IndustriALL affiliates, the CFE-CGC (Confédération française de l'encadrement – Confédération générale des cadres), the CGT (Confédération générale du travail), the CGT-FO (Confédération générale du travail – Force ouvrière) and the CFDT (Confédération française démocratique du travail) distributed "Rio Tinto , the ugly truth" flyers at worksites and at the union offices.
In Paris, at Rio TInto France, workers wanted to know more about the campaign. A general assemply was later organized to provide more information to workers about the precarious working conditions at Rio Tinto globally.