South Korea: IndustriALL builds solidarity in fight back against government crackdown
31.03.2016 A high-level IndustriALL Global Union delegation conducted a solidarity mission to South Korea, to show support for the union struggle, and to publicly mobilize to ensure the Park administration respects workers’ fundamental rights.
British steel industry on a knife-edge
30.03.2016 The British steel industry was dealt a devastating blow on Wednesday as Tata Steel announced its intention to sell all of its operations in the UK, which employ around 15,000 workers across 14 sites.
Mining community activist murdered on South Africa’s Wild Coast
30.03.2016 IndustriALL is outraged by the murder of Sikhosiphi “Bazooka” Rhadebe, a community activist fighting the development of the Xolobeni mine.
ArcelorMittal closes plant in Trinidad & Tobago leaving 600 workers unemployed
30.03.2016 ArcelorMittal has closed down its steel plant in Trinidad and Tobago after adopting a policy of temporary lay-offs during the last four months. More than 600 workers have lost their jobs and are working hard to find a solution.
ThyssenKrupp launches online violations reporting system
30.03.2016 As part of the Global Framework Agreement (GFA) signed with IndustriALL Global Union and IG Metall in March 2015, the German metal and engineering multinational, Thyssenkrupp, has launched a new system allowing labour-related violations and abuses to be reported online.
Winning a Just Transition to a sustainable economy
29.03.2016 IndustriALL Global Union, the ITUC and the US trade union congress, AFL-CIO, met in Washington DC from 23-24 March to discuss how the global labour movement will tackle policy pressures resulting from the Paris Agreement reached at the COP21 climate summit last December.
GS Corner
Free trade requires labour norms and democratic control
22.03.2016 Rules are needed for global trade, but they must include high labour norms and guarantee benefits for all, instead of weakening democratic control and favouring multinational corporations.
Lexmark workers dismissed for demanding labour rights
29.03.2016 Workers at Lexmark's factory in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico are suffering poor working conditions with low pay and unsafe workplaces. When they tried to fight for their rights and organize an independent union, they were unfairly dismissed. IndustriALL Global Union calls on the Conciliation and Arbitration Board (JCA) to order their reinstatement.
Whirlpool signs framework agreement with workers in Europe
24.03.2016 Domestic appliance manufacturer Whirlpool has signed a framework agreement covering 24,000 workers.
Liquidation of Moroccan oil refinery 'a catastrophe’
23.03.2016 IndustriALL affiliates in Morocco are in shock as a Moroccan court has ordered the SAMIR oil refinery into liquidation, jeopardizing the jobs of more than 1,000 workers as well as the livelihoods of around 5,000 people dependent on the country’s only refinery.
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