Paper, packaging and graphical unions team up on safety rights17 September, 2020Trade union members on all continents are working together this month to promote health and safety in the pulp, paper, graphical and packaging industries, particularly emphasizing workers’ rights to participate in safety management on the job.
Amcor workers unite to demand international dialogue28 April, 2023In a powerful global action, Amcor workers in 17 countries coordinated this month to together demand that the company engages with the Amcor global trade union alliance.
Turkey: Striking workers at Mayr-Melnhof demand dignified conditions11 July, 2018Around 250 workers from IndustriALL Global Union’s Turkish affiliate, Selüloz-Is, are on strike at factories of packaging company MM Süperpak Ambalaj, a subsidiary of Austrian-based Mayr-Melnhof, after the union rejected management’s offer of a zero per cent wage increase in exchange for employment security.
Turkish paper workers strike for collective bargaining agreement3 September, 2024As Türkiye grapples with severe economic turmoil, including soaring inflation and a sharp decline in purchasing power, a wave of strikes is sweeping across various sectors, particularly within the manufacturing industries. The latest strike has erupted at MKB Corrugated Box and Packaging in Istanbul’s Tuzla district.
International Paper trade union network meets in Brazil30 November, 2015US-owned International Paper (IP) is the largest paper producing company in the world, employing 65,000 people in 34 countries. Despite year-on-year growth in revenue and production, workers’ conditions remain the same and in some plants are falling. So what’s going wrong?
Eliminate violence against women16 November, 201225 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. 2012 marks the 13th year that world civil society has commemorated this day, with the UN General Assembly designating the day at its 54th session.
USW sets bargaining agenda for pulp & paper negotiations26 July, 2012Determining a common negotiating agenda for bargaining, and setting policy goals, objectives and action plans for the next two years was the task of the USW’s biannual Paper Sector Bargaining Conference in Pittsburgh from 10 to 12 July.
USW ratifies integration agreement with IP25 October, 2012The United Steelworkers (USW) announced workers ratified an agreement about the integration of 1,400 workers at 18 former Temple Inland box plants into the union’s master economic agreement with International Paper (IP).
Colombian pulp, paper, packaging workers build power21 July, 2016IndustriALL Global Union conducted a workshop in Bogota on 18-19 July, bringing together Colombian members in the pulp and paper sector to share strategies for building power.
Indonesia: organizing and educating workers is key29 April, 2015Precarious work in a major issue in the Indonesian pulp and paper industry, unions insist that organizing and educating workers is key!
