IndustriALL Global Union

Union busting at Flextronics Technology Sdn Bhd A strong majority of workers at Flextronics Penang voted in favour of union recognition, but the process was derailed by what the union describes as an aggressive, company-led union-busting campaign.

Flextronics workers in Malaysia voted overwhelmingly for a union.

But the vote failed, thanks to classic union-busting:
➡️ Threats
➡️ Confusion
➡️ Access denied
➡️ Intimidation

IndustriALL is calling this out, and demanding action.

www.industriall-union.org/union-bustin...

Inditex and Next refuse to back groundbreaking agreement to improve conditions for Cambodian garment workers After years of negotiations and collective efforts, global garment brands Inditex and Next have so far declined to sign a landmark agreement that would support collective bargaining for better wages a...

🚨Inditex and Next have refused to support a landmark agreement to improve wages and working conditions in Cambodia’s garment sector, despite helping shape it.

Twelve brands have signed on. What’s stopping the rest?

Full story here 👇
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Brazilian industrial workers’ unions present government with reindustrialisation proposals IndustriALL Brazil, a national organization comprising of trade unions from all industrial sectors, including organizations affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union- CUT and Força Sindical, together wit...

🇧🇷 IndustriALL Brazil, with CUT ✊, Força Sindical 🛠️ & DIEESE 📊, met MDIC’s Uallace Moreira Lima 🏛️ to push for a worker-centered, sustainable 🌱 reindustrialisation strategy under the New Industry Brazil (NIB) plan. “Unions must shape policies that serve workers.” — Aroaldo Silva ⚙️

Nepal hikes minimum wage by 13 per cent According to the agreement reached at a tripartite meeting held last week, minimum wage for workers in Nepal has been increased by thirteen per cent and set at NPR 19,550 (US$141) per month. The revis...

According to the agreement reached at a tripartite meeting 🤝 held last week, the minimum wage for workers in Nepal 🇳🇵 has been increased by 13% and set at NPR 19,550 (US$141) 💵 per month.

Unions push to close South East Asia's gender pay gap Twenty women and men trade union leaders from South East Asia made a clear commitment to take action to reduce the considerable gender pay gap in the region.

📢 Twenty women and men trade union leaders from South East Asia made a clear commitment to take action to reduce the considerable gender pay gap in the region.

Kenyan court halts Springtech’s unfair dismissals In a ruling delivered on 11 July and welcomed by trade unions, the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Mombasa barred Springtech Kenya Limited—a manufacturing firm—from terminating workers' contr...

In a ruling delivered on 11 July and welcomed by trade unions ✊, the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Mombasa ⚖️ barred Springtech Kenya Limited—a manufacturing firm 🏭—from terminating workers' contracts for joining a union 🛑🤝.

What are South Africa’s green jobs? With South Africa at a critical moment in its pursuit of a greener economy, the findings of a research report titled Mapping of Green Jobs, Skills Development and the Just Energy Transition, underscor...

🌍 With South Africa at a critical moment in its pursuit of a greener economy 🌱, the findings of a research report titled Mapping of Green Jobs, Skills Development and the Just Energy Transition underscore the transformative potential of green jobs 💼♻️.

Lithium in the Southern Cone: Tensions and opportunities in the global supply chain A study on lithium mining in Argentina and Chile reveals the complex relationships between trade unions, companies and governments in a strategic industry for the energy transition. The report, produc...

🔍 A study on lithium mining in 🇦🇷 Argentina and 🇨🇱 Chile reveals the complex relationships between trade unions 🤝, companies 🏭 and governments 🏛️ in a strategic industry for the energy transition ⚡🔋.

Latin America’s trade union leaders meet to strengthen the paper sector Union representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay met in Buenos Aires to examine the challenges facing the pulp and paper sector and to strengthen coordinated ac...

👥 Union representatives from 🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇧🇴 Bolivia, 🇨🇱 Chile, 🇨🇴 Colombia, 🇵🇪 Peru, and 🇺🇾 Uruguay met in Buenos Aires to examine the challenges facing the pulp and paper sector 📄 and to strengthen coordinated action in the region 🌎.

Sub-Saharan African unions launch online worker-education platform Seventy participants from IndustriALL affiliates across 17 Sub-Saharan African countries launched an online worker-educators forum, a joint initiative with the International Federation of Workers Educ...

