As death, destruction and destitution stalk mineworkers in Pakistan’s coalfields, IndustriALL Global Union launches a global campaign to stop the killing and call for the ratification of ILO Convention 176 on Safety and Health in Mines by the Pakistani government.With...
Workers went on strike at Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia, in May. The company responded by firing 4,220 workers, cutting off their health insurance, access to education and other benefits. As our documentary film shows, workers and their families...
The Trudeau government has unveiled the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s board of directors, and it comes as no surprise that the majority are connected to the world of privatization and private finance. The Liberals rushed legislation creating the bank through Parliament last...
Staff at the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), members of the Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU), Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 416) have given their bargaining committee an overwhelming mandate in favour of strike action, if it is...
In light of the federal government’s inaction, CUPE filed an injunction application in Federal Court to prevent the transfer of more RCMP civilian employees to the flawed Phoenix pay system. “On October 18, I wrote to the President of the Treasury...
First, an intense trade union discussion, was held on sustainable industrial policy and the implications of Industry 4.0 for the Africa region on 17 November 2017, in Nigeria.Participants included trade union officials from Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Ghana. It...
To improve education for the country’s children, teachers’ unions have urged the UK Government to increase funding for schools as the country gears up for its budget and schools face real-term cuts. Unions in the UK have voiced their concerns...
The Saskatchewan Division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees is calling on the Saskatchewan Party government to drop the mandated 3.5% compensation reduction for public sector workers that was announced as part of its 2017 provincial budget. “CUPE is the...
Cease funding Bridge International Academies, says British parliamentary committee A report released today by the International development Committee of the British House of Commons questions the investment made by the UK in low-cost private school chain Bridge International Academies because...
21.11.2017 IndustriALL Global Union, the International Labour Organization (ILO), IndustriALL affiliate the Russian Oil, Gas and Construction Workers Union (ROGWU) and the All-Russian sectoral association of employers in the oil and gas industry held an international conference in Surgut, Russia,...
The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) was formed in 1999 in Toronto-Canada and formally announced its formation in January 2000. In nearly two decades of continuous activism, we have played an impactful role in securing international support for Iranian workers’ struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran, employers, and the inhumane conditions the capitalist order has imposed on working-class lives in Iran. During these years, our politics and the foundational basis guiding our activism have been predicated on working-class traditions with an uncompromising emphasis on working-class independence and autonomy.