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Zimbabwean Miners Allege Abuse by Controversial Anjin

Aug 10, 2012 

On 3 August 2012, 1,500 workers at a mine controlled by Anjin Investments were fired when the labour court ruled their strike action illegal. Workers were demanding better pay and working conditions, in their eighth strike in two years. Workers were told to vacate company housing and reapply for their positions, if they wished to continue work at the mine.

Bridgestone workers in Bahia on strike for more than a month

Aug 10, 2012 

Bridgestone workers are fighting for better pay, decent working conditions and an end to bullying.

IndustriALL calls for legal and fair elections at PKC Mexico

Aug 13, 2012 

Elections at PKC are due to be held in September, when workers will choose which union they want to represent them, the miners’ union or the CTM. The workers have accused the company of threatening them and putting pressure on them to go back to work.

Conflict at Merck Serono, Switzerland ends with a Social Plan

Aug 13, 2012 

Merck Serono employees in Geneva, Switzerland voted last week to accept a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that brings to a close the long struggle by IndustriALL Global Union’s Swiss affiliate UNIA to put “Workers before Shareholders!”

Solidarity support needed for suspended ZESA workers

Aug 14, 2012 

135 workers at Zimbabwe’s state owned utility, ZESA have been suspended indefinitely without pay and benefits on 17 July after a threatened strike on 10 July 2012. Hearings for these workers, which by law should take place within 14 days of their suspension, have been continually postponed and are now scheduled to begin on 16 August 2012.

Favourable settlement reached on Evraz strike

Aug 13, 2012 

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has ended a month long strike at Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium after reaching a favourable agreement with the company.

Sectors

Sectors

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