India affiliates chart strategies for youth and women leadership20 July, 2026Building more inclusive unions is about more than increasing participation. Young workers and women have just as much of a stake in the future of the labour movement as anyone else. Creating space for them to shape decisions, take on leadership roles and strengthen their unions is essential to building a movement that truly reflects the workers it represents.
Graveyard to Green Yard: one year ago, workers won a landmark victory26 June, 2026Today is the launch of the film, Graveyard to Green Yard: the coalition that changed the ship recycling industry, a new film that tells the story of how one Indian shipbreaking union built a coalition to transform one of the world's most dangerous industries.
Deadly workplace accidents expose systemic safety failures in India24 June, 2026Five workers died and dozens were hospitalised after an ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing factory in Tamil Nadu on 21 June 2026. Days earlier, nine workers were killed at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL) when a ladle of molten steel erupted during casting, engulfing them in a fireball. Preliminary reports suggest a critical gas-rinsing safety process may not have been completed as required.
Singhitarai explosion exposes systemic OSH failures in India17 April, 2026At least 20 workers were killed and nearly 50 exposed to a high-pressure steam pipe explosion at a Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh, India on 14 April 2026. The death toll is expected to rise.
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.
Indian unions unite around organizing and Just Transition19 March, 2026Trade unions across India called for stronger organizing and greater unity at the India Council Meeting held on 12–13 March, as discussions highlighted rising informalization, weakening labour protections, and the systematic exclusion of workers from decision-making. Bringing together affiliates from across sectors, the meeting stressed that rapid industrial and technological changes risk deepening inequality unless workers are placed at the centre of policy.
A mandate to act, a responsibility to deliver17 December, 2025As 2025 comes to an end, the discussions and decisions of IndustriALL’s fourth Congress in Sydney are still fresh. Congress is more than a meeting; it is where we take stock and set our collective direction. The days in Sydney were a success, but more importantly it is a mandate. A mandate from affiliates across every region and sector to act with clarity, courage and determination in a world that is becoming more unequal, more unstable and more hostile to working people.
Six months after entry into force, the HKC still is not being implemented8 December, 2025Shipbreaking has often been described as the most dangerous job in the world and IndustriALL has long campaigned for the ratification of the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) as the most practical first step to clean up the industry. Supported by affiliates, together we maintained pressure on governments, ship owners, financiers and other industry stakeholders to promote the Convention. Despite these efforts and despite formal ratification not one of the major ship recycling nations has fully implemented the Convention in practice.
Indian unions slam unilateral labour code rollout; 21 November declared black day for workers27 November, 2025India’s trade unions (CTUs) and independent sectoral federations, including IndustriALL affiliates, staged nationwide protests after the government of India unilaterally notified the four labour codes without any consultation with workers’ organizations. The abrupt notifications issued on 21 November 2025 drew strong condemnation from working people in India, who described the move as an attack on the rule of law.
High Court orders regularization of 370 SAIL Bokaro workers4 November, 2025In a major win for workers’ rights, the Jharkhand High Court has directed management of the SAIL Bokaro steel plant to regularize 370 long-term contract workers, concluding a legal battle that began in 2006.
