Health & safety26 April, 2022Health and safety must be a fundamental principle and right at work. Health and safety at work is neither a perk to be bargained for nor a favour to be asked. It is our right. No wage is worth our health or our life, and no remedy can be granted by an arbitrator that will restore our health or our life, once it is lost.
BHP campaign5 October, 2020BHP is a world-leading company in the minerals, oil and gas sectors, claiming to "to gather people and resources together to build a better world." But according to their workers around the world, they have a long way to go to achieve their objective.
Sustainable Industrial policy10 February, 2021Sustainable industrial policy is not about creating conditions for companies to thrive at the expense of workers, society and the environment. It’s about creating conditions under which companies can operate in order to make a sustainable contribution to society. The objective of IndustriALL’s sustainable industrial policy is to seek solutions to situations affecting everyone: particularly climate change and the environmental, economic and social crisis.
Climate change10 February, 2020Climate change is a serious threat to the well-being of everyone and its main cause is human activity. The evidence is irrefutable. Scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have issued a stern warning: the world has approximately a 12-year window in which to act if we are to keep global average warming to less than 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels and avoid environmental catastrophe.
Disinvest from Myanmar13 July, 2022The situation for workers in Myanmar has drastically deteriorated since the military coup in February 2021. Most unions are banned, and many workers who were once protected by collective agreements have been fired and replaced by casual workers with no rights.
Textile, garment, shoes, leather and textile services11 March, 2019Textile, garment, shoes, leather and textile servicesHighly globalized with millions of employees worldwide, the textile and garment sectors are a large source of precarious employment in the developing world. The sector is composed predominantly of low paid workers who are mostly young women and internal migrants working on short-term contracts.