NEWSFEED: International Union Struggles

Airline sacks cabin crew union leader - call for global protest campaign


LOT Polish Airlines is trying to break a union - let's work together to stop them.


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Andrzej Jeżewski.

LOT Polish Airlines has sacked Andrzej Jeżewski, the Vice President of its cabin crew union, in an attempt to disrupt ongoing collective bargaining negotiations.

This is a brazen violation of trade union rights -- and is part of a broader offensive by Polish employers which are now the subject of three ongoing LabourStart campaigns.

Please show your support for Andrzej Jeżewski and his union -- click here:



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And if you've not yet done so, please support our other campaigns in support of Polish workers fighting against a vicious anti-union offensive:

- Solidarity with workers at Lidl
- Stop union-busting at Chopin airport

Finally, please do spread the word about these important campaigns.

If enough of us sign up to support them, we can win.


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Thailand: Drop the charges against labour activist


Andy's trial starts on Tuesday - please act today.


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British migrant rights activist Andy Hall faces 7 years imprisonment and $10 million in damages from lawsuits brought by Thai pineapple company Natural Fruit.

Hall's research for workers' rights NGO Finnwatch found serious abuses at Natural Fruit’'s pineapple factory including child labour, illegally low wages, confiscation of identity documents and violence.

Rather than address issues, Natural Fruit tried to silence Andy with bogus lawsuits.

The first of several criminal trials begins on Tuesday 2 September.

Please support the online campaign demanding that the charges against Andy be dropped:



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After you've done that -- and here's the important bit -- please try to get your friends, family and fellow union members to sign up as well.

Thanks very much.

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Victory at Autogrill as striking workers get a collective agreement


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Back in May we launched a campaign on LabourStart in support of striking German workers at Autogrill. 5,930 of you signed up to support it.

That campaign, called by the NGG union and its global union federation (the IUF), has now resulted in a victory.

The IUF has issued this statement:

The German Food Workers Union (NGG) have announced a successful conclusion to their fight for a first-ever collective agreement at Autogrill Germany, where workers in Bavaria and Thuringia have been holding strikes since April. On September 9, Autogrill Germany announced it would be joining the national employer organization for the sector, which would bring Autogrill employees under the national collective agreement for the sector. The NGG has warmly thanked the many thousands who supported the campaign.

It's always great to report a victory -- but I'd like to ask you to do more:

Make sure you're supporting ALL eight of our current online campaigns. Workers on the picket line, workers who have been the victims of employer-initiated violence, workers who have been locked out -- they all need your support:


Peru/Colombia: Prosegur must denounce threats and attacks on trade unionists

Thailand: Drop the charges against Andy Hall

Poland: LOT sacks union leader

IKEA: Stop social dumping

Palestine/Israel: Say No to union-busting of Palestinian workers organizing in Mishor Adumim settlement

Iran: Free jailed trade union leader Reza Shahabi now

Poland: Stop union busting at Chopin Airport

Poland: Solidarity with workers at LIDL


And most important of all: spread the word in your unions about these campaigns. Share this message by email and on social networks. Click on any of these links:

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Thank you!


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24 workers sacked for joining a union - will you help us?



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IndustriALL Global Union's Turkish affiliate union Petrol-Is is fighting against union busting by pharmaceutical manufacturer Deva Holding.

The count of the dismissed workers has reached 24, sacked simply for signing up with the union.
This is illegal, it is wrong, and it is time for Deva to stop.

Please help us with our latest ActNOW campaign -

Learn more and sign up to send your message of protest: http:/www.labourstart.org/go/deva

Forward this email to your friends, family and fellow union members -- encourage them to support the campaign too.

Thank you very much.

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1 million workers strike across Indonesia

On 10 December, 1 million members of Indonesian trade union confederations KSPI, KSBSI and KSPSI went on strike demanding wage increases after president Joko Widodo upped fuel prices. In Jakarta 50,000 people marched to the President’s Palace to voice their demands.

The day of action follows on demonstrations one week earlier, where unions reacted to the new minimum wage for 2015. Minimum wage in Indonesia is set according to the province of the country.

