Union networks take due diligence to the bargaining table19 October, 2026Union networks at Pou Chen, Crystal and Coats are using their cross-border links to write human rights due diligence into collective agreements. This gives workers in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia a common route to enforce their rights across the same multinational employer.
Investors urged to push brands to sign ACT-Cambodia agreements16 October, 2026Investors must press brands to sign the ACT-Cambodia agreements if garment workers are to make progress towards living wages, Cambodian union leader Yot Seang told PRI in Person in Amsterdam this week. The binding agreements are a proven alternative to failed social auditing and more brands must join to ensure more workers are covered.
Adidas shirts made for about US$1 an hour13 October, 2026Workers making official Adidas shirts for some of Europe’s biggest football clubs earn a basic wage of about US$1 an hour and work in temperatures above 35°C, a BBC Sport investigation has found. Adidas is refusing to sign an agreement that would let Cambodian garment workers bargain for higher wages and protection from heat stress and harassment.
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.
UniFirst targets union in Nicaragua6 October, 2026US workwear company UniFirst has launched legal proceedings to dissolve the union at its plant in Nicaragua, after 293 members resigned in less than a week and five were dismissed. Workers allege that management pressured them to leave the union. The case comes as US uniform giant Cintas prepares to acquire UniFirst.
ArcelorMittal must keep Kryvyi Rih workers paid29 September, 2026Workers at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih kept Ukraine's largest steel plant running through more than four years of war. Five of them were killed in recent missile strikes, and the company now says it cannot restart the plant. IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll Europe are calling on ArcelorMittal to put workers on paid downtime instead of dismissing them and to rebuild the damaged facilities.
IG Metall action day 21 September17 September, 2026On Monday, 21 September, automotive workers across Germany will take coordinated action at approximately 100 plants and supplier sites. Over 280 actions are planned across IG Metall's local offices under the slogan A future, not sweeping cuts – solidarity is our strongest brand.
OECD complaint filed over Mercedes-Benz labour practices15 September, 2026IndustriALL and the United Auto Workers have filed a formal complaint with Germany's OECD National Contact Point, demanding that the German government facilitate dialogue between Mercedes-Benz and the unions over workers' treatment in Alabama. The complaint alleges Mercedes-Benz has created an unacceptable divide between the labour standards it promotes globally and how it treats workers in its US operations.
Global unions unite on KONE-TK Elevator: workers demand guarantees9 September, 2026Around 80 trade union delegates from thirteen countries met on 4 September to coordinate a unified response to KONE's planned acquisition of TK Elevator. The planned merger would create a giant with more than 100,000 workers worldwide — around 45,000 in Europe alone. Unions say workers have been excluded from any meaningful consultation and are demanding guarantees on jobs, sites and working conditions before the deal closes.
Worker death sparks strike at Gafsa Phosphate Company over safety and unpaid bonuses7 September, 2026Workers at the Gafsa Phosphate Company in Tunisia went in strike for three days this week to demand improved health and safety conditions, implementation of previous agreements and payment of bonuses withheld for two years. The strike, which concluded on 3 September, with over 95 percent participation, follows the death of a worker on 22 August due to inadequate health and safety measures. The action was called by the Fédération Générale des Mineurs Tunisiens - FGMT – UGTT, affiliated to Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail UGTT and IndustriALL.
