Belarusian unionist released from jail 22 août, 2024Vasil Beresnev, the 74-year-old acting chairman of Belarusian Radio and Electronics Workers’ Union (REP) sentenced to nine years in 2023, has been released.
Youth working group backs creation of a global youth committee23 août, 2024In a regional virtual meeting, 20 August, members of IndustriALL youth working group in South East Asia, East Asia and Pacific (SEA2PAC-Y) unanimously adopt a resolution to support the establishment of an IndustriALL Global youth committee.
Top Nigerian union leader faces terrorism charges26 août, 2024On 19 August the Nigerian police in Abuja wrote a letter to the president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, asking him to report to the police the following day to answer charges of criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime.
FEATURE: Putting profits over people, Turkey’s treacherous mining industry18 mai, 2015One year ago, the industrial homicide at Soma claimed the lives of 301 Turkish coal miners.The explosion and fire were only the visible, immediate causes of their deaths. What really killed them were greed, apathy, incompetence and corruption – the ingredients that trigger most mine disasters.
Huge strike wave hits Iranian energy sector4 août, 2020Thousands of workers have taken strike action in Iran’s South Pars gas fields, protesting the late payment of wages and poor working conditions.
Repression in Belarus must end, demands IndustriALL13 août, 2020Joint Statement of IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll Europe on Belarus
Tunisian government and UGTT union sign agreement on public sector reform 15 avril, 2021On 31 March, the Tunisian government and the Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT) signed an agreement on restructuring public companies and reforming the subsidy and tax system.
Union busting in Türkiye 3 septembre, 2024Workers at a factory near Istanbul in Türkiye that produce zips for major brands like Inditex, H&M, Lacoste and Adidas, are being denied their legal right to be represented by a union by factory management.
Coal mine workers demand a just energy transition12 septembre, 2024100 miners a day face job cuts as industry winds down coal. IndustriALL Global Union’s coal mining affiliates are set to challenge the coal mining industry and policy makers on the lackluster response to the grave implication of the climate change imperative to transition to a low carbon energy economy on coal mineworkers ‘s jobs, local community livelihoods and heavily coal dependent economies.
33,000 Boeing workers on strike16 septembre, 2024On 12 September, 33,000 workers at Boeing. Co, American aerospace giant, downed tools, demanding better wages, pensions, and healthcare. The workers, represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), an IndustriALL affiliate, rejected a contract offering a 25 percent pay raise over a period of four years.