IndustriALL Sub-Saharan Africa regional secretary, Paule France Ndessomin, welcomed the platform as a vital step in adapting worker education to the digital era 🌐📚.

🗣️ “As work evolves, so must our approaches to education to tackle emerging challenges and build trade union power 💪🏾,” she said.

Just Transition manifesto: garment workers demand a fair, worker-led shift Workers must not be forced to bear the costs of the green transition. That was the resounding message from the third workshop on decent jobs and social protection for a Just Transition in the textile ...

🚨✊ Garment workers demand a fair, worker-led Just Transition 🌱🧵 Diana Junquera-Curiel, IndustriALL:
“👷‍♀️ Workers must not pay for the green transition. 💸 The responsibility for a greener economy 🌍 must be shared —by governments 🏛️, employers and brands—not placed on those already most vulnerable.”"

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“Fighting back builds union power: how trade unions are responding to the anti-LGBTI agenda of the Far Right worldwide.” 14 July- 14:00–15:30 CEST. Register:
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India: millions of workers go on strike to defend workers’ rights Today, millions of workers across India—from both formal and informal sectors and from rural and urban areas—went on strike and took to the streets to defend their rights, which have been severely und...

🚨 Massive Strike in India 🚨
Today, millions of workers 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ across India 🇮🇳—from both formal & informal sectors 🏭🧺 and from rural 🌾 & urban 🏙️ areas—are on strike ✊🔥 and in the streets 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ to defend their rights ⚖️, which are under attack by the right-wing govt 🏛️🚨.

South East Asia sees surge in trade union youth movements Since the adoption of the IndustriALL Global Union 2021-2025 Action Plan, the secretariat has been actively driving its transformative agenda, strengthening youth empowerment through enhanced structur...

Youth trade union power is growing fast in South East Asia!. Ramo Certeza of IndustriALL:
“The progress of youth work in South East Asia is truly encouraging. We must collaborate with affiliates to realize the youth’s transformative agenda.”

India: Over 40 killed in factory explosion On 30 June, a massive fire broke out at a pharmaceutical unit of Sigachi Industries in India, leaving more than 40 workers dead and injuring over 30 others. Many of the bodies were charred beyond reco...

Tragedy in India 🇮🇳

On 30 June, a massive fire broke out at Sigachi Industries' pharmaceutical unit 💊🏭 — over 40 workers killed ⚰️🕯️, 30+ injured 🚑. Many bodies were burned beyond recognition 😔, requiring DNA tests 🧬 for ID. Reports 📢 say some workers are still missing 🚨 as rescue ops 👷‍♂️🚒 continue.

Alang workers, industry and global allies unite for Hong Kong Convention In a display of unity, workers, government, industry and global organizations came together to mark the historic entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Rec...

Workers 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️, government 🏛️, industry ⚙️ and global organizations 🌐 united to mark the historic entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention 🚢♻️ on 26 June 2025. A tripartite meeting 🗣️ & workers’ rally ✊ in Alang 🇮🇳 reaffirmed commitment to fair ⚖️, safe & green ship recycling.

Union fury erupts over forced Mothae Mine layoffs The Independent Democratic Union of Lesotho (IDUL) is strongly objecting to the forced leave of 400 workers at Mothae Diamond Mine in Lesotho.

🚨 Union outrage in Lesotho 🇱🇸! IDUL slams forced leave of 400 workers at Mothae Diamond Mine 💎. Wages cut by 50% 💸 after a slow market 📉 in Europe. Union calls it a violation of labour laws and agreements 🤝. “Market slumps aren’t an excuse to cut wages!” – IndustriALL mining director, Glen Mpufane.

Fighting for fair pay: South Asian unionists trained by IndustriALL On 25–26 June, IndustriALL Global Union held a training workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal, for its South Asian affiliates, focused on the pay equity modules launched earlier this year. More than 20 unionis...

Armelle Seby:
“We’re equipping unions with 📚🧰 tools & 📣🧭 strategies to fight for pay equity at the table 📝. It’s about real change, ✊ equality, and 🌍 inclusion.”

Workers need binding corporate HRDD laws IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll European Trade Union are pushing back against proposed revisions to key EU sustainability laws, warning that the changes could undermine vital protections for ...

Together with @industrialleurope.bsky.social, we are pushing back against proposed revisions to key EU sustainability laws, with changes that could undermine vital protections for workers. Lawmakers must resist pressure to weaken corporate HRDD rules.

www.industriall-union.org/workers-need...

