http://www.global-unions.org/ Standing Together for Right of Workers en SPIP - www.spip.net http://old.global-unions.org/IMG/siteon0.png?1208529878 http://www.global-unions.org/ 144 144 http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=4169&Language=EN http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=4169&Language=EN 2012-05-16T21:41:49Z text/html For his first visit to Africa as Secretary General of the BWI, Ambet Yuson chooses the region of the Congo Basin and specifically the DR Congo to meet workers in forestry and wood from five Central African countries gathered from 14th to 16th May 2012 in Kinshasa. It was during a training (...) http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/462164 http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/462164 2012-05-16T17:50:57Z text/html Education unions along with parents' and students' associations have called for a strike in Spain on May 22. The strike will make history, covering the whole education sector from Early Childhood Education up to university. http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5028-Indonesian-Paperworkers-Win-Big-Pay-Gains-in-Short-Strike http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5028-Indonesian-Paperworkers-Win-Big-Pay-Gains-in-Short-Strike 2012-05-16T17:37:58Z text/html A strike by ICEM Indonesian affiliate KSP2KI at one of the world's largest paper mills last week produced sizeable salary increases for over 13,000 workers. With strike support from nearly all workers at Asia Pulp and Paper's (APP) PT Pindo Deli's twin mills in Karawang, West Java, the union (...) http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5027-UK-Truck-Drivers-Agree-to-Terms-with-Seven-Fuel-Distributing-Companies http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5027-UK-Truck-Drivers-Agree-to-Terms-with-Seven-Fuel-Distributing-Companies 2012-05-16T16:51:52Z text/html By the slimmest of vote margins, 2,000 UK petrol-tanker drivers represented by Unite the Union voted to accept a conciliation service's proposal, ending a months-long dispute between drivers and seven contract carriers involving work terms and conditions, including safety and subcontracting. The (...) http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5026-IUF-Congress-in-Geneva-Condemns-NestlAA9 http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5026-IUF-Congress-in-Geneva-Condemns-NestlAA9 2012-05-16T16:49:14Z text/html The 26th World Congress of the International Union of Food and Agricultural Workers' Association (IUF) is now being held in Geneva 15-18 May. A major focus of the Congress is a united condemnation of the appalling behaviour of Swiss-based Nestlé, the largest food company in the world. The IUF has (...) http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5025-ITGLWF-Report-Outlines-Abuses-of-Workers-Preparing-Olympic-2012-Goods http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5025-ITGLWF-Report-Outlines-Abuses-of-Workers-Preparing-Olympic-2012-Goods 2012-05-16T16:43:50Z text/html From International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF) Workers making Olympic sportswear for London 2012 for top brands and high street names including adidas and Next are being paid poverty wages, forced to work excessive overtime and threatened with instant dismissal if (...) http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5024-Czech-Unions-to-Take-Mass-Action-Against-Government-Austerity-on-22-May http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5024-Czech-Unions-to-Take-Mass-Action-Against-Government-Austerity-on-22-May 2012-05-16T16:34:53Z text/html Trade unions in the Czech Republic are mobilising for a large scale manifestation against the austerity measures of the right-wing government of Prime Minister Petr Necas, which aims to make workers pay for the crisis. The pressure is bringing the government close to collapse. On 22 May in (...) http://www.world-psi.org/en/algerian-unionists-hunger-strike-10-days http://www.world-psi.org/en/algerian-unionists-hunger-strike-10-days 2012-05-16T16:34:01Z text/html http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-condemns-the-killing-of-television-journalist-in-uganda#c1bd34b30668d18841206bdb1c848fa6 http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-condemns-the-killing-of-television-journalist-in-uganda#c1bd34b30668d18841206bdb1c848fa6 2012-05-16T16:32:08Z text/html The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned the killing of Amon Thembo Wa' Mupaghasya, a director of Mupaghasya Community Television Centre in Uganda. “We are deeply shocked, and condemn in the strongest terms this cold blooded killing in the strongest terms,” said (...) http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5023-ITGLWF-Inditex-Global-Agreement-Improved-with-Specific-Monitoring-Devices http://www.icem.org/en/78-ICEM-InBrief/5023-ITGLWF-Inditex-Global-Agreement-Improved-with-Specific-Monitoring-Devices 2012-05-16T16:26:11Z text/html The 2007 Global Framework Agreement (GFA) between the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF) and Spanish retailer Inditex Group was improved considerably on 4 May when the ITGLWF and Inditex signed a Protocol Agreement that monitors compliance and guarantees (...)