PROFILE: CFMEU Fighting for Australian workers2 December, 2014Founded in 1915 as the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees Federation, IndustriALL Global union affiliate the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has evolved into one of Australia’s largest national trade unions representing over 120,000 members.
PROFILE: CFMEU Fighting for Australian workers2 December, 2014Founded in 1915 as the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees Federation, IndustriALL Global union affiliate the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has evolved into one of Australia’s largest national trade unions representing over 120,000 members.
IndustriALL publishes new issue of “Global Worker” 29 May, 2014In this issue of “Global Worker” IndustriALL explains how networks in the auto industries and the global framework agreement with garment giant Inditex are helping to defend union rights of millions of workers. Subscribe to receive your hard copies of “Global Worker” or read it online.
IndustriALL publie un nouveau numéro de “Global Worker” 29 May, 2014IndustriALL explique dans ce numéro de “Global Worker” la manière dont les réseaux dans l’industrie automobile et l’accord-cadre mondial avec le géant du vêtement Inditex aident à défendre les droits syndicaux de millions de travailleuses et travailleurs. Abonnez-vous pour recevoir votre copie papier de “Global Worker” ou lisez-le en ligne.
IndustriALL publishes new issue of “Global Worker”29 May, 2014In this issue of “Global Worker” IndustriALL explains how networks in the auto industries and the global framework agreement with garment giant Inditex are helping to defend union rights of millions of workers. Subscribe to receive your hard copies of “Global Worker” or read it online.
DOSSIER SPÉCIAL: Inditex et IndustriALL Global Union: recueillir les fruits d’un Accord- Cadre Mondial28 May, 2014L’Accord-Cadre Mondial entre IndustriALL Global Union et le plus grand détaillant de mode du monde, Inditex, fait figure de modèle d’ACM fructueux pour le reste du secteur de l’habillement. Mis en place en 2007, il a permis de réintégrer des travailleurs chassés pour militantisme syndical, augmenter les salaires et promouvoir la liberté d’association dans des pays où la syndicalisation a traditionnellement été faible.
PROFILE: Fighting for women in the DRC21 May, 2014The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is torn apart by conflict fuelled by powerful foreign interests in its great mineral wealth. Josée Shimbi Umba is First Deputy General Secretary responsible for women’s issues at the Council of Metalworkers Unions of the DRC (CSC), fighting for the rights of women in an environment of extreme exploitation and abuse.
PROFILE: Fighting for women in the DRC21 May, 2014The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is torn apart by conflict fuelled by powerful foreign interests in its great mineral wealth. Josée Shimbi Umba is First Deputy General Secretary responsible for women’s issues at the Council of Metalworkers Unions of the DRC (CSC), fighting for the rights of women in an environment of extreme exploitation and abuse.
SPECIAL REPORT: Inditex and IndustriALL Global Union: Getting results from a global framework agreement 21 May, 2014The global framework agreement (GFA) between IndustriALL Global Union and the world’s largest fashion retailer, Inditex, stands as a model of a successful GFA for the rest of garment sector. Established in 2007, it has helped to reinstate workers expelled for being union activists, raise salaries and promote freedom of association in countries where unionization has traditionally been weak.
JYRKI RAINA: Welcome to Global Worker21 May, 2014“Too many corporations and governments actively oppose workers’ demands for fairness and social justice.”