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National general strike in Belgium rejects austerity

The largest industrial action in Belgium for 20 years was conducted jointly on 15 December by the country’s two union confederations, FGTB-ABVV and ACV-CSC. The historic general strike brought transport and businesses to a standstill as workers loudly protested against deep government austerity measures.

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Community teams with Tesco to improve its UK garment supply chain

British trade union, Community, has signed a groundbreaking agreement with retailer Tesco to improve conditions in its UK garment supply chain.

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Australia: end of eight-week lockout at Otis

For eight weeks, workers at Otis Elevators in Australia were locked out as management refused to pay the same rates and conditions as other elevator companies in Australia. Yesterday, Otis conceded and trade unions reached an agreement with Otis.

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Murder exposes rampant sexism in South African mines

A verdict of two life sentences handed down on 27 November 2014 nearly three years after miner Pinky Mosaine’s rape and murder underground at Anglo Platinum’s Khomanani mine is only a partial victory as women still suffer systemic violence, exploitation and abuse in South Africa’s mines.

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Hospital workers sacked for joining a union


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2015 has gotten off to a bad start with news that a major hospital in Istanbul has sacked 98 workers -- just because they joined a trade union.

Those workers have been walking on picket lines for a month, often in freezing temperatures, and have now called for an online campaign to put pressure on the hospital to reinstate them and to recognize their union.

Please take a moment to send your message of protest -- go here:

http://www.labourstart.org/go/maltepe

And please spread the word to your friends, family and fellow union members.

Thank you.




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Indian government concedes to coal strikers


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Indian government concedes to coal strikers

Over half a million coalminers in India have ended a planned five-day strike after two days as the government gave assurances not to privatize Coal India Ltd (CIL). IndustriALL Global Union coal mining affiliates led the massive strike which ended on 7 January.

Following a marathon six-hour-long meeting between the leaders of the five trade union centres that called the strike and the Coal India Chairman and senior officials, India's Coal and Power Minister, Piyush Goyal, told reporters:

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Rio Tinto far from ethical

As the debate on whether to reopen the controversial Panguna copper mine in Papua New Guinea intensifies, local communities must be aware that mining operator Rio Tinto’s bad behaviour is not a thing of the past.

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Cambodia – one year on violence continues

A year after five people were shot dead by police and 40 more were severely injured during wage protests in Phnom Penh on 3 January 2014, unionists in Cambodia are still being subjected to violence.

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Historic union victory in Turkish tyre industry

After a long struggle, IndustriALL Global Union Turkish affiliate Lastik-Is, representing tyre workers in the country, has persuaded two multinational tyre manufacturers to end out-sourcing of staff and put a total of 1,200 contracted workers on the payroll.

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High time for Holcim and Lafarge to respect workers’ rights

In 2014 the top two cement producers in the world, Holcim and Lafarge, announced their merger to be completed by mid-2015. The new company would employ some 130,000 workers and have a turnover of Euro 35 billion.

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Locked-out Australian food workers occupy their workplace - call for solidarity messages


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National Union of Workers members at the International Flavours and Fragrances facility in Dandenong (Victoria) have responded to a management lockout by occupying the lunchroom.

After months of fruitless bargaining for a new wage agreement which saw management demanding big concessions, union members voted to ban overtime and paperwork.

Workers arriving for the early morning shift on January 27 were informed of the lockout and several dozen union members rushed inside as the gates were closing.

They've installed themselves in the lunchroom while members and supporters demonstrate outside.

Please support their demand that the company immediately start bargaining in good faith. Click here to support the IUF campaign:

http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/campaigns...aign.cgi?c=934

Thanks -- and please spread the word in your union.

And here's an update on the LabourStart campaign targetting Zara in the USA:

We launched this campaign three months ago and have now closed it. UNI Global Union told us that the campaign was "a great success" and thanks all those who supported it. They also report that our campaign "helped to win an increase in hourly wages for Zara workers in the USA."

