Presidential decree blocks Bekaert workers in Turkey from exercising their right to strike20 diciembre, 2022Fully within their legal rights, workers at the Bekaert factory in Izmit, represented by IndustriALL affiliate Birleşik Metal İş, called a strike on 13 December after negotiations on a collective bargaining agreement failed.
SPECIAL REPORT – safeguarding workers’ rights along the supply chain18 diciembre, 2022The debate on human rights due diligence is gaining momentum on both national and international levels. Why now?
Dialogue addresses workplace issues at AngloAmerican global operations15 diciembre, 2022As part of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in May 2021, IndustriALL continues to develop sound industrial relations across the global operations of mining giant AngloAmerican.
Bulgarian workers in STS Medical Group signs first collective agreement15 diciembre, 2022On 28 November, after many rounds of negotiations, multinational STS Medical Group and IndustriALL affiliate the Federation of Light Industry, signed their first collective agreement. The signing took place four days after a protest rally where hundreds of workers demanded adequate pay for their work.
Atle Høie: Welcome to Global Worker (#2 2022)15 diciembre, 2022Most of us can feel the consequences of climate change and also the urgency for a Just Transition. Labour delegations at COP27 in Egypt were fighting to ensure that workers are at the table when Just Transition is discussed. For us it’s about how we get from the jobs we have today to the jobs we will have tomorrow.
Difficult circumstances - IndustriALL meets with family of unfairly jailed unionist in Madagascar 15 diciembre, 2022In August, Sento Chang was sentenced to 12 months in prison after taking to social media to share discussions the union had with the employer. On 9 December, an IndustriALL delegation met with his family, speaking to his parents-in-law about the very difficult circumstances the family is now finding itself in.
New ILO agreement on the future of work in the oil and gas sector15 diciembre, 2022IndustriALL was part of a workers’ delegation that negotiated a new agreement on the future of work in the oil and gas sector.
International Safety Accord that made history in Bangladesh expands to Pakistan14 diciembre, 2022IndustriALL Global Union and UNI Global Union, two key drivers of the historic Bangladesh Accord, are proud to announce the extension of the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry to Pakistan. The ground-breaking International Accord that over the past nine years made jobs safer for millions of garment workers in Bangladesh is now going to be extended to Pakistan.
Pakistan’s mines have killed at least 150 workers this year 14 diciembre, 2022The deadly accident in a coal mine in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan on 30 November was not a stand-alone incident. Nine workers were killed and four others sustained critical injuries in a gas blast, adding to the already alarming death toll in the country’s mining industry.
NXP Thailand must reinstate sacked workers 13 diciembre, 2022NXP Manufacturing in Thailand, who counts Apple and Bosch among its clients, has fired 13 union leaders under the pretext of falsifying congress documents and refuse to go back on their union busting.