Milestone for shipbreaking workers as global Convention comes into force Today, 26 June, marks the entry into force of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC), a landmark step for workers in what is often calle...

The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships enters into force today. It's a landmark step for workers and the result of a long and determined campaign by IndustriALL and affiliates ➡️
www.industriall-union.org/milestone-fo...

How Next abandons its workers Next is proving not to live up to its fundamental promises when it comes to workers’ rights. From refusing to sign a landmark agreement to improve wages in Cambodia, to abandoning Sri Lankan workers b...

From refusing to sign landmark agreement improving wages in Cambodia, to abandoning Sri Lankan workers by text & continuing business in Myanmar despite documented risks of human rts abuses under the military junta, Next consistently puts profit over people.
www.industriall-union.org/how-next-aba...

The Competence Centre for Human Rights Due Diligence is looking to fill 3 positions with people committed to strengthening respect for workers’ rights throughout value chains, especially the enabling rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining.
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And pay your workers decent wages.

Canada’s federal anti-scab law marks historic victory for workers’ rights Two IndustriALL affiliates, Unifor and the United Steelworkers (USW), are celebrating the entry into force of federal anti-scab legislation that bans employers from using replacement workers during le...

This new law bans the use of replacement workers 🚫👷‍♂️ during legal strikes and lockouts in federally regulated sectors like telecom 📡, transport 🚛 and banking 🏦.

This victory was decades in the making, thanks to tireless organizing, lobbying 🤝, and political action 🗳️ by unions and allies.

Unwavering support for Italian metalworkers in their struggle for a fair deal Almost a year after the expiration of Italy’s collective agreement for 1.5 million metalworkers, a solution remains elusive. The three collaborating unions, FIOM, FIM and UILM, had no choice but to in...

Almost a year after 🇮🇹 Italy’s collective agreement for 1.5M metalworkers 🏭 expired, a solution is still out of reach ❌🤝. FIOM, FIM & UILM 🛠️✊ have launched another day of strike action 🚫🪧. IndustriALL’s Atle Høie 🌍 urges employers to return to the table 🪑📜 and engage in good-faith talks 🤲.

Unions chart course for aerospace transformation at global conference At IndustriALL’s aerospace world conference in Montreal, Canada, from 11–13 June, trade unionists from around the world came together to confront the aerospace industry’s rapidly evolving challenges, ...

✈️ From AI to ESG, unions in aerospace are gearing up for a massive change.

At IndustriALL’s global conference in Montréal last week, workers mapped a new course, bold, inclusive, and global.

🔧 It’s time to turn pressure into power.
📖 Read the full story: www.industriall-union.org/unions-chart...

IndustriALL's textiel and garment unions demand a Just Transition that upholds worker rights- and a seat at the table.
#GarmentWorkersNeedUnions

Calls to save jobs as Goodyear Tyres retrenches 907 workers in South Africa Over 900 workers and thousands more along supply chains and related industries, including service providers, will lose jobs when tyre manufacturer Goodyear shuts down its 78-year-old plant in Kariega ...

🚨 Over 900 workers 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ — and thousands more in supply chains 🔗 and services 🧰🍽️ — will lose their jobs 💼❌ when Goodyear shuts its 78-year-old plant 🏭 in Kariega, Eastern Cape 🇿🇦 this December.

Building momentum for IndustriALL’s 4th Congress Amid a backdrop of mounting global tensions and continued threats to workers’ rights, IndustriALL’s Executive Committee met in Geneva to reinforce solidarity and chart the path ahead. A key item on th...

Amid a backdrop of mounting global tensions and continued threats to workers’ rights, IndustriALL’s Executive committee met in Geneva to reinforce solidarity and chart the path ahead. A key item on the agenda was preparation for IndustriALL’s 4th Congress, taking place in Sydney 🇦🇺 this November.

ArcelorMittal workers in Quebec win strong five-year deal In a significant win for unionized workers, five local unions representing 2,500 employees across ArcelorMittal’s operations in Northern Quebec have ratified a new five-year collective agreement, last...

🗣️ “This deal shows what workers can win with strength 💪 and solidarity 🤝. It’s about more than wages—it’s about respect 🙌, safety 🦺 and a better future 🔮 for all,”
said Patrick Correa, IndustriALL base metals director.