The future starts today22 February, 2023The first IndustriALL meeting of young white-collar workers was held online, over two half-days, in December 2022. Around 35 participants came from all around the globe and exchanged their different realities, needs and expectations in the world of work and in their unions.
Unions in Asia Pacific intensify efforts to organize white collar workers 5 October, 2022Forty-five unionists from Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand met online on 28-29 September to debate organizing and advancing the rights of white collar workers in the region.
REPORT: Why telework needs institutional regulation and collective bargaining 17 May, 2021IndustriALL launches consultation on guidelines for negotiating telework
White-collar workers in a changing world of work23 December, 2020The Covid-19 outbreak is changing how we work and white collar workers are particularly affected. For white-collar workers, the future of work has already arrived and unions have to address the changes.
Organizing white-collar workers15 November, 2019Building union power through organizing is a key priority for IndustriALL Global Union. Organizing helps to achieve our key goals, including a living wage, limits on precarious work, respect for human and trade union rights, healthier and safer workplaces, and more equitable societies.
3,000 white-collar paper workers in Finland to strike 12 January, 2018***UPDATE*** On Monday 15 January, IndustriALL Global Union's Finnish affilaite, Pro, scored a victory after steadfast resistance from its members. Both trade union Pro and employers’ association, Finnish Forest Industries, approved the mediation proposal of the National Conciliator for the paper sector’s white-collar employees to increase salaries, and all strike actions were immediately cancelled. Pro succeeded in securing a pay rise for workers and resisted employers' demands to weaken the industry-wide collective agreement.
White-collar world conference reveals urgent need to organize20 April, 2017IndustriALL Global Union affiliates from 18 countries around the world met in Geneva, Switzerland, for the White-Collar World Conference on 19 and 20 April.
Unite appeals for solidarity with Fujitsu UK workers20 April, 2017IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, Unite, is appealing for solidarity action in support of Fujitsu workers in the UK, as the company plans to axe 1,800 jobs.
New issue of Global Worker out now! 9 December, 2015The sixth issue of IndustriALL publication Global Worker is out now. Among other things, read about the industry where more workers are killed on the job than anywhere else, how superheroes can be used to organize more members, and the next generation of trade unionists.
Organizing non-manual workers in a digital world15 October, 2015IndustriALL Global Union is continuing its work with non-manual workers, with the third meeting of Office in your Pocket on 19 and 20 November 2015 in Barcelona.