Online campaigns work -- please make sure to support all our our campaigns:

Lafarge Holcim: No merger without workers' rights!
Turkey: 98 health care workers sacked for joining a union
Peru: Attack on trade union rights on eve of climate change summit
Wizz Air: Stop union-busting now!


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[email protected] #126 - Turkey: Time for global solidarity towards metalworkers’ mass strike


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Turkey: Time for global solidarity with metalworkers’ mass strike

IndustriALL Global Union is mobilizing support for its affiliated union Birlesik Metal-Is in the sector-wide strike launched today, 29 January. The strike covers some 40 workplaces with 15,000 workers in Turkey’s metal industry.

Members of Birlesik Metal-Is voted to strike in rejection of an offered three-year collective agreement with the metal employers association MESS.

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Unions mobilize globally for workers’ rights at Holcim Lafarge

Last week, on 15 January Lafarge and Holcim workers and their supporters in 30 countries organized a series of actions as part of a global campaign launched by IndustriALL Global Union, Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) and European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW).

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Miners protest against destruction of coal mining in Ukraine

1,500 coal miners from IndustriALL Global Union affiliates across the Ukraine launched a protest action picketing the Cabinet of Ministers building today (28 January) in the capital Kiev.

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Indonesia: another fatality at the Grasberg mine

A mine worker was killed on 24 January at Rio Tinto's minority-owned mine in Papua, Indonesia. This brings the death toll at the mine over the last two years to a staggering 39.

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Citizens’ initiative to end zero-hours contracts in Finland

Zero-hours contracts should be outlawed, according to a citizens’ initiative aimed at the Finnish parliament. If the initiative succeeds in collecting 50,000 signatures, the Finnish Parliament will be forced to debate on the matter.

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Worker occupation at food flavours TNC ends with strong union agreement


Worker occupation at food flavours TNC ends with strong union agreement
Members of Australia's National Union of Workers occupying the International Flavours and Fragrances (IFF) factory in Dandenong ended their 5-day occupation by signing a new agreement which meets their bargaining demands and more.

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Faced with a united workforce backed by strong local community and national and international union support for their action, regional management flew to Australia to meet with the union. Workers ended the occupation and marched out of the factory on Friday night, January 30. On Saturday, negotiations began at the Fair Work Commission, and on Sunday workers voted to accept an agreement which brings a solid wage-increase over three years and retains all conditions which management had sought to erase.

The union has warmly thanked the more than 6,000 supporters who quickly responded to the IUF call for messages to the company.


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[LaborTech] Turkey , Dora Hotel fired workers for being trade union members.


Turkey , Dora Hotel fired workers for being trade union members.


Dore Hotel workers have been union members, using their rights provided by the Turkey constitution and universal law as well as ILO Conventions 87 & 98 as ratified by the Government of Turkey. They all members of Tourism Hotel Sports Laborers Union (Tüm Emek Sen)and have been fired because they used their rights.

They demanded to stop forcing worker in Dora Hotel. To resign
and not forced the workers to work 16-24 hours, and if they work overtimes should be paid.

We all demanded the management Istanbul Dora Hotel and the Government of Turkey to Respect the Workers Rights in Dora Hotel Istanbul Turkey.

We( IT workers Solidarity network) edit the video of the event was organized to draw attention to a boycott called by the workers of the hotel in San Francisco at 2010 for making Dora Hotel workers' voices heard.

here is the video :

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and we designed a web page to boycott DORA HOTEL!

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Shame on Sheraton - protest brutal rights abuses at upscale hotels

Brutal rights abuses at upscale hotels

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Sheraton hotels and resorts are part of the Starwood Group, whose other brands include Westin, St. Regis, Méridien, W Hotels and the Luxury Collection. Starwood calls them "distinct lifestyle brands" - upscale accommodations for affluent travelers and vacationers. But brutal violations of the human rights of the company's employees can be part of that distinct lifestyle. Recently, workers at Sheraton hotels in Ethiopia and Maldives sought to exercise a basic human right: negotiate through their unions their employment terms and conditions. They got Sheraton management's full service abuse treatment - brutal mass dismissals and intimidation. CLICK HERE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO STARWOOD!

