FirstEnergy Locks Out Utility Workers in U.S.28 November, 2013FirstEnergy Corp. – one of the largest electric power corporations in the United States – locked out 150 members of the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) in the early morning hours of November 25, three days before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
FirstEnergy despide a trabajadores de servicios públicos en Estados Unidos28 November, 2013FirstEnergy Corp. – una de las mayores compañías de energía eléctrica de Estados Unidos – despidió a 150 miembros del Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) en las primeras horas de la mañana del 25 de noviembre, tres días antes del día feriado de Acción de Gracias en Estados Unidos.
FirstEnergy объявляет локаут работникам коммунальных служб США28 November, 2013Одна из крупнейших электроэнергетических корпораций США FirstEnergy Corp. рано утром, 25 ноября, за три дня до национального праздника Дня благодарения объявила локаут 150 членам Союза работников коммунальных служб Америки (UWUA).
FirstEnergy объявляет локаут работникам коммунальных служб США28 November, 2013Одна из крупнейших электроэнергетических корпораций США FirstEnergy Corp. рано утром, 25 ноября, за три дня до национального праздника Дня благодарения объявила локаут 150 членам Союза работников коммунальных служб Америки (UWUA).
FirstEnergy Locks Out Utility Workers in U.S.28 November, 2013FirstEnergy Corp. – one of the largest electric power corporations in the United States – locked out 150 members of the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) in the early morning hours of November 25, three days before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
PROFILE: Merger in Canada creates super union28 November, 2013Two of IndustriALL Global Union’s affiliates in Canada, CAW and CEP, have joined forces to form a new trade union, Unifor. The new Canadian super union represents 300,000 workers in industry and services. New president Jerry Dias pledges focus on organizing and communities.
PROFILE: Merger in Canada creates super union28 November, 2013Two of IndustriALL Global Union’s affiliates in Canada, CAW and CEP, have joined forces to form a new trade union, Unifor. The new Canadian super union represents 300,000 workers in industry and services. New president Jerry Dias pledges focus on organizing and communities.
PROFILE: Angeline Chitambo, Still Fighting On 27 November, 2013There can be no doubt that Angeline Chitambo, President of the Zimbabwe Energy Workers Union (ZEWU) and IndustriALL Global Union Executive Committee member, is a woman of great strength. It has been a tough year for her but she has stood her ground in the face of blatant worker and trade union rights violations by the state owned Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA).
PROFILE: Angeline Chitambo, Still Fighting On27 November, 2013There can be no doubt that Angeline Chitambo, President of the Zimbabwe Energy Workers Union (ZEWU) and IndustriALL Global Union Executive Committee member, is a woman of great strength. It has been a tough year for her but she has stood her ground in the face of blatant worker and trade union rights violations by the state owned Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA).
Persecution of trade unions continues in Colombia: USO leader detained14 November, 2013Darío Cárdenas Pachón, vice-president of the oil workers’ union, Union Sindical Obrera (USO) in Villavicencio, in the department of Meta, Colombia, was detained in the department on 2 November in response to a court order issued by the first criminal court, which accuses him, without foundation, of obstruction of the public highway, damage to natural resources and aggravated damage to private property.
