Sectors

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Chosen sectors

Peru textile unions step up campaign against short-term contracts

Jul 20, 2012

Two Peruvian textile workers’ federations are launching an ‘adopt a Congress person’ campaign as part of their efforts to end a law which has condemned workers to a lifetime of short-term contracts in appalling working conditions.

ZEWU President amongst the 135 workers suspended at ZESA

Jul 25, 2012

Workers at Zimbabwe’s state owned utility, ZESA, have been suspended after a threatened strike on 10 July 2012. The President of Zimbabwe Energy Workers’ Union (ZEWU), Angelina Chitambo, is amont those that have been suspended along with two other elected officials of the union, Tariro Shumba and Dennis Mukote.

Energy (oil, gas, electricity and nuclear)

Solidarity

Workers at Komatsu and GM supplier plant in Russia join ITUA

Jul 26, 2012

Two new ITUA locals were created in Russia, one at Komatsu truck plant in Yaroslavl and the other at VLANAKS, GM and Chevrolet supplier in Saint-Petersburg. VLANAKS management was immediately hostile to the union.

Mechanical engineering

Union Building

MMWU helps flood victims in Krasnodar area, Russia

Jul 26, 2012

Mining & Metallurgical Workers Union (MMWU) branch at Novolipetsk Steel became a rallying point for collecting humanitarian aid to the victims of the devastating flood in southwestern Russia.

Base metals

Demand reinstatement of union members at Togo Footwear in Turkey

Jul 26, 2012

Act now and send a message to Togo Footwear demanding the reinstatement of 35 workers dismissed for joining Deri-Is (Leather Workers’ Union of Turkey).

USW sets bargaining agenda for pulp & paper negotiations

Jul 26, 2012

Determining a common negotiating agenda for bargaining, and setting policy goals, objectives and action plans for the next two years was the task of the USW’s biannual Paper Sector Bargaining Conference in Pittsburgh from 10 to 12 July.

Pulp and paper

Sectors

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