Sectors

Sectors

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Chosen sectors

Sao Paulo and Osasco seamstresses win historic agreement

Jul 13, 2012 

The new collective agreement obliges 7,000 companies in São Paulo to provide ergonomic chairs for workers.

Argentinean industrial unions create industrial confederation

Jul 19, 2012 

Industrial trade unions in Argentina representing workers in the mechanical engineering, metalworking, construction and textile sectors have formed the Confederation of Industrial Trade Unions of Argentina (Confederación de Sindicatos Industriales de la Republica Argentina).

Recognition victory for Mexican metalworkers

Jul 19, 2012 

The protracted battle of Mexican metalworkers at DMI to organize into STIMAHCS finally ended in victory on 6 July, after a patient and determined fight that illustrates the barriers to trade union freedoms in Mexico.

8,500 utility workers locked-out in New York

Jul 19, 2012 

IndustriALL affiliate, the Utility Workers Union of America is calling for solidarity after the electric and gas utility company Consolidated Edison locked out 8,500 workers on 1 July 2012.

Bridgestone workers still on strike in Bahia, Brazil

Jul 20, 2012 

The workers have been on strike for 20 days and have received support from the USW in the United States, which has promised to seek channels of mediation with the company.

Workers down tools on job and salary cuts at Evraz

Jul 23, 2012 

On July 15th 2012 2000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) employed by Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium down tools in protest of salary cuts and retrenchments.

Sectors

Sectors

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