22 марта, 2012While a government-appointed mediator has called for resumed negotiations in an effort to end the three-month lockout of workers at Rio Tinto Alcan's giant Alma aluminum smelter in Quebec, Canada, trade unions are globally ramping up pressure on the company.
1 марта, 2012Trade unions from around the world agree on plans to establish IndustriALL Global Union in June 2012, a new global union to represent workers in mining, energy and manufacturing sectors at the global level.
24 февраля, 2012Unionized skilled trade workers set out their vision for an industrial policy that can rebuild the manufacturing industry in Canada.
24 февраля, 2012CAW Local 27 members from Electro-Motive Diesel in London, Ontario have voted 95 per cent in favour of a closure agreement that provides enhanced severance packages.
2 апреля, 2012On April 3, 2012, Dorje Khatri, central committee member of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) will leave Kathmandu on a journey to put the flag of IndustriALL Global Union on Mount Everest.
16 апреля, 2012Indian trade unions' express concern about Rio Tinto's announced investment in India, given the company's reputation as a bad corporate citizen in Canada and Australia.
16 апреля, 2012Outrageously oppressive government of Swaziland, flouts human and labour rights, demobilising pro democracy campaign actions planned for April 12, 2012, which marks the 39th year of an on going state of emergency in Africa's smallest nation.
16 апреля, 2012IMF representative Vadim Borisov discussed workers' actions across the globe with young union activists in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Mining and Metallurgical Workers Union of Russia (MMWU) organized two events in Chelyabinsk, one for young union leaders and the other for the activists at Mechel, leading Russian metal company.
13 апреля, 2012Once again, the outrageously oppressive government of Swaziland, flouts human and labour rights, demobilising pro democracy campaign actions planned for 12th April 2012, which marks the 39th year of an on going state of emergency in Africa's smallest nation.
13 апреля, 2012The Tunisian metalworkers' union (FGME) continued to pave the way for genuine renewal and democratization of the Tunisian trade union movement at its Congress on April 11 and 12, electing a new leadership team.
