Women affiliates trained in Myanmar 6 January, 2016Some 68 women leaders and members of IndustriALL Global Union’s affiliates in the textile, garment and mining industries in Myanmar have been trained in team-building and leadership skills.
CUT youth in Brazil discuss racial equality4 November, 2015Forty young workers from the industrial sector met on 22-24 October to discuss racial equality. The movement needs to pursue this issue in order to promote equality and reduce discrimination.
New hope for garment worker wages23 September, 2015The first steps towards industry wage bargaining for garment workers were taken in Cambodia last week.
Argentina textile unions unite to campaign against precarious work24 August, 2015Five textile industry unions affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union have agreed to join forces to campaign against precarious work in the sector, following a meeting in Buenos Aires on 11 August.
Industry bargaining for living wages18 August, 2015As pressure is increasing on multinational corporations (MNCs) to account for violations of workers’ rights in their global supply chains, trade unions are identifying how MNCs’ own sourcing practices lead to these violations and developing new models of cooperation to change them. IndustriALL is working with major clothing brands in a process known as ACT to create a system that can increase wages in a sustainable and enforceable way.
Mulberry must act now at Turkish supplier9 July, 2015IndustriALL Global Union is calling on luxury goods brand, Mulberry, to intervene at an escalating labour dispute at its Turkish supplier, SF Leather. Sign the LabourStart campaign and write to both companies.
Textile and garment industry director needed at IndustriALL30 June, 2015IndustriALL Global Union is looking for a Director to cover the textile, garment, shoe and leather industry.
Global unions denounce comments made by Bangladesh Finance Minister18 June, 2015Global union federations IndustriALL and UNI have strongly denounced comments made this week by the Bangladesh Finance Minister.
Hugo Boss must address rights abuses at Peruvian supplier16 June, 2015IndustriALL Global Union is calling on luxury clothing brand, Hugo Boss, to urgently intervene at its Peruvian textile supplier Topy Top over allegations of worker rights violations and union busting.
Mauritius – learning to organize in the supply chain2 June, 2015IndustriALL Global Union affiliates in Mauritius met to discuss ways to organize in the garment industry supply chain.
