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Over 200 workers protest at Holcim’s AGM

Apr 18, 2013 

Workers from all over Europe were outside Holcim’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Switzerland, in protest against the Europe-wide job cuts and plant closures at Holcim sites.

VW workers reject new work schedule in Russia

Apr 18, 2013 

Volkswagen introduced a new work schedule at its plant in Kaluga, Russia, for the summer, requiring work on Saturdays and Sundays almost every week.

The authorities keep putting pressure on the ITUA in Russia

Apr 18, 2013 

The Prosecutor’s Office questions for the Interregional Trade Union of Autoworkers (ITUA) are at times ridiculous or irrelevant, claims the union.

National industry agreements reached in Sweden

Apr 12, 2013 

After a long set of negotiations, Swedish industrial workers and employers reached an agreement for wages to rise 6.8 per cent over the next three years.

Ghana tragedy claims lives of 17 illegal miners

Apr 18, 2013 

The bodies of 16 illegal miners have been recovered from an abandoned mine pit in Ghana after it collapsed on 15 April 2013. Another six were rescued but one miner later died in hospital.

Condemn the ongoing harsh persecution of Hassan Juma’a

Apr 18, 2013 

Click here to send your message to the Iraqi government and denounce the vindictive criminal charges facing trade union leader Hassan Juma’a Awad.

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