No Just Transition without workers’ power12 February, 2026IndustriALL Global Union, industriAll Europe and the ITUC have launched a Just Transition Manifesto for the textile and garment supply chain, with a clear message: climate and digital transformation must not come at workers’ expense.
Ensuring the future of work will require strong unions and global collaboration28 October, 2025Industry 4.0, automation and the future of work were the focus of recent discussions between representatives of Uruguayan manufacturing unions and Germany’s IG Metall, with those present agreeing that global unity and solidarity would be needed to ensure fairer working conditions in future.
IndustriALL welcomes Gaza ceasefire, calls for lasting peace based on justice and rights9 October, 2025IndustriALL Global Union welcomes the ceasefire agreement reached in Gaza between Hamas and Israel as an important and necessary step towards ending the immense human suffering and destruction caused by months of conflict.
From law to action: New centre to strengthen workers’ rights through human rights due diligence laws25 March, 2026On 26 March 2026, global trade unions, responsible employers and representatives of the German government will gather in Berlin to launch the Competence Centre for Human Rights Due Diligence. The new centre will partner with unions and companies to secure workers' rights across global value chains and corporate operations – in sectors as diverse as garment, technology and critical minerals.
India’s just transition is leaving workers behind24 March, 2026India’s energy transition is no longer a distant policy ambition. Yet, as discussions at a two-day meeting held on 10–11 March in New Delhi made clear, the gap between the language of a “Just Transition” and the lived reality of workers remains stark. Organized by IndustriALL, the meeting brought together, for the first time in India, trade unions from both coal, mining and energy sectors to assess what this transition means and who it is leaving behind.
Unions in Asia-Pacific call for sustainable worker centric industrial policies11 November, 2024Asia-Pacific has witnessed massive industrial growth in recent years. However, while investments in manufacturing industries have increased, workers are suffering from growing inequality, skyrocketing inflation, stagnant wages, precarious work and growing attacks on workers’ rights. The concerns are pushing unions in the region to pursue an agenda of sustainable industrial policy, which includes measures to safeguard and create well-paid and secure jobs and guarantees of sustainable employment.
Global workers call for universal access to Covid-19 vaccines, health products and technologies29 November, 2021The Global Council of Unions, representing 200 million workers, is calling for urgent action by governments. It has been nearly two years since the outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Workers have stepped up, putting themselves at risk to safeguard people's lives, livelihoods, and the global economy, and driven outstanding advances in science and medicine with the rapid development of Covid-19 tests, treatments, drugs, medical devices, personal protective equipment and, most importantly, vaccines.
Fighting for African industrialization25 November, 2021Countless strategies to industrialize Africa have been adopted; from the African Union’s Agenda 2063, Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa strategies and the African Mining Vision at continental level to national industrial policies. Yet the take-off is not happening, while the obstacles are well documented.
No decent work without social protection7 October, 2021Today is World Day for Decent Work and we highlight the impact of Covid on garment workers and the global campaign to achieve social protection for this workforce.
Unions uneasy over South African Just Transition finance deal announced at COP264 November, 2021South African trade unions affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) are supportive of a Just Transition partnership that is inclusive of the workers and poor communities through social dialogue, protects jobs and livelihoods, and promotes a socially owned renewable energy sector.
