Urgent Action Savage Lockout at Grenada Breweries! 23-01-2012
Grenada, an island in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, can be heaven for tourists but Grenada Breweries Company turned it into a hell for workers as 125 of them were locked out just before Christmas on December 19, 2011.
Workers of Grenada Breweries Ltd (a company owned by ANSA McAL) and their IUF-affiliated Grenada Technical & Allied Workers' Union have been fighting for the rights of these workers since December 13.
Urgent Action Ivory Coast union leader still held under harsh conditions - Act Now! 21-11-2011
Basile Mahan Gahé, general secretary of the national trade union center Dignité (whose food and hotel section is affiliated to the IUF) has been transferred from detention in Abidjan to a prison in Boundiali, where he is reportedly only given one meal a day. The trade union leader was kidnapped from his Abidjan home on April 26 and held without charges. Amnesty International believes it has credible reports that he was tortured, particularly in the early days of his detention.
Australia: Historic gender pay decision narrows pay gap 04-02-2012
Fair Work Australia has found in favour of the Australian Services Union in a claim for 150,000 community workers in Australia. The decision will raise the pay of mainly female workers by 40 to 65 per cent over the coming eight years.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard welcomed the ruling as a “significant advance for equal pay for women”. The decision is regarded as the most important equal pay case since 1972 when equal pay for work of equal value was formally recognized in Australia.
Domestic workers strike in the Netherlands/new agreement in Italy 03-02-2012
Thousands of domestic workers and cleaners have been on strike and marching in the streets of Amsterdam and other Dutch cities since the beginning of January.
IUF condemns Turkish government's new trade union legislation for failure to respect international standards 03-02-2012
Trade union rights in Turkey have long been a cause of concern for the global trade union movement. As a result of legislation imposed by the military regime in 1980, workers in Turkey have been denied their basic rights to freely organize in trade unions, to bargain collectively and to take strike action. Despite government commitments to uphold international labour standards, workers' rights remain legally restricted and ruthlessly repressed by employers and by the government.
Honduran landowners' war on peasant movement claims 45th victim 01-02-2012
The two-year war against thousands of peasant families and their organizations fighting to defend their lands and cooperatives and to reclaim land stolen by large oil palm growers in the northeast Honduran region of Bajo Aguán has taken a new innocent life. On January 20 two gunmen on motorcycles murdered Matías Valle, former vice president of the United Peasants Movement of Aguán (MUCA).
Unite releases Unilever film to kick off new strikes over snatched pensions 17-01-2012
The UK's Unite has launched a film to kick off the second round of national strike action with rolling strikes at 12 Unilever sites across the UK, including manufacturing plants, R&D and informational technology centers. The strikes are set to run from January 18 to 28.
Compass Algeria - IUF and company agree settlement 16-01-2012
Following a series of discussions, including mediation talks under the auspices of the OECD UK National Contact point, the IUF and the Compass Group have reached a settlement on issues raised by the IUF relating to Eurest operations in Algeria.
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