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[email protected] #128 - Oil strike escalates in US

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Oil strike escalates in US

Faced with increased employer intransigence in the US the United Steelworkers (USW) oil industry strike, principally in support of demands for improved safety provisions has escalated as it entered its second week.

Workers at BP refineries in Ohio and Indiana have joined the walkout that began on 1 February at nine other refineries. From California to Kentucky this is the first nationwide strike in the industry for 35 years.

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Switzerland: workers fight to save jobs at Tamoil

In early January Tamoil Collombey announced the closure of its refinery in Valais, Switzerland. This decision will affect over 250 jobs, an outcome that, IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, UNIA is not willing to accept.

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Georgia: Mineworkers fight against severe union-busting

The management of RMG Copper and RMG Gold, mining enterprises located in Kazreti, Georgia, began a fight against the Trade Union of Metallurgy, Mining and Chemical Industry Workers of Georgia (TUMMCIWG), an affiliate of IndustriALL. As a result of the union busting, 120 workers have withdrawn from the union within the last few days.

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Bangladesh: union strength and brand pressure

Being a union leader in Bangladesh is often challenging. For representatives of IndustriALL affiliate BIGUF at the Global Garments factory in Dhaka, it has also meant persecution and for some even violent attacks.

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Ghana: IndustriALL members locked out at Crown Holdings

IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, the Industrial & Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) protest against the lock out at Crown Holdings in Ghana.

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Benetton ‘Pagare’/Pay Up!

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Global Unions say to Benetton 'Pagare'/Pay Up!

Countdown to second Rana Plaza anniversary: Benetton pay up on Rana Plaza compensation!


Benetton is the only major international brand confirmed to have sourced clothing from Rana Plaza which has not paid a cent into the compensation fund for victims.

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Hands off our right to strike!

Workers around the globe staged a series of protests against employers’ attempts to challenge and potentially remove workers’ fundamental right to strike. This right is an integral part of the ILO Freedom of Association Convention 87.

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IndustriALL Global Union signs global framework agreement with Gamesa

Gamesa, the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, has signed a Global Framework Agreement covering social, labour and environmental issues with IndustriALL Global Union and its Spanish affiliates, CCOO Industry, MCA-UGT and FITAG-UGT.

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IndustriALL calls for justice on the ninth anniversary of the industrial homicide at Pasta de Conchos

Nine years have gone by since tragedy struck at Pasta de Conchos. Sixty-five miners lost their lives after being trapped by an explosion at this Grupo Mexico mine. Sixty-three bodies were never recovered and are still in the mine.

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Suffering of Soma survivors continues

2,800 Turkish miners who lost their jobs at Soma have been denied severance pay by the mine’s operator. It follows the deaths of 301 miners at the mine last year.

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Right to strike upheld at ILO

After months of pressure from trade unions, the right to strike has been recognized by the employers’ group at the International Labour Organization (ILO) following a crucial tripartite meeting in Geneva from 23 to 25 February.

A joint statement from the employers’ and workers’ groups at the meeting affirms that the right to industrial action is recognized by the ILO.

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Benetton agrees to pay Rana Plaza compensation

In reaction to news that Benetton will compensate victims of the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, IndustriALL Global Union and UNI - the two global unions that have been campaigning on behalf of the victims - issued the following response.

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Rio Tinto seeks conflict with unions at global meeting

Rio Tinto cut short a meeting with global union leaders when the leaders rejected the company’s demand to end their campaign exposing Rio Tinto’s unsustainable practices.

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USA: Workers fight back against giant oil companies

Thousands of members of IndustriALL affiliate United Steelworkers (USW) National Oil Bargaining Program have gone on strike over health and safety issues in the industry.

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IG Metall secures 3.4 per cent industry pay rise

German metalworkers’ union, IG Metall, has succeeded in securing a 3.4 per cent pay rise in a deal with employers following warning strikes by more than 850,000 workers nationwide.

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Rats, snakes, cockroaches ... and union-busting


Forestry workers in Gabon need our support today.

