NAMIBIA Rio Tinto Actions12 October, 2014IndustriALL affiliate, the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN), produced a press release ab
NEW ZEALAND Rio Tinto actions13 October, 2014IndustriALL Affiliate the Amalgamated Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU) held a Rio Tinto 2-hour stop work meeting in Invercargill in support of the Rio Tinto Global Day of Acti
Rio Tinto stands far from real sustainability15 April, 2014IndustriALL Global Union came together with trade union and civil society representatives to call for an end to Rio Tinto’s unsustainable behavior at the annual general meeting for shareholders (AGM) in London today.
Indonesia: another four workers killed at Freeport, Rio Tinto Grasberg mine2 October, 2014IndustriALL Global Union condemns Freeport McMoRan and Rio Tinto for the loss of yet another four innocent lives.
NETHERLANDS Rio Tinto actions13 October, 2014Unions at the Rio Tinto aluminum production facility in the Netherlands participated in the global day of action by distributing the global day flyer to workers at the site.
Vote to condemn Rio Tinto as Olympics medals provider16 June, 2012IndustriALL Global Union calls on affiliates across the globe to cast their votes for Rio Tinto in the Greenwash Gold awards - help us shine a light on why Rio Tinto should be pushed off the Olympics 2012 podium because of the damage it's doing the environment and communities.
As abuses continue, so does Rio Tinto campaign11 July, 2016Dialogue between IndustriALL Global Union affiliates and Rio Tinto about establishing agreed global labour principles and structures for enforcing those principles continues, following a management reorganization at the company.
Rio Tinto undermining right to strike16 March, 2016Rio Tinto has escalated a labour dispute at its aluminium smelter in Iceland by proposing that contractors be denied the right to strike. The company is also proposing to expand the use of lower paid contractors at the site.
Rio Tinto Bunder project: un-kept promises for workers and communities24 February, 2016At the end of January, IndustriALL Global Union and the Indian National Mineworkers Federation (INMWF) visited Chattarpur, in Madhya Pradesh, India, where Rio Tinto is waiting for approval to develop a 300-metre-deep open-pit diamond mine.
Around the world on May Day 5 May, 2015On May Day, people all over the globe took to the streets to manifest their support and solidarity with issues workers are faced with on an everyday basis.