IndustriALL renews the agreement with Statoil13 diciembre, 2012Representatives of the oil multinational Statoil and IndustriALL Global Union signed an agreement on 11 December 2012 committing the company to promote human rights, health and safety and environment issues at their operations across the globe.
USO leader murdered in Colombia 13 diciembre, 2012Hours after the EU-Colombia Trade Agreement was signed, another cold-blooded assassination of a Colombian trade unionist occurred 11 December, murdered for his trade union activities inside a multinational company.
European Parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of Financial Transaction Tax14 diciembre, 2012Eleven EU countries have been given the green light by the European Parliament to introduce a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT).
IndustriALL focuses on organizing, rights and political influence14 diciembre, 2012The Executive Committee of IndustriALL adopted a program of activities for 2013 focused on organizing, trade union rights and political influence at its meeting in Geneva on 12 and 13 December 2012.
Organizing is the base of our power18 diciembre, 2012Only 7 per cent of the world’s workforce is organized in free and independent trade unions. IndustriALL will therefore launch a global organizing project to build our power throughout strategic supply chains.
Union recognized at Standard Profil in Turkey10 enero, 2013IndustriALL’s affiliate Petrol-İş gained legal recognition as the union representing workers at Standard Profil in Turkey at the end of December 2012 and has commenced collective negotiations after a four-year organizing campaign.
Indocement criminalizes union leader in Indonesia 17 enero, 2013Cement company PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa tries to bust the union and criminalize its leader, Edi Iriawadi, through charges of abuse of power and creating a public disturbance.
5,000 Jakarta workers rally for wages17 enero, 2013Trade unions led 5,000 workers in a mass rally in Jakarta on 16 January denouncing the government’s decision to exempt over 900 companies from paying the increased minimum wages as agreed in November 2012.
UN human rights officials meet community landowners and workers in Excellon case20 diciembre, 2012At a meeting with UN human rights officials, community landowners and workers described how they had been evicted from their protest camp in Durango. They also said that Excellon violates human rights, has failed to comply with the lease it signed in 2008, and has threatened and harassed local people and workers.
BMW25 mayo, 2012The agreement commits BMW to comply with all the International Labour Organisation core labour conventions along with provisions on remuneration, working time and occupational health and safety.
