Long hours keep jobs segregated by gender14 May, 2013A new study carried out at Indiana University, USA, has concluded that the culture of working overtime leads to keeping jobs segregated by gender.
Women show the way in Mexico9 April, 2015IndustriALL Global Union and its Mexican mining union affiliate Los Mineros organized a women's meeting on 7 April 2015 in Mexico City on the eve of the second Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Scrapping of European maternity leave directive an affront to women17 July, 2014IndustriALL Global Union together with IndustriAll European Trade Union has appealed to the new President of the European Commission to prioritize the rights of working women as the Commission ditches a proposal to improve maternity rights.
IndustriALL’s first step towards creating women network in Ukraine19 December, 201720 union female activists from IndustriALL Ukrainian affiliates hold their first meeting of the women network in Chernigov to discuss challenges faced by women at their workplaces and adopt the action plan.
Pulp and paper sector makes plans to strengthen unions in Latin America 2 November, 2017More than 40 workers from the region’s pulp and paper sector met on 25-26 October in São Paulo, Brazil, to draft an action plan to strengthen trade unions in the sector.
REPORT: Union leaders against all odds2 December, 2014Women unionists working in traditionally male-dominated fields face discrimination on many levels. Discrimination for being in the minority at work, discrimination for being a unionist and discrimination within their own union for being a woman. On top of that, women in Latin America live in a predominantly patriarchal society.
Ethiopian Unions Form Women’s Committee2 April, 2014IndustriALL women members in Ethiopia unite to fight inequality and to organize more women into unions.
Organizing white-collar workers10 February, 2015The IndustriALL Non-Manual Group met on 10 and 11 December 2014 near São Paulo at CNM-CUT headquarters to work on the issue of organizing non-manual and white-collar workers.
Domestic violence and the role of trade unions explained11 March, 2021Although domestic violence may originate in the home, it can spill over into the world of work. Domestic violence is also a health and safety issue, representing a risk for the health and safety of the victims/survivors, as well as their co-workers.
IndustriALL Women’s Committee reviews women’s participation at sectoral meetings12 December, 2013The IndustriALL Women’s Committee met on 3 December 2013 in Geneva and worked through a long agenda. One of the main points was a review of women’s participation at sectoral meetings. The women looked at the figures and found that there was considerable room for improvement.
