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Dispute begins at Nissan, ends at Ford in Russia

Jun 16, 2012 

ITUA local at Nissan in Saint-Petersburg held a workers’ conference and adopted collective demands for the first round of negotiations starting on May 31. At Ford in Vsevolozhsk (Saint-Petersburg area) ITUA forced management to make some concessions, and the dispute is close to being resolved.

Colombian glass workers fight union-busting

Jun 16, 2012 

Affiliates of IndustriALL Global Union have been asked to act at a critical moment for our glass worker affiliate in Colombia, Sintravidricol, they've been asked to write to the US-based glass packaging manufacturer Owens Illinois to protest their union-busting at the Cogua Cundimarca plant, the largest in Colombia.

Support Iraqi oil workers struggling for union rights - sign up to the LabourStart campaign

Jun 16, 2012 

IndustriALL Global Union members can show solidarity with oil workers in Iraq who continue to organise for their rights despite the continuing use against them of a vicious anti-trade union law, held over from the Saddam-era.

Mexican mineworkers' leader blocked from attending Congress

Jun 18, 2012 

Napoleon Gomez, the elected leader of the Mexican mineworkers' union (Los Mineros) has been kept on the Interpol list by the Mexican government even though the Mexican courts have declared him innocent.

Everest hero receives praise at the IndustriALL Congress

Jun 18, 2012 

Dorje Khatri, who conquered the highest mountain in the world and set an IndustriALL Global Union flag on top, was awarded 1,000 Swiss Francs at the IndustriALL Founding Congress to support progressive gender activities of his union.

Precarious work in India

Jun 19, 2012 

Indian governments put more workers into precarious jobs than private sector bosses.

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