Determined Posco Assan workers stand up for their rights27 diciembre, 2017Workers at Posco Assan in Turkey, together with leaders of IndustriALL’s affiliate Birlesik Metal-Is, were detained on 26 December. They had started a march to demand that the Ministry of Labour issue a legal certificate that the union had already waited 42 days for, contrary to the usual practice of a couple of days.
General strike paralyses Greece22 diciembre, 2017Much of Greece ground to a halt on 14 December as workers took part in a 24-hour general strike demanding the government ends austerity measures.
Textile workers remain with no jobs, no pay in Madagascar22 diciembre, 2017263 workers of the CLASSIC KNITWEAR in Antananarivo, Madagascar are fighting against arbitrary technical unemployment, which is a type of forced three-month unpaid leave imposed on workers by the company, during which a worker cannot change employer.
Sanofi: Union solidarity moves through global union network21 diciembre, 2017More than 60 union and employee representatives from 22 countries in Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America have formed a global trade union network at Sanofi, a French-based leading pharmaceutical company, at a meeting on 7 December 2017 in Paris.
Renault Chile workers in victorious 15-day strike21 diciembre, 2017Workers at Cormecanica Renault Chile have won a major pay victory after a 15-day strike and other actions.
Tenaris attacks workers’ rights in Colombia21 diciembre, 2017Tenaris TuboCaribe is attacking workers’ rights and freedom of association. The global network of Tenaris Ternium workers is organizing a global campaign against the persecution of trade unionists in the company.
Support Algerian union under government attack!20 diciembre, 2017Together with global union federations PSI and IUF, IndustriALL is joining forces with LabourStart in a campaign to counter the Algerian government’s continued crackdown on affiliated union SNATEGS.
Unions around the world take the IndustriALL pledge to end violence against women20 diciembre, 2017Already many IndustriALL affiliates around the world have shown their commitment to eradicating violence and harassment against women at the workplace by taking the IndustriALL pledge: Violence and harassment against women: Not in our workplace! Not in our union!
Restructuring at leading Israeli pharmaceutical company causes mass job losses19 diciembre, 2017Teva, a leading Isreali-based generic drug producer recently announced a restructuring plan that will cause 14,000 job losses out of 55,000 worldwide. Teva workers in every corner of the world are outraged.
IndustriALL’s first step towards creating women network in Ukraine19 diciembre, 201720 union female activists from IndustriALL Ukrainian affiliates hold their first meeting of the women network in Chernigov to discuss challenges faced by women at their workplaces and adopt the action plan.
