Struggle for resources threatens labour rights5 December, 2014Climate change threatens everything the labour movement stands for: fairness; social justice; decent work, and human rights, reports Brian Kohler, IndustriALL Global Union’s director of sustainability from the United Nations climate change conference, COP-20, in Lima, Peru.
Time running out to avoid climate disaster 3 December, 2014The window of opportunity to reduce emissions and avert climate disaster is rapidly closing, said Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Peruvian Minister of Environment and President of COP-20, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Lima, Peru.
Time running out to avoid climate disaster3 December, 2014The window of opportunity to reduce emissions and avert climate disaster is rapidly closing, said Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Peruvian Minister of Environment and President of COP-20, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Lima, Peru.
IndustriALL mining conference focuses on workers' rights and sustainable development 22 October, 2014IndustriALL Global Union affiliates have committed to putting human rights at the heart of sustainable development in the mining industry, following a conference in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator.
IndustriALL mining conference focuses on workers' rights and sustainable development22 October, 2014IndustriALL Global Union affiliates have committed to putting human rights at the heart of sustainable development in the mining industry, following a conference in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator.
IRMA releases precedent-setting international standard for responsible mining23 July, 2014IndustriALL and its North American affiliate United Steelworkers (USW) are marking the 22 July release of a draft Standard for Responsible Mining, by IRMA, a multi-stakeholder initiative to which both organizations are committed.
IRMA releases precedent-setting international standard for responsible mining23 July, 2014IndustriALL and its North American affiliate United Steelworkers (USW) are marking the 22 July release of a draft Standard for Responsible Mining, by IRMA, a multi-stakeholder initiative to which both organizations are committed.
Les dirigeants syndicaux annoncent leur engagement à combattre le changement climatique28 May, 2014Plus de 50 syndicats représentant des millions de travailleurs et de travailleuses ont adhéré au mouvement pour l’action climatique (« Unions4Climate ») au 3e Congrès mondial de la CSI, à Berlin. L’adhésion à l’action pour la justice climatique marque le lancement d’une mobilisation mondiale en faveur d’un accord sur le climat à Paris en 2015.
Union leaders announce commitments to fight against climate change22 May, 2014At the ITUC congress in Berlin, more than 50 unions representing millions of workers signed up for the Unions4Climate action. This call for climate justice signals the start of a global mobilisation for a climate deal in Paris in 2015.
Профсоюзные лидеры дают обязательство бороться против изменения климата22 May, 2014На конгрессе МКП в Берлине более 50 профсоюзов, представляющих миллионы рабочих, поддержали кампанию Unions4Climate (“Профсоюзы за сохранение климата”). Этот призыв к справедливости в вопросах, связанных с проблемой изменения климата, сигнализирует о начале глобальной мобилизационной кампании в поддержку достижения договоренностей во время климатической конференции в Париже в 2015 году.
