IndustriALL’s new issue of Global Worker out now14 September, 2023IndustriALL’s fifth edition of Global Worker is out now with a fresh new look. The magazine includes a new set of features, interviews and profiles on a range of different topics from a workers’ perspective.
JYRKI RAINA: Welcome to Global Worker14 September, 2023"The IndustriALL family will continue its efforts to make sure that every worker can go to work without having to fear for being killed or injured.”
PROFILE: Nigerian unions get creative and organize informal workers14 September, 2023With the collapse of many traditional industries, Nigeria has seen a rapid growth of workers in the informal sector. Statistics indicate that over 60 per cent of the Nigerian workforce is found in the informal economy.
INTERVIEW: Chile: transforming the Labour Code14 September, 2023Determined, strong and with the courage of her convictions, Barbara Figueroa is a woman who doesn’t hesitate to say what she thinks. President of the Chilean trade union centre, the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Chile (CUT), she sees herself as “the leading spokesperson for the most important workers’ organization” in Chile.Increasing inequalities in pay, job security and social stability have led Michelle Bachelet’s government to send a bill to Congress to reform the Labour Code introduced under Pinochet’s dictatorship which ended in 1990. The new act aims to strengthen the collective rights of workers and promote a fairer system of labour relations. Figueroa is one of the main figures driving the change.
FEATURE: Putting profits over people, Turkey’s treacherous mining industry14 September, 2023One year ago, the industrial homicide at Soma claimed the lives of 301 Turkish coal miners.The explosion and fire were only the visible, immediate causes of their deaths. What really killed them were greed, apathy, incompetence and corruption – the ingredients that trigger most mine disasters.
FEATURE: Crisis of low wages impoverishes Asian and African textile and garment workers16 January, 2023After the Covid-19 induced crisis of the last three years, uncertainty continues for millions of workers globally, as the working class is in the grip of a low wage crisis.
FEATURE: Crisis of low wages impoverishes Asian and African textile and garment workers16 January, 2023After the Covid-19 induced crisis of the last three years, uncertainty continues for millions of workers globally, as the working class is in the grip of a low wage crisis.
PROFILE: Ukrainian union works throughout the war20 December, 2022Collective agreements, sector stability, wage increases, and good social benefits are some of the rights that Ukrainian nuclear workers were enjoying before it all went up in smoke.
PROFILE: Ukrainian union works throughout the war20 December, 2022Collective agreements, sector stability, wage increases, and good social benefits are some of the rights that Ukrainian nuclear workers were enjoying before it all went up in smoke.
SPECIAL REPORT – safeguarding workers’ rights along the supply chain18 December, 2022The debate on human rights due diligence is gaining momentum on both national and international levels. Why now?
