Electrolux must compensate workers dismissed over Covid protests9 diciembre, 2020Earlier this year, workers at Electrolux’ factory in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, tried to engage the company in dialogue when management insisted on keeping operations running despite an emergency decree allowing only essential work, despite Covid infections among staff and a lack of personal protection equipment. When that failed, protests were launched on 7 April and the Swedish multinational responded by dismissing nearly 100 people.
SPECIAL REPORT: Changing the balance of power in the textile and garment industry8 diciembre, 2020In the factories where textiles, garments, shoes, leather and accessories are produced, millions of people toil in insecure, low wage jobs, in unsafe conditions. Workers are exposed to chemicals used for bleaching and dyeing. Disasters like the Rana Plaza collapse and the Ali Enterprises fire kill thousands. Union campaigns on workers’ rights have shone a light on union busting, imprisonment, assault and occasionally murder.
Why the Omnibus Law is not only an assault on workers’ rights but also on Indonesia’s SDG progress7 diciembre, 2020Besides a raging Covid-19 pandemic that has seen Indonesia produce the second highest confirmed death toll in Asia after India, widespread opposition to President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s recent Omnibus Law has dominated public discourse in Indonesia for months.
Repsol unions call off strike after company makes new offer4 diciembre, 2020After unions announced strike action, the company made an offer which the unions accepted.
Hitachi-ABB power grids workers strike for future of the plant3 diciembre, 2020In response to ABB Power Grids’ unilateral decision to close the Hanau plant in Germany, 350 workers went on strike on 3 December.
INTERVIEW: April Sims3 diciembre, 2020IndustriALL interviews April Sims, Secretary Treasurer of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Sintracarbón signs agreement with Cerrejón to end historic strike3 diciembre, 2020The Sintracarbón union and Colombian company Cerrejón have signed a new collective employment agreement, ensuring that workers get to keep their benefits. The agreement brought an end to the longest strike in the mine’s history.
Union office building in the Lesotho highlands shows the power of global solidarity3 diciembre, 2020A recently completed union office building, next to remote diamond mines, will fast-track recruitment and organizing for IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, the Independent Democratic Union of Lesotho (IDUL).
Union win in Tunisia3 diciembre, 202024 out of the 56 workers dismissed in February at Tunisian garment factory Gartex have been reinstated, following IndustriALL’s intervention which led to dialogue between the employer and the union Fédération Générale du Textile, de l'Habillement, Chaussure et Cuir - FGTHCC-UGTT.
Korean metalworkers' warning strike2 diciembre, 2020On 30 November, over 80,000 metalworkers downed tools at hundreds of workplaces across Korea in a national warning strike against the government’s proposed labour law revisions, now in parliament.
