A Just Transition must offer a future that workers, their families, and the communities and cultures they are part of can believe in, look forward to, support and commit to bringing about. We must fight for a good future. The...

On 11 May, the national leader of Sintracarbón, Igor Kareld Díaz, and Sintramienergética members, Juan Carlos Rojas, Dairo Mosquera, Gustavo Benjumea and Jairo Córdoba received a flyer containing death threats from the paramilitary group "Aguilas Negras" via social media. The...

A TRADE UNION GUIDE What do trade unions demand? Social dialogue We demand a seat at the table. We demand the creation of multi-stakeholder Just Transition task forces / commissions / round tables on structural change and employment that are...

The transition to a cleaner, sustainable economy must be economically and socially just and fair for workers and their communities Industrial manufacturing is experiencing and will experience the revolution of technology and further digitization of production even more in the...

Prior to the meeting, union activists also distributed flyers in front of the venue in Dübendorf, Switzerland. Both flyers and speeches at the meeting contained the same important core message: unions demand more respect from the company towards their employees....

While Mopani says the shafts are old and costly to maintain, the unions say the mining companies don’t care about job security. The current global dialogue between IndustriALL Global Union and London Stock Exchange (LSE) listed Glencore is meant to...

The reform was the subject of much debate during a series of coordination meetings held in early May as part of IndustriALL Global Union's work with independent unions, a project supported by Canadian affiliate Unifor. The new law will make...

The regional committee of Education International Latin America (EILA) met from 24–27 April in Argentina to decide on the policy that will guide the region over the coming months. David Edwards, General Secretary of Education International (EI), participated in the...

Reports of horrific fatal accidents continue to flow from the Pakistan coalmines. Most of these accidents happened in the mineral rich province of Balochistan and also Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces. The year 2019 began in tragedy for coalminers, and...

On the occasion of World Education Support Personnel Day on 16 May, EI is launching its new research on the role, impact, status, and employment conditions of education support personnel. This year’s theme for World Education Support Personnel (ESP) Day...