30 May, 2013The first copy of IndustriALL Global Union’s biannual print magazine “Global Worker” was launched this week at the 28-29 May IndustriALL Executive Committee. Download the online version here.
This first issue includes an in-depth feature on the Bangladeshi garment industry. Going to press just before the Rana Plaza tragedy that has gripped the headlines, this Feature underlines the unsustainable nature of the industry which was claiming hundreds of workers’ lives in horrible fires for years before the Rana Plaza collapse.
A special report on IndustriALL’s discussions on sustainable industrial policy outlines and explains the issue. IndustriALL is launching an ambitious initiative on Sustainable Industrial Policy which aims to stimulate debate and action among affiliates and so promote a union perspective on the key sustainability issues for industry.
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In this first issue of the new printed journal IndustriALL interviewed the new Director General of the ILO, Guy Ryder. Director General Ryder is working to unblock internal deadlock and strengthen the ILO into an organization that tackles the crisis head-on.
The magazine also includes profiles of Russian trade unionist Alexander Sitnov, Mauritian trade unionist Jane Ragoo and the “Beneath the Shine” campaign supporting the UAW’s organizing drive at Nissan in Mississippi.
Guest author Peter Bakvis argues for a job-focused recovery strategy for Europe in an in-depth report on austerity. Bakvis is the Director of the ITUC/ Global Unions office in Washinton DC.
IndustriALL General Secretary Jyrki Raina writes in his foreword:
I hope you find our new journal inspiring and useful in your day-to-day trade union work on organizing and building global solidarity.