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Myanmar: the military regime’s dangerous attack on independent trade unions

6 February, 2025The military regime in Myanmar is actively orchestrating a dangerous and unacceptable attack on independent trade unions. The state administration council (SAC) has created a parallel and illegitimate trade union structure to undermine the legitimate trade union movement. 

There must be respect for democratic rights in Georgia

10 December, 2024In the light of the protests in recent weeks in Georgia, IndustriALL Global Union calls on the government of Georgia to respect the people’s rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.  

South Korean metalworkers stage nationwide strike to defend democracy

6 December, 2024Factories across South Korea’s metal sector came to a standstill today as tens of thousands of workers heeded a two-hour general strike call from IndustriALL affiliate Korean Metal Workers' Union (KMWU). The strikes follows an emergency meeting of the union’s Central Executive Committee, where members were urged to strike for at least two hours per shift on 5 and 6 December to call on President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign.

Call to action: Stop union busting at YPC Precision in Thailand!

4 December, 2024IndustriALL Global Union calls on YPC Precision in Thailand to stop union busting and respect workers’ freedom of association.

Union busting and layoffs at Swiss-backed e-bus manufacturer in Thailand

18 November, 2024Under the Paris Climate Agreement, Switzerland supports investments into carbon neutrality in Thailand, and in return, Switzerland receives carbon credits. Absolute Assembly manufactures e-buses for a programme supported by Switzerland under the Agreement, which is clear that commitments made must be in line with achieving a Just Transition. This means decent jobs with fair working conditions, which is not the case at Absolute Assembly.

Serbia: workers in Yura need fair wages and decent working conditions

18 November, 2024Today, the Hyundai/Kia network, Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia, together with the Independent Union of Metalworkers of Serbia IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll European Trade Union, met to express their solidarity with the workers of Yura in Serbia in their struggle for union recognition, fairer wages and decent working conditions.

Despite court order, justice eludes IFFCO Pakistan workers

14 November, 2024IndustriALL is calling on IFFCO Pakistan to respect workers’ rights and immediately implement the Supreme Court order, passed on 4 April 2024, that granted 55 contract workers of IFFCO, the status of permanent workers.

IndustriALL Global Union file OECD complaints against fashion brands over labour rights violations in Myanmar

13 November, 2024IndustriALL GlobaI Union has filed complaints against three major garment brands – Next, New Yorker and LPP – at OECD's National Contact Points (NCPs). Despite overwhelming evidence of continuous violations of workers’ rights under Myanmar’s military junta, these brands continue to place orders in the country, profiting from the eradication of labour and human rights.

Myanmar's garment workers under siege

31 October, 2024A pillar of Myanmar’s economy even before the coup, the textile and garment industry has become an important way for the country’s military rulers to inject foreign money into a collapsing economy. And workers are paying the price.

Malaysia: HICOM must comply with ILO decision

30 October, 2024The National union of transport equipment and allied industries workers (NUTEAIW) is demanding reinstatement of five union leaders at HICOM Automotive Manufacturers, after both the employer and the government continue to ignore an ILO decision from 2022.