Coalminers demand stronger attention to their future20 November, 201540 delegates from Australia, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Spain, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Turkey, Pakistan and South Africa gathered at the headquarters of the IndustriALL German affiliate IG BCE in Hannover, Germany at the Global coal mining conference to discuss union responses to the challenges faced by workers and their unions in coal mining industry.
US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement is bad for workers and bad for the planet 8 June, 2017By Brian Kohler, sustainability director at IndustriALL Global Union
South African unions reject Eskom’s zero-increase in wages15 June, 2018Thousands of workers picketed outside Eskom offices in Johannesburg on 14 June to demand a 15 per cent wage increase and reject a no-increase announcement by state-owned energy company Eskom, who is arguing that it is broke.
Exploring energy transition and Industry 4.0 in the Western Balkans10 April, 2024IndustriALL Global Union and IndustriAll European Trade Union, supported by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) organized a workshop in Belgrade, Serbia, on April 4-5. The gathering brought together 25 affiliates from industrial sectors across the Western Balkans, including Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
OECD Steel Committee: workers warn of lack of just transition in the industry26 March, 2024Workers are raising concerns over the lack of a just transition in the steel sector. Global excess capacity keeps rising, due to a combination of irresponsible practices by some major multinational steel corporations and misguided action by some governments who keep expanding capacity rather than investing in the green transition.
Week one at COP28 comes to an end and unions prepare for the second week7 December, 2023The general feeling is that this COP can’t be about climate change objective setting and process it must be about solid policies and implementation. Trade unions are at COP28 to make sure that the policies and implementation leave no one behind!
Just Transition manifesto: garment workers demand a fair, worker-led shift10 July, 2025Workers must not be forced to bear the costs of the green transition. That was the resounding message from the third workshop on decent jobs and social protection for a Just Transition in the textile and garment supply chain, held on 7 July, by the ITUC’s Just Transition and Climate department, IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll European Trade Union.
Sub-Saharan Africa youth demand a voice in shaping the future of work13 August, 2025As the world marked International youth day on 12 August under the United Nations theme “youth empowerment for a sustainable future”, the IndustriALL Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) youth committee called attention to the realities young workers face, and the role they play in shaping a just, sustainable future.
IndustriALL makes joint declaration demanding Just Transition at COP243 December, 2018IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll European Trade Union have issued a joint declaration demanding a Just Transition for workers as the world’s nations meet for the United Nations climate change summit in Katowice, Poland – COP 24.
Just Transition for Spanish thermal power plant workers24 April, 2020IndustriALL Global Union’s Spanish affiliates CC.OO. de Industria and UGT-FICA have signed an agreement with the government and the operators of coal-fired power stations that are in the process of being closed - Endesa, Iberdrola and Naturgy - for a Just Transition for the energy sector with measures protecting workers in the industry.