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A union in Gabon reports that 38 workers on strike at Rain Forest Management (RFM) were illegally dismissed on 17 February - and then forcibly removed by police from the camp where they were housed in deplorable sanitary conditions, among rats, cockroaches and snakes.

Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) has launched an online protest in support of these workers. Please support the workers' demands by sending off your message from here:

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Solidarity forever!



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UPDATED: Hundreds of workers could be sent home without pay as Scandinavian airline Norwegian threatens a lockout of workers if a strike affecting Swedish and Norwegian staff is not resolved by Wednesday morning.

This International Women's Day, join the fight for Jimena Lopez


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For more than 100 years, we in the trade union movement have celebrated March 8th as International Working Women's Day.

This year, let's turn that celebration into a global act of solidarity.

Trade union leader Jimena Lopez was sacked from her cabin crew job after a successful organising drive at her workplace.

This week, let's send a message to her employers demanding her reinstatement.

The International Transport Workers Federation has called for thousands of messages to be sent to her employer.

Please take a moment to send your message now:
http://www.labourstart.org/go/jimena
Please forward this message and spread the word about this campaign to your friends, family and fellow union members.

Thank you .



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Have you visited LabourStart's Working Women's news page lately? Just in the last few days we've had news from Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, the Philippines, Ethiopia and Lebanon. Visit the page here -- and spread the word in your union.

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[email protected] #135 - Massive miners’ strike galvanizes Mauritania


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Massive miners’ strike galvanizes Mauritania

A two month-long miners’ strike in Mauritania’s iron ore industry is affecting the whole country say unions. Mauritania is Africa’s second largest exporter of iron ore and the mineral is vital to its struggling economy.

More than 3,000 union members, including miners in Zouerate in the north of the country and workers processing iron ore in Nouadhibou, downed tools on 28 January after the National Industrial and Mining Company (SNIM) refused to honour an agreed wage increase at the Zouerate mine.

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Building trade unions in Myanmar

Hear Maung Maung, president of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM), talk about the challenges of building well functioning industrial relations in Myanmar.

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Brazilian union secures jobs at Toyota and Ford

The ABC Metalworkers’ Union has signed agreements with motor manufacturers Toyota and Ford guaranteeing workers’ jobs at two major plants in São Paolo state, Brazil.

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Germany: Chemical workers reach new agreement after tough negotiations

IndustriALL Global Union’s German affiliate IG BCE and the Chemical Employers’ Federation finally concluded a sector-wide chemical industry collective bargaining agreement after a long fourth final session in Stuttgart on 26-27 March.

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Kyrgyzstan: Chinese oil company refuses to recognize union

A Chinese-owned oil company operating in Kyrgyzstan has refused to recognize the locally elected union, affiliated to IndustriALL through the Mining and Metallurgy Trade Union of Kyrgyzstan (MMTUK).

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[email protected] #136 - Brazil: general strike on 15 April


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Brazil: general strike on 15 April

Trade unions in Brazil and their social movement partners are calling for a general strike on 15 April, after the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to adopt a bill favouring the liberalization of outsourcing.

The PL 4330 bill sets no limits to outsourcing in private and public sectors. Activities, including those linked to the core business of a company, could be outsourced.

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Vietnam – 90,000 workers strike over social security

A weeklong strike at a Taiwanese owned factory in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, producing for among others Nike and Adidas has come to an end after the government agreed to hold off suggested changes to the social insurance coverage.

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Mauritania - successful end to miners’ strike

Two days after a mass rally of unions, opposition parties and civic groups, Mauritania’s state-owned iron ore company has agreed to reopen talks with unions, bringing an end to a two-month-long strike late on 2 April.

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IndustriALL calls on Ecopetrol to reinstate dismissed USO leader

Edwin Palma, USO vice president, was dismissed by the Colombian oil company Ecopetrol on 27 March after he used social networks to publicise the salaries of company managers. IndustriALL Global Union considers the dismissal to have been unfair and illegal and is calling for Palma’s immediate reinstatement.

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Women show the way in Mexico

IndustriALL Global Union and its Mexican mining union affiliate Los Mineros organized a women's meeting on 7 April 2015 in Mexico City on the eve of the second Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean.

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