SPECIAL REPORT: Cleaning up shipbreaking the world’s most dangerous job15 December, 2015Workers in this industry face dangerous and precarious working conditions, with very little training, safety equipment and medical services, and they receive poverty wages. IndustriALL Global Union is campaigning to support organizing at the South Asia yards and is pushing governments in countries with major shipping industries to take responsibility for workers’ safety.
New issue of Global Worker out now! 9 December, 2015The sixth issue of IndustriALL publication Global Worker is out now. Among other things, read about the industry where more workers are killed on the job than anywhere else, how superheroes can be used to organize more members, and the next generation of trade unionists.
New issue of Global Worker out now!9 December, 2015The sixth issue of IndustriALL publication Global Worker is out now. Among other things, read about the industry where more workers are killed on the job than anywhere else, how superheroes can be used to organize more members, and the next generation of trade unionists.
INFORME ESPECIAL: Se debe mejorar las condiciones de trabajo en el desguace de buques el oficio más peligroso del mundo8 December, 2015Los trabajadores y trabajadoras de este sector se enfrentan a condiciones de trabajo peligrosas y precarias, sin adiestramiento, y con falta de equipos de seguridad y servicios médicos, recibiendo sueldos miserables. IndustriALL Global Union está realizando campañas para apoyar la sindicalización en los astilleros del sur de Asia. Del mismo modo, presiona a los gobiernos de los países con importantes sectores navales para que asuman su responsabilidad por la seguridad en los lugares de trabajo.
IndustriALL meets Bangladeshi government and lobbies for ratification of the Hong Kong Convention17 November, 2015An IndustriALL delegation met the Bangladeshi Ministry of Industries on 5 November 2015 to lobby for ratification of the convention.
IndustriALL meets Bangladeshi government and lobbies for ratification of the Hong Kong Convention17 November, 2015An IndustriALL delegation met the Bangladeshi Ministry of Industries on 5 November 2015 to lobby for ratification of the convention.
Alang ship recycling yards declared compliant with Hong Kong Convention4 November, 2015The world’s largest shipbreaking site, Alang in Western India, has received a high profile private certification of compliance with the safety and sustainability standards in the Hong Kong Convention.
Alang ship recycling yards declared compliant with Hong Kong Convention4 November, 2015The world’s largest shipbreaking site, Alang in Western India, has received a high profile private certification of compliance with the safety and sustainability standards in the Hong Kong Convention.
IndustriALL shipbuilding-shipbreaking Action Group meets in Chittagong and recommits to global campaign4 November, 2015Leading trade unions from the shipbuilding and shipbreaking industries coordinate through an IndustriALL Action Group that meets every year. In Chittagong, Bangladesh on 1-2 November the Action Group focussed on the global campaign to clean up ship breaking, the world’s most dangerous job.
Le Groupe d’Action d’IndustriALL sur la construction navale et la démolition des navires se réunit à Chittagong et renouvelle son engagement envers la campagne mondiale4 November, 2015Les principaux syndicats des secteurs de la construction navale et de la démolition des navires coordonnent leur actions par le biais d’un Groupe d’Action d’IndustriALL qui se rencontre chaque année. A Chittagong, au Bangladesh, ces 1er et 2 novembre, le Groupe d’Action s’est penché sur la campagne mondiale en vue d’assainir le secteur de la démolition des navires, celui au monde où il est le plus dangereux d’exercer un métier.
