Organizing displaced women in India14 April, 2014Due to gender roles in many societies, women and girls often face threats and risks and they are less likely than men and boys to have access to their rights. These threats are particularly exacerbated in situations of displacement.
Korean union leader Kim Jungwoo is free7 April, 2014Thanks to the international campaign launched by Amnesty International and supported by Global Unions including ITUC and IndustriALL the Korean trade union leader and human rights defender Kim Jungwoo was released from jail on 1 April 2014. Other 14 leaders condemned in the same case remain imprisoned.
Unite workers at Babcock approve new agreement4 April, 2014The labour dispute between IndustriALL UK affiliate Unite members at Faslane and Coulport royal navy facilities and their employer Babcock has successfully finished after three weeks of industrial action.
Hard-hitting CCC report names and shames brands for inaction on wages3 April, 2014The Clean Clothes Campaign this week published a high quality report “Tailored Wages”, looking at the issue of living wages in the international clothing supply chain.
ITUWA prepares to fight for every job3 April, 2014April Fools’ Day was a sad day for the workers of the Ford Sollers factory in Vsevolozhsk in Russia. The company released a press release announcing 700 redundancies, and this is not a joke.
Q&A with Jyrki Raina one year after Rana Plaza23 April, 2014Jyrki Raina, general secretary of IndustriALL Global Union, speaks on the anniversary of the catastrophic collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building complex in Bangladesh. The industrial homicide on 24 April 2013 took the lives of at least 1,138 people and injured 2000 more. Find out what has changed and what needs to change.
A day to fight for the living; and mourn for the dead22 April, 2014Every 28 April is designated by the labour movement as the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers.
Clothing brands fail Rana Plaza survivors9 April, 2014Two weeks before the first anniversary of the devastating building collapse, clothing brands contributions to Donor Trust Fund remain shockingly low.
IndustriALL women take action on 7 October18 October, 2013The Women's Committee of IndustriALL Indonesian Council, took action on 7 October to mark the World Day for Decent Work
Nigeria Actions18 October, 2013In Nigeria, affiliated unions and civil society allies, took to the streets of Lagos to protest increasing casualisation of workers, outsourcing, contract staffing and anti-union behaviour by employers.
