strongly condemn this atrocious act of barbarism.

	&ldquo;Mines and all workplaces must be safe environments for women and men. It is up to the employer to ensure that the workplace is safe for all. We will be holding the employer accountable for this tragedy.

	&ldquo;We call for a speedy and thorough investigation into these crimes. We are confident that the perpetrators will be brought to justice, whoever they are. We call on the police to do a thorough investigation as the mine has records of who works what shift. We call on them to use all the forensic technology at their disposal to find out who the perpetrator is. We will be following up on this case and checking that justice is done. We also call for a tough sentence for the perpetrator or perpetrators once found.

	&ldquo;This young woman was only 28 years old and had one child, and her future and dreams were destroyed by a barbaric act of violence by a male counterpart. This is the triple oppression that we need to continue to fight against to attain true liberation for African women.

	&ldquo;We call on comrades to rally around this slogan: Not Another Woman Must Be Reaped, Not Another Woman Must Be Murdered.

	&ldquo;We call upon affiliates and sister organisations of ICEM to post this statement on their websites and to disseminate it widely to the press.&rdquo;

ICEM SSARO Condemns Grisly Rape, Murder of Woman inside Amplats Mine

WOMEN’S BULLETIN

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	Some 250 European trade union militants turned out today at Unilever&#039;s Rotterdam headquarters in the Netherlands to protest the world&#039;s third largest consumer products company&#039;s unrelenting shut-off of a final salary pension scheme for 5,200 UK workers. 
	 
	The manifestation, under the banner &ldquo;Unilever, Don&rsquo;t Make Workers Pay for Your Profits&rdquo;, saw representatives from no less than 23 European trade union organisations, as well as from the ICEM and the International Union of Food and Agriculture Workers&#039; Association (IUF). 
	 
	For three months now, Unilever has been trying to bully UK&#039;s Unite the Union, GMB, and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) into conceding a final salary pension scheme, to replace it with an average career earnings pension plan effective 1 July 2012. Unilever CEO Paul Polman&rsquo;s 2010-11 salary and bonus pay-out equaled &euro;8 million, while Unilever&rsquo;s UK employees face a slash of between 20-40% on their pension earnings.

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	At today&#039;s manifestation, led by Unilever&#039;s European Works Council (EWC), the European Mine, Chemical, Energy Federation (EMCEF), and the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT), rally leaders presented Unilever executive Rupert Chatwin with a declaration. 
	 
	In part, it read: &quot;We are very concerned that Unilever has been pursuing an approach of uncompromising unilateralism in the UK, which may be indicative of a change for the worse in Unilever&#039;s corporate culture. 
	 
	&quot;We believe that Unilever workers in Europe and around the world have good reason to fear for their futures. We have noted (CEO) Paul Polman&#039;s pledge to double Unilever revenue over the next ten years while promoting &#039;sustainable living&#039; but that he says nothing about sustainable employment.&quot;

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	Rally leaders present Declaration 
	From left, Michael Wolters, Simon Cox, Unilever&#039;s Rupert Chatwin

	Unilever EWC Chairman Hermann Soggeberg told the gathering, including scores of the company&#039;s UK staff, that on behalf of 30,000 European workers, &quot;We stand by your side in this dispute. You are on the front lines of what is just the beginning of bigger problems facing workers in Western Europe. 
	 
	&quot;The struggle you face in the UK is a struggle we must all tie into.&quot; 
	 
	Other speakers included EMCEF General Secretary Michael Wolters, EFFAT EWC and Transnational Companies&#039; Coordinator Simon Cox, as well as Unite Convenor Bill Hodgson from Unilever&#039;s Port Sunlight plant. 
	 
	Among some of the unions taking part: FNV Bondgenoten of the Netherlands, IGBCE of Germany, PRO-GE of Austria, FGA-CFDT of France, NGG of Germany, Petrol-Is of Turkey, FGTA-FO of France, FITAG-UGT of Spain, CGT of France, FLAI-CGIL, FAI-CISL and UILA-UIL, all of Italy, CNV of the Netherlands, and FGTB/ABVV of Belgium.

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	The Rotterdam manifestation comes just days two weeks after Unilever posted a strong set of financial numbers in its latest results and three weeks after UK workers from several Unilever sites descended on Davos, Switzerland, where Polman served as one of the co-chairs at the World Economic Forum.

	Unilever UK management did finally agree to meet with the unions on 9 February with the assistance of UK&rsquo;s Advisory, Conciliation and Mediation Services (ACAS), but the company is still adamant on closing the final salary pension scheme effective 1 July 2012.

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A joint Executive Committee meeting of three European trade union federations on 31 January put the final touches on statutes, a political programme, and nominated candidates for leadership in what is to become a united eight-million-member industrial workers&rsquo; federation. The meeting, held near Mechelen, Belgium, was attended by 150 national union leaders from 25 nations. 
 
The European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers&rsquo; Federation (EMCEF), European Metalworkers&rsquo; Federation (EMF) and the European Trade Union Federation for textiles, Clothing, Leather and Footwear (ETUF-TCL) are now geared to formally merge on 16 May 2012 in Brussels, with dissolution Congresses coming a day earlier. 
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The joint Executive decreed that the new federation will strive to become a fighting force for a dynamic economic framework that allows industry to thrive as the motor for jobs and sustainable growth across Europe. The three current federations vowed that &ldquo;social progress and the European social model cannot be sacrificed at the altar of ultra-liberal dogma.&rdquo; 
 
Although the new grouping has yet to formally adopt a name, its temporary moniker is the European Industrial Workers&rsquo; Federation (EIWF). 
 
Michael Vassiliadis, President of Germany&rsquo;s IGBCE, was nominated to serve as President, while current EMF General Secretary Ulrich Eckelmann was nominated to be General Secretary. Anders Ferbe of IF Metall, Sweden, Renzo Ambrosetti, UNIA, Switzerland, and Valeria Fedeli, CGIL FILCTEM, Italy, were nominated as Vice Presidents, while Sylvain Lefebvre, EMCEF, Bart Samyn, EMF, and Luc Triangle, ETUF-TCL, were nominated as Deputy General Secretaries. 
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Michael Vassiliadis
The new federation will consist of four policy committees &ndash; Collective Bargaining and Social Policy, Company Policy Committee, Industrial Policy Committee, and Social Dialogue Policy Committee. It will also be composed of eight regions: South, Benelux, Central, South-East, Eastern, British, Nordic/Baltic, and South-West.

Trade Union Industrial Federation Takes Shape for Europe

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Thailand’s Tyre Unions Join Forces into National Network

Strike Threat in Austria Brings National Electric Accord

Spirited Rotterdam Rally Calls on Unilever to Save UK Pensions

Chemical Unions in India Escalate Struggle for Decent Work

UNIA Jobs Saved at Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Switzerland

ICEM Encouraged by Draft Labour Law in Egypt

ICEM SSARO Condemns Grisly Rape, Murder of Woman inside Amplats Mine

WOMEN’S BULLETIN

Spirited Rotterdam Rally Calls on Unilever to Save UK Pensions

Trade Union Industrial Federation Takes Shape for Europe

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