A US executive order issued on April 27 declares meat and poultry processing plants 'critical infrastructure' and enjoins state and local authorities from taking any action to close them due to health and safety concerns. The order comes in response...
Ironically, on International Workers Memorial Day, 45-year old Khalil, who worked as a cutter, suffered serious injuries to his leg as he was hit by a huge iron pipe while working inside a ship. He was first taken to the...
Workers of all stripes are giving their all in the fight against COVID-19. But here’s the problem: governments have been starving public services for years. The effects of that are being felt now, more acutely than ever. The system is broken....
For the past 130 years, the 1st of May has been a day of mobilisation and hope. On this day we celebrate workers, the trade union movement and the colossal difference it has made for billions around the world. It...
The words projected onto a wall during the mass protests in Chile last year now resonate across the globe: 'We won't go back to normal, because normal was the problem'. The massive economic crisis accompanying the spread of COVID-19 illuminates...
Given the urgency to ensure social security coverage to all ENGIE employees in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, ENGIE has approached the global union federations to make parts of ENGIE CARE immediately effective.“We welcome this initiative from our global...
Our love and solidarity go out to the families, friends and co-workers of the 11 CUPE members we lost to workplace-related fatalities in the past year. The National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job is never...
While acknowledging that teachers had already been offered training to help them develop the skills needed to deliver online classes before the COVID-19 crisis had begun, educators should be better trained in the area according to an education trade union...
The IUF joins with our sister international union organizations in calling for speedy official recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease by governments and national health and safety bodies. Official recognition of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 as a preventable occupational hazard,...
The agreement involves creating a framework to monitor the workers involved through training plans and measures aimed at outplacement.In recent years, the operating prospects of thermal power plants have been affected by a range of technical, economic and regulatory factors,...