IndustriALL calls on Bangladesh government to implement roadmap2 November, 2022As the ILO Governing Body meets in Geneva, Bangladesh will be on the agenda. IndustriALL is calling on the government of Bangladesh to make sincere efforts to implement the roadmap requested by the ILO to improve workers’ rights in the country.
Garment company in Indonesia reinstates union leader1 November, 2022PT Tainan Enterprises in Indonesia are reinstating a woman union leader that was sacked over bogus claims earlier this year.
What are unions demanding at COP27? 1 November, 2022Leaders of the world’s governments will begin a two-week meeting in Egypt on Sunday to continue negotiations to address the biggest crisis facing humanity: climate change. A delegation from the global labour movement, including IndustriALL Global Union, will be present at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, to ensure that workers’ voices are raised at this crucial international meeting.
Significant progress needed in UN binding treaty negotiations21 October, 2022The next round of negotiations on a UN business and human rights treaty will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, next week. Global unions vow to continue to push for a legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
Caterpillar network on a mission to build global solidarity21 October, 2022On 19 October, the Caterpillar global union network met online. The US giant has a history of anti-union, anti-worker, and anti-dialogue behaviour at its operations worldwide.
Deere network discusses future strategies21 October, 2022On 18 October 2022, the Global Union Network at John Deere met virtually to discuss the status of the group and the future of social dialogue with Deere & Company.
Launch of trade union guide of practice for a Just Transition20 October, 2022The term Just Transition is used by employers, governments and other multiple stakeholders. But what is a Just Transition on the workers’ terms, and what approaches are worker-centric in ways that protect workers’ expectations and interests?
Social protection in action in Bangladesh 20 October, 2022IndustriALL Global Union and the UK Local Authority Pension Fund Forum co-hosted a discussion on the recently launched Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) in Bangladesh, which covers the country’s four million garment workers.
Ship recycling: urgent action needed to ensure that all workers are safe at work!19 October, 2022IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll Europe call for effective global and European regulation for safe ship recycling and trade union involvement to ensure proper health and safety measures are in place in ship recycling facilities. No worker should leave for work uncertain as to whether they can return home safe and well.
No place for violence and harassment in Indonesia’s garment industry19 October, 2022More than 50 trade unionists from textile and garment suppliers met on 4-5 October to discuss how to identify and eliminate violence and sexual harassment at the workplace. The meeting follows on the Zero tolerance policy Indonesian unions signed with employers earlier this year.
