Shifting gears in Chattanooga: VW workers drive home landmark contract20 February, 2026In a resounding victory for autoworkers in the US South, more than 3,000 workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee plant have voted by 96 per cent to ratify their first-ever union contract.
Empowering African trade unions, enforcing rights with human rights due diligence12 February, 2026Human rights due diligence (HRDD) is fast emerging as a key organizing instrument for trade unions across Africa, particularly those operating in global value chains that stretch from Global North consumers to Global South extractive frontiers. A roundtable held on 9 February on the margins of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town brought unions together with the Competence Centre for Human Rights Due Diligence (CCHRDD) to explore how organized labour might capitalise on this framework.
UAW-Volkswagen deal marks historic breakthrough6 February, 2026In a landmark moment for workers’ rights in the US South, the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Volkswagen have reached a tentative contract agreement at the company’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The deal marks the culmination of nearly two years of sustained organizing and collective bargaining since employees there voted overwhelmingly to join the UAW in April 2024.
Mentorship programme empowers young African women to transform trade unions29 January, 2026A two-year mentorship scheme, backed by LO Norway, has equipped a dozen young women trade unionists from Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania with vital skills. Its overarching purpose is to bolster young women’s access to decent employment while promoting more inclusive, gender-responsive trade unions across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Organizing for a just future: workers must shape the change30 October, 2025In a few days, more than a thousand trade union delegates from every corner of the world will gather in Sydney for IndustriALL Global Union’s 4th Congress. Together, we will set our direction for the next four years under the theme Organizing for a just future.
Ensuring the future of work will require strong unions and global collaboration28 October, 2025Industry 4.0, automation and the future of work were the focus of recent discussions between representatives of Uruguayan manufacturing unions and Germany’s IG Metall, with those present agreeing that global unity and solidarity would be needed to ensure fairer working conditions in future.
The other side of lithium: strengthening unions in the battery supply chain9 October, 2025Given the central role that lithium plays within the global energy agenda, a seminar was held in Antofagasta, Chile, on how to strengthen unions in the lithium sector. The event, which ran on 30 September and 1 October, was attended by leaders of mining unions in Chile and Argentina. It was part of IndustriALL’s strategy to support its affiliates in the battery supply chain, in light of the continuing labour rights violations in the sector.
Building social partnership in Armenia’s mining sector2 October, 2025With the support of IndustriALL Global Union and the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia (CTUA), trade union leaders from Armenia’s mining and metallurgical sector gathered in Kapan, Syunik region, for a two-day round table–seminar on: social partnership at the republican and sectoral levels. Social dialogue and establishing social partnership at the enterprise level. The event took place on 19–20 September 2025.
Organizing and campaigns to revitalize trade unions in Sub-Saharan Africa2 October, 2025In a transforming world of work, organizing and campaigns are becoming critical strategies for trade union survival. Facing a push back from global and national capital, trade unions are developing strategies that respond to local workplaces and sectoral dynamics.
Ten years of advancing workers’ rights under global framework agreement with H&M2 October, 2025Since 2015, the global framework agreement with H&M has provided a platform for joint work to safeguard the right to unionize and engage in collective bargaining – improving conditions for workers in the factories that form part of the company’s supply chain.
