IndustriALL Global Union to target Rio Tinto in campaign for workers’ rights 4 février, 2014As the world’s mining industry meets in Cape Town, IndustriALL is to rally with affiliated mining trade unions to call for an end to bad corporate behaviour at the expense of workers at Rio Tinto operations around the world.
Global day of action to free Cambodian garment workers3 février, 2014Global unions are mobilizing workers around the world to protest at Cambodian embassies on Monday 10 February to demand the release of 23 activists seized during demonstrations in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh in January.
India - 2000 protestors march to free jailed Maruti Suzuki workers3 février, 2014More than 2000 demonstrators took to the streets in New Delhi on Friday to demand the release of 147 Maruti Suzuki workers arrested in July 2012.
Legal victory for Honda workers’ independent union in Mexico3 février, 2014The Honda workers’ trade union, the Sindicato de Trabajadores Unidos de Honda México (STUHM) has had to overcome many obstacles in its long struggle for the right to represent workers for collective bargaining purposes.
USW report exposes Crown Holdings’ bad corporate governance31 janvier, 2014On 30 January 2014 IndustriALL Global Union’s North American affiliate United Steelworkers (USW) representing workers at Crown Holdings in the U.S. and Canada recently released a new report analysing key governance problems at the company.
Tunisia – Trade Unions Welcome New Constitution30 janvier, 2014Tunisia's National Assembly has approved the final articles of the country's new Constitution that enshrines freedom of association, right to strike, gender equality and women's protection against violence.
U.S. statistics prove unionized workers get higher wages29 janvier, 2014According to the recently released report of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2013 unionized workers in U.S. had higher wages than their non-unionized colleagues.
Migros and Coop refuse to sign Bangladesh safety accord despite 1800 deaths in 7 years29 janvier, 2014Migros and Coop continue to refuse to sign the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, despite the deaths of 1800 people in the last seven years due to unsafe factories.
No going back! SUTEIVP's six years of struggle for the reinstatement of workers at Vidriera del Potosí29 janvier, 2014On 26 January, the Mexican trade union SUTIEVP, and IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, commemorated six years of struggle by 33 workers who are demanding their jobs back at Industria Vidriera del Potosí, a subsidiary of Grupo Modelo - AB InBev. The workers were dismissed by the company in 2008, in complicity with the corrupt labour authorities in order to weaken the independent trade union.
African unions confront precarious work29 janvier, 2014Meeting in Togo, affiliates from 13 African countries evaluated their successes and challenges in 2013 and strategized how they will continue to make progress against precarious work in 2014.
