Ugandan oil and gas fields provide potential for union organizing1 October, 2020IndustriALL affiliate UMMOGAWU in Uganda welcomes the agreement between French oil company Total and Uganda’s government for the construction of an over 1,440 km oil pipeline, expected to create up to 16,000 new jobs, and has declared its intention to organize the workers.
Ugandan oil and gas fields provide potential for union organizing1 October, 2020IndustriALL affiliate UMMOGAWU in Uganda welcomes the agreement between French oil company Total and Uganda’s government for the construction of an over 1,440 km oil pipeline, expected to create up to 16,000 new jobs, and has declared its intention to organize the workers.
Deber de vigilancia: ¿ha abierto (efectivamente) Francia una vía contra la impunidad de las multinacionales?19 February, 2020El 24 de octubre de 2013, la catástrofe del Rana Plaza en Dacca, capital de Bangladés, provocó una profunda conmoción. Más de mil personas perecieron en el derrumbamiento de este edificio en el que se ubicaban varias fábricas de confección. Sin embargo, la tragedia favoreció que salieran a luz las condiciones de los empleados que trabajaban para subcontratistas de grandes empresas europeas como Carrefour, Mango, Auchan y Primark. A día de hoy, ninguna de estas multinacionales ha sido condenada por lo ocurrido. La culpa es de la relación de ordenante y de la dificultad (si no imposibilidad) de demostrar que las empresas matrices estaban al corriente de las condiciones de trabajo de los empleados de los subcontratistas.
Due diligence: has France really laid the foundations to end corporate impunity?19 February, 2020On 24 October 2013, the Rana Plaza disaster in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, triggered a huge outcry. Over a thousand people were killed when the building, which housed garment factories, collapsed. The tragedy drew attention to the conditions widely endured by workers employed by the subcontractors of major brands and European companies, such as Carrefour, Mango, Auchan and Primark. None of these multinationals have since been brought to justice. The obstacle lies with the buyer relationship and the difficulty, if not impossibility, of proving that the parent companies were aware of the working conditions of their suppliers’ employees.
Due diligence: has France really laid the foundations to end corporate impunity?19 February, 2020On 24 October 2013, the Rana Plaza disaster in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, triggered a huge outcry. Over a thousand people were killed when the building, which housed garment factories, collapsed. The tragedy drew attention to the conditions widely endured by workers employed by the subcontractors of major brands and European companies, such as Carrefour, Mango, Auchan and Primark. None of these multinationals have since been brought to justice. The obstacle lies with the buyer relationship and the difficulty, if not impossibility, of proving that the parent companies were aware of the working conditions of their suppliers’ employees.
Building union power in oil and gas in the MENA region6 April, 2018IndustriALL affiliates from oil and gas unions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) met this week in Beirut, Lebanon, to discuss strategies to ensure that hydrocarbon wealth is fairly distributed.
La potenciación de los sindicatos del petróleo y el gas en la región de OMAN6 April, 2018Los sindicatos afiliados a la IndustriALL del petróleo y el gas en Oriente Medio y África del Norte (OMAN) se reunieron esta semana en Beirut (Líbano) para debatir estrategias con el fin de lograr una distribución más justa de la riqueza de los hidrocarburos.
Building union power in oil and gas in the MENA region6 April, 2018IndustriALL affiliates from oil and gas unions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) met this week in Beirut, Lebanon, to discuss strategies to ensure that hydrocarbon wealth is fairly distributed.
TOTAL FAIR Committee meets during the second year of GFA’s implementation14 July, 2017Members of FAIR Committee (Facilitate the Application, Involvement of all and regular measurement of the Results of the agreement) of TOTAL global framework agreement (GFA) met in Casablanca, Morocco, on 11 July to follow up the GFA signed between IndustriALL and TOTAL in January 2016.
TOTAL FAIR Committee meets during the second year of GFA’s implementation14 July, 2017Members of FAIR Committee (Facilitate the Application, Involvement of all and regular measurement of the Results of the agreement) of TOTAL global framework agreement (GFA) met in Casablanca, Morocco, on 11 July to follow up the GFA signed between IndustriALL and TOTAL in January 2016.
