Indonesia: seven Freeport workers killed at a landslide at Grasberg 14 October, 2025After a month-long rescue mission, the bodies of seven Indonesian and migrant workers were discovered on 5 October at Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg mine. The workers had been trapped underground following a landslide on 8 September, when an estimated 800,000 metric tonnes of mud suddenly flowed into the cave.
Europe’s responsibility in the textile industry: a push for stronger due diligence10 October, 2025A day of action in Brussels in September highlighted the urgent need for stronger EU due diligence and labour rights protections in the textile industry. Through debates, high-level meetings and a public demonstration, unions and allies called on Europe to deliver real sustainability for workers across global supply chains.
IndustriALL welcomes Gaza ceasefire, calls for lasting peace based on justice and rights 9 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.
Sydney Congress: white-collar voices9 October, 2025Ahead of the IndustriALL upcoming Sydney Congress, 40 white-collar union delegates met online, 29 September 2025, to strategize on advancing their priorities in the debates.
DRC women artisanal miners face exploitation as unions seek better working conditions9 October, 2025On 7 October, in the noon of a blazing sun, women miners stand in nearly knee-high mud pools processing cobalt from nearby pits at Mutoshi, Kolwezi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s Lualaba Province. This has dire consequences to their health, according to reports.
The other side of lithium: strengthening unions in the battery supply chain 9 October, 2025Given the central role that lithium plays within the global energy agenda, a seminar was held in Antofagasta, Chile, on how to strengthen unions in the lithium sector. The event, which ran on 30 September and 1 October, was attended by leaders of mining unions in Chile and Argentina. It was part of IndustriALL’s strategy to support its affiliates in the battery supply chain, in light of the continuing labour rights violations in the sector.
IndustriALL launches policy paper on artificial intelligence8 October, 2025IndustriALL has released a new policy paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI): challenges and opportunities for industrial workers and trade union responses, setting out a strategy for how trade unions can respond to the fast digital transformation reshaping workplaces worldwide.
IndustriALL Global Union is looking for a director on mining and energy7 October, 2025IndustriALL Global Union is a global trade union organization which has 550 affiliates in 130 countries, representing 50 million workers in the mining, energy and manufacturing sectors, focusing on building union power worldwide through organizing and campaigning, fighting for an economic and social model that puts people first, based on democracy and social justice.
IndustriALL and IF Metall mark 10 years of landmark global framework agreement with H&M Group3 October, 2025H&M Group, IndustriALL Global Union and IF Metall are celebrating ten years of their flagship global framework agreement (GFA), a pioneering collaboration to strengthen workers’ rights and social dialogue across the company’s global supply chain.
Building social partnership in Armenia’s mining sector2 October, 2025With the support of IndustriALL Global Union and the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia (CTUA), trade union leaders from Armenia’s mining and metallurgical sector gathered in Kapan, Syunik region, for a two-day round table–seminar on: social partnership at the republican and sectoral levels. Social dialogue and establishing social partnership at the enterprise level. The event took place on 19–20 September 2025.
