ILO Director General denounces “New Brutalism” Topics in this post: “We have entered an age of new brutalism,” ILO Director General Guy Ryder to told delegates of the 5th World Congress of UNI in Liverpool on 19 June. “We have...
On June 21, CUPE members across Canada will mark National Aboriginal Day, also known as National Indigenous Peoples Day, an annual opportunity to honour and celebrate the diverse cultures of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. Indigenous peoples will be celebrating...
Today’s announcement of a unilateral hiring freeze across all government services demonstrates Premier Designate Doug Ford’s lack of understanding of the overall scope of services the Ontario government provides, says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn. “Ford has not even been sworn...
A climate of fear and intimidation reigns at The Coca-Cola Company's (TCCC) concentrate plant in Ballina, Ireland, where management refuses to recognize the union and harasses suspected union supporters. Over 250 workers lost their jobs when Coke closed its directly...
It is the first time that workers at five different outsourcing companies have gone on strike in two locations at the same time in Indonesia, according to FSP2KI. All the companies, which are based in South Sumatra and Lampung, serve operations at...
UNI Global Union Elects Christy Hoffman as General Secretary Topics in this post: The Union Network International (UNI) elected Christy Hoffman, a labour leader from the United States, as its new General Secretary. In her acceptance speech Hoffman said that...
Fourteen (14) union activists were unfairly dismissed from their jobs on April 17, 2018 while organizing a union at Cargill-Turkey in Bursa-Orhangazi. These 14 dismissals follow those of seven (7) other workers who won court cases in 2015 when the...
19.06.2018 Leading trade unions at Bridgestone, together constituting the steering committee for one of IndustriALL’s longest-standing trade union networks at a multinational company, held the 17th annual meeting on 14-15 June in the company’s home city of Kurume, Japan. Bridgestone...
19.06.2018 Leading trade unions at Bridgestone, together constituting the steering committee for one of IndustriALL’s longest-standing trade union networks at a multinational company, held the 17th annual meeting on 14-15 June in the company’s home city of Kurume, Japan. Bridgestone...
The Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS) has examined violations of ILO Convention No. 87 by the Mexican government. During the plenary session earlier in June, workers' representatives reported serious and repeated acts of violence against trade unionists, and...