US: locked out National Grid workers denied healthcare19 July, 2018British multinational utility company National Grid has locked out 1,200 members of United Steelworkers Locals 12003 and 12012 and denied them access to healthcare.
South East Asia cement unions call for sustainable future19 July, 2018Trade union representatives from cement unions in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines came together in Padang, Indonesia on 16 and 17 July - on the eve of the fifth Congress of Indonesian cement union FSP-ISI, held on the 18th and 19th – to reinforce their networking.
Deadly Georgian mine closed after multiple fatalities18 July, 2018The Mindeli coal mine in Tkibuli, Georgia, has been closed after four miners were killed, and six others were injured.
South Africa: Six workers die in underground fire at copper mine18 July, 2018With six mineworkers killed and 48 injured in an underground fire at Palabora Copper Mine in the Limpopo Province caused by a burning conveyor belt, increasingly South African mines are becoming death-traps for mine workers.
Bangladesh Accord arbitration cases - resulting in millions-of-dollars in settlements - officially closed18 July, 2018The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has announced that two landmark cases against multinational fashion brands brought under the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety have been officially closed. The tribunal hearing the case issued termination orders this week, and the cases were brought by global unions IndustriALL and UNI.
South Africa: Footwear strike for a living wage enters second week17 July, 2018Thousands of workers in the footwear sector are on strike for a second week demanding a wage increase of 9.5 per cent while the employers are offering 6.25 per cent.
Fiat Chrysler/CNHi Union Network adopts three-year work plan and calls on the company to recognize the trade union body17 July, 2018The Fiat Chrysler/CNHi global union network held its annual meeting in Torino, Italy and formulated a detailed three-year work plan. The group urges the company to recognize the network and to enter into discussions for a formal cooperation.
India: Six workers die at Gerdau steel plant 13 July, 2018Six workers died and three more workers are under treatment in a gas leak accident at the Gerdau steel plant at Tadipatri of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh on 12 July.
Turkish court sentences Soma bosses up to 22 years in prison over deadliest mine disaster13 July, 2018After a four-year judicial process, a local penal court in Turkey has handed down prison sentences to the former management of the Soma mine following the killings of 301 people in the country’s worst ever mining disaster in May 2014.
Unions form global network and seek to expand partnership with ArcelorMittal13 July, 2018Unions at ArcelorMittal have formed a global network and committed to pursue global social dialogue with the world’s largest steel company.
