Fighting privatization of steel in India4 May, 2022On 28 April, IndustriALL affiliates Steel, Metal and Engineering Workers’ Federation of India (SMEFI) and the Indian National Steel, Metal, Metalmines and Engineering Employees’ Federation (INSMMEEF) demonstrated at the Vishakapatnam steel plant, opposing its privatization.
Call for tenders - the Future of Work and Just Transition16 July, 2021IndustriALL Global Union is calling for tenders to develop a Guide of Practice on the Future of Work and Just Transition in the face of multiple drivers of change.
Coal unions in Colombia, Spain and South Africa meet to exchange ideas29 October, 2021In mid-October, the Colombian coal workers' union Sintracarbón held a meeting with unions in Spain and South Africa to explore concrete ways to ensure a just energy transition.
IndustriALL calls on Indian government to address safety crisis 8 July, 2021In an online press conference held on 7 July, IndustriALL Global Union and its Indian affiliates highlighted increasing industrial accidents and workers’ deaths due to Covid-19, and called for the government to take urgent action to improve occupational health and safety.
Asia Pacific young workers enhance cooperation to effect changes8 July, 2021More than a hundred young unionists in the Asia Pacific region met in a virtual regional youth conference on 23 June. They committed to enhance cooperation to overcome challenges faced by young workers and effect structural changes within unions and in workplaces.
Union-run clinics in South African garment sector certified for Covid-19 vaccination8 July, 2021Industrial primary health care clinics in the garment sector, run by IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) and some employers, are now certified by the department of health to carry out Covid-19 vaccinations.
Organizing along the battery supply chain12 July, 2021Given the workers rights' violations and a low union density, coupled with an expected increase in battery demand in the next ten years, IndustriALL and affiliates have started developing a strategy for workers along the supply chain.
West Virginia Machinists strike for fair contract6 October, 2021Fifty members of IndustriALL Global Union affiliate the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are on strike for a fair contract at Sulzer Pumps, in Barboursville, West Virginia, USA.
Building union power in Oman’s industrial sectors 7 October, 2021Together with the General Federation of Oman Workers (GFOW), IndustriALL organized an online workshop in August this year to discuss collective bargaining and collective agreements for sectoral unions in Oman. Around 30 participants from different industrial sectors, including energy and base metals, participated.
French electricity and gas workers mobilize for their rights21 October, 2021French unions FNME-CGT, FCE-CFDT, CFE-CGC Energies and FO Energie took action on 19 October, to fight back against social regression and attacks on pension and unemployment insurance schemes, as well as to demand higher wages.
