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Goldminers in Fiji call for union rights

Sep 4, 2012 

On strike for the last 21 years, the Fiji Mine Workers’ Union, an affiliate of IndustriALL Global Union, lodged a submission to the Constitutional Commission in Vatukola on 31 August calling for improved workers’ rights in the country’s new constitution.

Obituary: Thamrin Mosii

Sep 4, 2012 

Thamrin Mosii, a trade union legend who reformed the Indonesian labour movement after the Suharto era, has died at the age of 65.

Another fatal accident at Toquepala - Southern Peru

Aug 31, 2012 

A worker has died at work after a metal sheet fell on him. The union says that health and safety managers are responsible, and that this is the fourth fatal accident in just over two years.

1,000 metalworkers rally against aluminium plant closure in Russia

Sep 4, 2012 

On 2 September 1,000 metalworkers rallied against the closing of aluminium production at Bogoslovsky, an aluminium plant in Krasnoturyinsk (Sverdlovsk area, Russia), which is part of the Rusal group.

EVENT: Strengthening Union Representation in Supply Chains in Textile, Clothing and Leather Sectors

Strengthening Union Representation in Supply Chains in Textile, Clothing and Leather Sectors

Sep 11-13, 2012 

Trade unionists from nine Latin American countries came together in Quito in Ecuador last week to explore ways of strengthening labour rights in the supply chain of the global fashion industry.

Bata assaults independent union in Mexico

Sep 5, 2012 

IndustriALL Global Union has intervened in support of workers at the Bata footwear plant in Mexico who are finding themselves on the sharp end of the collusion between the company and labour authorities.

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