Amazon : arrêtez de resquiller à propos de la sécurité des travailleurs, signez l’Accord dès aujourd’hui !25 April, 2024IndustriALL Global Union et Uni Global Union appellent Amazon à signer l’Accord international sur la santé et la sécurité dans l’industrie du textile et de la confection.
Amazon: Stop free-riding on worker safety, sign the Accord today!25 April, 2024IndustriALL Global Union and Uni Global Union are calling on Amazon to sign the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry.
Aniversario del Rana Plaza: ¡los eurodiputados deben apoyar la diligencia debida!23 April, 2024Hoy se conmemora el aniversario del homicidio industrial de 2013 que dejó más de 1100 personas fallecidas y otras miles de heridas, cuando el edificio Rana Plaza se derrumbó sobre trabajadores y trabajadoras de la confección en Daca, Bangladesh. Este año, el aniversario coincide con la votación final en el Parlamento Europeo de la Directiva de Diligencia Debida en Materia de Sostenibilidad Empresarial (CSDDD). De adoptarse, esta norma haría obligatorio el respeto de las normas ambientales y los derechos humanos, incluidos los laborales, a lo largo de las cadenas de valor globales.
Rana Plaza anniversary: MEPs must support due diligence today!23 April, 2024Today, marks the anniversary of the 2013 industrial homicide that killed more than 1,100 people and injured thousands more, as the Rana Plaza collapsed onto garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This year, the anniversary coincides with the final vote in the European Parliament on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which, if adopted, would make the respect of environmental standards, human rights including workers’ rights mandatory along global value chains.
El Acuerdo de Libre Comercio entre la UE y Tailandia debe respetar las normas de la OIT22 April, 2024IndustriALL Global Union e industriALL European Trade Union exhorta a la Unión Europea (UE) a garantizar el respeto de las normas internacionales del trabajo en las negociaciones del Acuerdo de Libre Comercio entre la UE y Tailandia.
Respect ILO standards in EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement22 April, 2024IndustriALL Global Union and industriALL European Trade Union calls on the European Union (EU) to ensure that International Labour Standards are respected in the EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement negotiations.
Shipping companies’ lifeline to Myanmar junta demonstrates disdain for human rights22 April, 2024Unions slam shipping giants for sustaining regime, including Maersk’s hollow claim of performing ‘heightened human rights due diligence’.
Lesotho union takes Adient Automotive to labour tribunal for union busting18 April, 2024The Independent Democratic Union of Lesotho (IDUL) is taking vehicle seat manufacturing Adient Automotive to the Directorate of Dispute Prevention and Resolution (DDRP) – the kingdom’s labour tribunal – for union busting and violating trade union rights to collective bargaining.
Promoting social dialogue and industrial relations in Moroccan TGSL sector5 April, 2024On 2 March in continuation of the joint work program, a national meeting was held in Casablanca to develop social dialogue and industrial relations in the textile, clothing, and footwear sector in Morocco. The meeting was held with representatives of IndustriALL, national contact point of OECD, the ministry of industry and trade, employers and textile unions from both the Moroccan Labor Confederation and the Democratic Confederation of Labor.
Workers at VW Chattanooga ready to vote in union election3 April, 2024After filing a petition with the National Labor Relations Board last week for a vote to join IndustriALL affiliate the United Auto Workers union (UAW), more than 4,000 workers at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant will vote in their union election on 17-19 April.
