Bangladeshi trade union leader receives human rights award30 September, 2015Amirul Haque Amin, president of IndustriALL affiliate National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) in Bangladesh received the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award on 27 September.
Interview: How Jordan’s unions are helping Syrian refugees 25 September, 2015Jordan is a safe haven for more than 600,000 Syrian refugees, of whom 80 per cent are living in the country’s cities.
Mulberry: €1,000 handbags made with worker abuse24 September, 2015IndustriALL Global Union condemns Mulberry inaction at supplier SF Leather in Turkey. A raft of intimidation methods continue to block workers from joining the Deriteks union, and 14 sacked union supporters have not been reinstated.
Chevron sacks union organizers in Bangladesh24 September, 2015IndustriALL Global Union is condemning Chevron’s illegal union busting in Bangladesh, and calls for corrective action by the multinational energy company.
New hope for garment worker wages23 September, 2015The first steps towards industry wage bargaining for garment workers were taken in Cambodia last week.
Women at IndustriALL unanimously adopt quotas and Equality Charter23 September, 2015Some 300 women from all continents met in Vienna from 14 to 16 September 2015 at IndustriALL Global Union’s First Women World Conference to debate issues ranging from maternity protection to women’s representation and violence against women.
Refugees need our help23 September, 2015As millions of people flee persecution and poverty, European governments are struggling to find solutions in the spirit of solidarity and compassion. We need to take care of refugees, in Europe and elsewhere in the world.
Senegal – affiliates mobilizing for 7 October18 September, 20157 October will be the culmination of a campaign run since August by IndustriALLGlobal Union’s affiliates in Senegal against abusive use of daily and seasonal work.
Bata worker in Mexico arrested17 September, 2015The Bata shoe company, a multinational that holds itself up as a paragon of responsible capitalism, is responsible for the detention without bail of one Mexican worker and the threat of imminent arrest of eight others for doing nothing more than demanding that the company end the lock-out of its workforce.
United Steelworkers fighting for fair contracts17 September, 2015Over 30,000 workers employed in the U.S. steel industry are wearing a days “Fair contract now!” sticker to show solidarity with their co-workers in ArcelorMittal and U.S. Steel.
