Trinidad and Tobago workers demand health and safety13 April, 2017Trade unions in Trinidad and Tobago held a demonstration to demand decent health and safety at work conditions
Two thousand miners at Southern Peru Copper on indefinite strike13 April, 2017Miners at Southern Copper Corporation in Peru are on indefinite strike in support of demands for a bigger share of profits, improvements in medical services, an end to company spying on workers and the reinstatement of dismissed workers.
Two thousand miners at Southern Peru Copper on indefinite strike13 April, 2017Miners at Southern Copper Corporation in Peru are on indefinite strike in support of demands for a bigger share of profits, improvements in medical services, an end to company spying on workers and the reinstatement of dismissed workers.
Kazakh Oil Construction Company cracks down on union activists7 April, 2017**UPDATED** On 7 April the court of Astana sentenced Nurbek Kushakbayev to two-and-a-half years in a corrective labour colony for his calls to hold a strike. This is the first time a union leader has been prosecuted through the recently adopted Criminal Code. The judge has also satisfied the OCC’s demand to collect KZT 25 million (US$80,000) from Kushakbayev for alleged harm caused to the company.IndustriALL has joined a campaign against the criminalization of union activities in Kazakhstan.
Oil Construction Company lanza agresiva represión contra activistas sindicales de Kazajstán7 April, 2017NOTICIAS ACTUALIZADAS, 7 de abril: El tribunal de Astana condenó a Nurbek Kushakbayev, con relegamiento de dos años y medio en una colonia laboral correctiva por haber convocado una huelga. Ésta es la primera vez que un dirigente sindical haya sido procesado a través del Código Penal, aprobado recientemente. El juez también ha cumplido con lo exigido por la OCC, de recaudar KZT 25 millones (US$ 80.000) de Kushakbayev por supuesto daño causado a la compañía.IndustriALL se unió a una campaña contra la criminalización de las actividades sindicales en Kazajstán.
Kazakh Oil Construction Company cracks down on union activists7 April, 2017**UPDATED** On 7 April the court of Astana sentenced Nurbek Kushakbayev to two-and-a-half years in a corrective labour colony for his calls to hold a strike. This is the first time a union leader has been prosecuted through the recently adopted Criminal Code. The judge has also satisfied the OCC’s demand to collect KZT 25 million (US$80,000) from Kushakbayev for alleged harm caused to the company.IndustriALL has joined a campaign against the criminalization of union activities in Kazakhstan.
42-day strike in Chile ends with extended agreement 29 March, 2017Union nº1 at the Escondida mine in Chile has ended a 42-day strike, using an article in the law allowing them to extend the current collective agreement for another 18 months.
42-day strike in Chile ends with extended agreement29 March, 2017Union nº1 at the Escondida mine in Chile has ended a 42-day strike, using an article in the law allowing them to extend the current collective agreement for another 18 months.
Morocco – government must consider workers in oil refinery sale28 March, 2017IndustriALL Global Union is urging the Moroccan government to safeguard the jobs of more than 1,000 workers as it considers bids to buy the country’s debt-ridden oil refinery.
El gobierno de Marruecos debe considerar a los trabajadores ante la propuesta de venta de refinería de petróleo28 March, 2017IndustriALL Global Union insta al gobierno marroquí a proteger los puestos de trabajo de más de 1.000 trabajadores y trabajadoras, en estos momentos en que estudia las ofertas para comprar la refinería de petróleo de ese país, que ha acumulado enormes deudas.
