Canada – USW successfully reduces layoffs at Rio Tinto14 September, 2023Following a mass rally in May, trade union at Rio Tinto majority owned Iron Ore Company of Canada has managed to reduce the number of planned layoffs from 150 to 95 workers.
Malagasy unionists arrested over QMM protests must be released! 19 July, 2023From 26 June to 3 July, Madagascar’s independence days, communities from the villages surrounding the Rio Tinto subsidiary QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) mining site at Mandena in Toalagnaro (Fort Dauphin) protested inadequate financial compensation on loss of livelihoods, water pollution, and community exclusion from consultations when the mining licence was renewed by the government. In dispersing the protestors, the police and gendarmerie used disproportionate force which saw ten demonstrators injured and over 80 arrested and imprisoned, including five trade unionists.
Malagasy unionists arrested over QMM protests must be released!19 July, 2023From 26 June to 3 July, Madagascar’s independence days, communities from the villages surrounding the Rio Tinto subsidiary QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) mining site at Mandena in Toalagnaro (Fort Dauphin) protested inadequate financial compensation on loss of livelihoods, water pollution, and community exclusion from consultations when the mining licence was renewed by the government. In dispersing the protestors, the police and gendarmerie used disproportionate force which saw ten demonstrators injured and over 80 arrested and imprisoned, including five trade unionists.
Tackling mine safety in Vietnam and Mongolia11 June, 2019IndustriALL is working with unions, employers and governments in Vietnam and Mongolia to promote mine safety using ILO Convention 176 on Safety and Health in Mines.
La seguridad en las minas enVietnam y Mongolia11 June, 2019La IndustriALL está trabajando con los sindicatos, los empleadores y los gobiernos en Vietnam y Mongolia para promover la seguridad en las minas utilizando el Convenio núm. 176 de la OIT sobre seguridad y salud en las minas.
Tackling mine safety in Vietnam and Mongolia11 June, 2019IndustriALL is working with unions, employers and governments in Vietnam and Mongolia to promote mine safety using ILO Convention 176 on Safety and Health in Mines.
IndustriALL and Rio Tinto set QIT Madagascar Minerals on the path to constructive social dialogue18 February, 2019IndustriALL Global Union and Rio Tinto undertook a joint mission to resolve the troubled industrial relations climate at Rio Tinto’s QIT Madagascar Minerals.
IndustriALL y Rio Tinto colaboran para que QIT Madagascar Minerals inicie diálogo social constructivo18 February, 2019IndustriALL Global Union y Rio Tinto emprendieron una visita conjunta para resolver las problemáticas relaciones laborales en QIT Madagascar Minerals de Rio Tinto.
IndustriALL and Rio Tinto set QIT Madagascar Minerals on the path to constructive social dialogue18 February, 2019IndustriALL Global Union and Rio Tinto undertook a joint mission to resolve the troubled industrial relations climate at Rio Tinto’s QIT Madagascar Minerals.
IndustriALL workshop boosts collective bargaining skills in Madagascar4 October, 2018IndustriALL Global Union continued its trade union building initiative in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar, with a collective bargaining workshop for its Rio Tinto QMM-based affiliates, Sendika Kristanina Malagasy (Sekrima) and Syndicalisme et Vie des Sociétés (SVS) on 26-27 September 2018.
