Automotive unions in India resolve to strengthen union network and combat precarious work15 September, 2016IndustriALL affiliates and other automotive unions from Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune regions came together at the workshop of Automotive and Rubber Unions in India on 13-15 September 2016 at Pune and resolved to strengthen union power.
India: 117 workers acquitted and 31 convicted in Maruti Suzuki case 10 March, 2017On 10 March the Gurgaon district court delivered the judgment on the case on violence at Maruti Suzuki Manesar plant. The court acquitted 117 workers while 31, including all union office bearers, were found guilty.
Employer refuses to pay compensation despite legal ruling 13 July, 2017Despite the union winning a lawsuit against Russia’s largest car manufacturer AvtoVAZ, 1,100 workers have yet to receive their compensation for three years’ work in harmful conditions.
Los Mineros victory at Teksid24 April, 2014Settlement was reached at 6:30pm on 22 April ending a strike and replacing the CTM with Los Mineros as the official bargaining partner at Teksid Iron in Monclova, Coahuila.
Honda Mexico – reinstated worker fired again 5 December, 2014Honda Mexico has again shown its anti-union policies and readiness to violate the freedom of association and labour rights by dismissing for a second time Raúl Celestino Pallares Cardoza, Records Secretary of the Honda Mexico workers’ democratic trade union, STUHM.
Workers at Nissan US fight for the right to organize13 October, 2016French and US trade unions joined forces with IndustriALL and French parliamentarians on 12 October in Paris, to call on Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn to stop the anti-union practices at the Nissan plant, Canton, Mississippi.
IndustriALL’s global leaders call on Volkswagen to get in line30 May, 2016IndustriALL Global Union’s Executive Committee adopted a resolution calling on German car manufacturer Volkswagen to respect trade union rights at its Chattanooga plant in Tennessee, USA.
South Korea: 150,000 metal workers strike25 July, 2016The Korean Metal Workers' Union has called a general strike across the sector in support of a dispute at Hyundai.
Renault Chile workers in victorious 15-day strike21 December, 2017Workers at Cormecanica Renault Chile have won a major pay victory after a 15-day strike and other actions.
Hunger strike at Volkswagen plant in India 12 January, 201811 union representatives of the Volkswagen Employees’ Union in Pune, India, have gone on hunger strike, protesting against the employer's plans to introduce a new remuneration scheme that includes a performance-related wage component.
