In Brussels today, 16 May, the European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers’ Federation (EMCEF), European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF), and the European Trade Union Federation for Textiles, Clothing, Leather and Footwear (ETUF-TCL) formally merged to become IndustriALL-European... Read the article

The current propensity by multinationals to lock-out Canadian workers when they refuse cutbacks to their work standards continues. On 5 May, Evraz North America, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Evraz Group, locked out 105 union members of Canadian Auto Workers (CAW)... Read the article

Labour rights violator Rio Tinto was again targeted for its mistreatment of 780 Canadian steelworkers in Alma, Quebec, at trade union actions in Australia and Switzerland over the past week. The campaign to get Rio Tinto’s tainted medals “Off the Podium” at the London... Read the article

The two unions representing 43,000 Austrian chemical workers – ICEM affiliate PRO-GE and GPA-djp – reached 2012-13 wage terms with Fachverband der Chemischen Industrie (FCIO), the Chemical Industry Association on 11 May. The deal came following four difficult rounds of bargaining,... Read the article

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... Read the article