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Campaign to clean up Shipbreaking

From cobalt mines to car plants: the fight to organize

10 October, 2026Put 120 trade unionists from around the world in a room for two days and you get a clear picture of what workers are up against and how they are fighting back. At the global organizing conference in Kuala Lumpur on 8-9 October, the stories came from garment factories in India, cobalt mines in DR Congo, battery plants in Hungary and car plants in Alabama. The countries were different. The challenges were strikingly similar.

IndustriALL Global Union supports the inclusion of two Indian ship recycling yards in EU list

17 September, 2026Two Indian yards are set to be included in the 16th list of EU-approved ship recycling facilities – a first for the South Asian region which constitutes around 80 per cent of global ship recycling capacity.

Nine workers killed at Bangladesh shipyard: who failed to protect them?

18 August, 2026Nine workers died and several others were injured due to toxic gas exposure inside a vessel at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on 14 August.

Graveyard to Green Yard: one year ago, workers won a landmark victory

26 June, 2026Today is the launch of the film, Graveyard to Green Yard: the coalition that changed the ship recycling industry, a new film that tells the story of how one Indian shipbreaking union built a coalition to transform one of the world's most dangerous industries.

Bangladesh shipbreaking unions step up organizing to win living wages and safer yards

24 June, 2026IndustriALL Global Union has completed a three-day organizing workshop for shipbreaking workers in Chattogram, Bangladesh, equipping unions to target the industry's most influential employers for the first time.

Lives saved, ships broken: the human cost and promise of ship recycling

17 April, 2025Progress has never come easy to the shipbreaking yards of South Asia. Dangerous conditions, fragmented regulation and deep-rooted employer control have long defined an industry that dismantles the world’s ships, and too often, the people working on them.

Progress and challenges in Bangladesh’s shipbreaking sector

15 April, 2025As we approach the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) on 26 June 2025, IndustriALL and its affiliates are pushing to ensure that the transition to a compliant shipbreaking industry does not leave workers behind. In early April, two training sessions, a yard visit and a roundtable discussion took place in Chittagong, Bangladesh, bringing together workers, union leaders, employers and experts to confront the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Health and safety is our right

28 March, 2024In the lead up to International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April, IndustriALL is putting the spotlight on health and safety in the workplace. A staggering more than 3 million workers die every year because of their work, and tens of millions are injured. Health and safety at work is neither a perk to be bargained for nor a favour to be asked. It is our right.

The Hong Kong Convention is ratified – what next?

27 February, 2024After a long campaign by IndustriALL and its affiliates, the Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships has been ratified and will enter into force on 26 June 2025. What does this mean for shipbreaking workers?

The Hong Kong Convention: what is needed?

27 February, 2024The Hong Kong Convention is an incredibly important step forward for workers’ human rights and environmental management. However, it is not enough to transform the industry, which will require sustained attention and activism by unions.