Sri Lanka: organizing despite union busting16 October, 2026Low wages force many white-collar workers to rely on overtime. Digitalization and AI are increasing the pace of work and workloads, but not wages. Workers are increasingly monitored electronically and by CCTV. CMU does not yet see AI causing large-scale job losses, but fewer new jobs are being created.
Ugandan textile union wins gender-based violence clauses in collective agreements11 October, 2026Four collective agreements in Uganda’s textile and garment sector now contain enforceable clauses on gender-based violence and sexual harassment. This comes after women in the Uganda Textile, Garment, Leather and Allied Workers’ Union took the lead on human rights due diligence.
From cobalt mines to car plants: the fight to organize10 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.
Bangladesh shipbreaking unions step up organizing to win living wages and safer yards24 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.
“For some people, we are the last hope”: Christiane Benner on unions, the far right and IndustriALL’s mandate22 April, 2026When IndustriALL president Christiane Benner visited the Geneva headquarters on 25 March 2026, she spoke to staff openly about the state of the movement and what it will take to win. We put the big questions to her afterwards.
Strengthening union organizing efforts in Nigeria’s manufacturing industries26 March, 2026An IndustriALL Global Union delegation recently held consultative meetings with Nigerian affiliates to strengthen union organizing efforts and build unity and solidarity across the country’s manufacturing sectors. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation with an estimated 242 million people, according to the UN, possesses a broad industrial base spanning energy and electricity, oil and gas, textiles and garments, footwear, rubber and leather, chemicals, steel and engineering, among others.
Digel workers escalate struggle after continued refusal to recognize union11 February, 2026Digel Textile workers in Türkiye have now been resisting union-busting practices for 390 days, maintaining a determined struggle for their fundamental trade union rights in the face of continued employer obstruction.
Rubber and tyre workers discuss the future of the sector in the Americas3 December, 2025Trade unions from Latin America, the United States, Canada and Mexico are working on a joint strategy in response to local, regional and global challenges. From 24 to 26 November, the International Trade Union Conference to defend the gains in the rubber and tyre sector was held in San Luis de Potosi, Mexico, providing a crucial opportunity to discuss the changes in the sector and strengthen coordination between the unions in the region.
Mental health, a common concern for the network of CMPC workers’ unions16 September, 2025Mental health emerged as a common concern during the recent online meeting of the CMPC workers’ unions network, which brought together union representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, along with Alejandro Valerio, IndustriALL deputy regional secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean and Tom Grinter, IndustriALL pulp and paper sector director.
IndustriALL auto world conference: focus on transformation and organizing18 March, 2025More than 100 trade unionists from 36 unions across 22 countries gathered in Pune, India, from 4-6 March for the IndustriALL Global Union automotive world conference. Participants tackled urgent issues facing workers in the auto sector ; industrial transformation, just transition, precarious work, gender equality and the need to build stronger unions globally.
