International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
Mining / DGOJP
784 document(s) for Mining / DGOJP :
 Grupo México’s Infamous Safety Legacy Lives on at Cananea |
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26 July 2010 Mexico ICEM InBrief  |
In the rush to get copper production from the Cananea mine back on world markets, is Grupo México disregarding the safety and health of contract workers? So it seems by an apparent undocumented rash of on-the-job accidents and injuries in the short six weeks since federal police opened the mine in Sonora State for the company.
Following a 16 July accident in which a sub-contract worker... Read the article |
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| Mexico Government No Help in Resolving Gammon Gold Mine Strike |
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26 July 2010 Mexico ICEM InBrief  |
As the mineworkers’ strike at Gammon Gold’s El Cubo mine in Mexico’s Guanajuato State was deferred to the Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Board, the authority abandoned all activities and took summer vacations until August.
The recess forces workers to continue the strike with no possibility of settlement before labour authorities return to litigate and rule on the legality...Read the article |
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| Talks Fail Between Vale, Steelworkers in Efforts to Resolve Labrador Strike |
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26 July 2010 Canada ICEM InBrief  |
Negotiations to end the Canadian strike between United Steelworkers (USW) Local 9508 and the Brazilian-based mining company Vale in Goose Bay and Voiseys Bay, Labrador, failed on 19-20 July when the company put forward a far inferior bonus plan compared to what USW members in Ontario agreed to on 8 July.
Vale refused to offer Local 9508 members a similar bonus plan that it gave USW members in...Read the article |
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| Massey Arrogance Fuels Tougher Workplace Safety Standards for US | ||
26 July 2010 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Shores Up Support to Mongolian Affiliate to Combat Privatisation, Contract Labour | ||
26 July 2010 |
Mongolia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Turkish-Cypriot Electricity Workers’ Take Stand Against Privatisation | ||
26 July 2010 |
Cyprus |
ICEM InBrief |
| Miners in Namibia, Namdeb Agree to Contract Terms at Diamond Operation | ||
26 July 2010 |
Namibia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Canadian USW Members Ratify 5-Year Collective Agreement with Vale | ||
12 July 2010 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Seven Die in South African Mining Tragedies Last Week | ||
12 July 2010 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Peru’s Shougang Mineworkers End Strike, Achieve Wage Gains | ||
12 July 2010 |
Peru |
ICEM InBrief |
| USW, Los Mineros Announce Unification Commission | ||
28 June 2010 |
Mexico United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Mexican Teach-in Charts North American Union Solidarity | ||
28 June 2010 |
Mexico United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Deadly Colombia Mine Blast, ICEM Presses ILC on Convention 176 | ||
28 June 2010 |
Colombia |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM, Guyana Labour Minister Meet to Air Concerns in Bauxite Mine Dispute | ||
28 June 2010 |
Guyana |
ICEM InBrief |
| Strike Actions by CFMEU at Xstrata’s Tahmoor Mine in Australia Continue | ||
28 June 2010 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| International Support for Fiji Miners’ 19-Year Strike | ||
28 June 2010 |
Fiji |
ICEM InBrief |
| El Cubo Mexican Mine Shut in Attempt to Crush Union | ||
28 June 2010 |
Mexico |
ICEM InBrief |
| Difficult USW, Vale Canadian Mine Talks to Continue This Week | ||
14 June 2010 |
Brazil Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Tense Truce Takes Hold at Mexico’s Cananea Copper Mine | ||
14 June 2010 |
Mexico |
ICEM InBrief |
| Indonesian-based Coal Mining Company Sacks 7 Union Leaders | ||
14 June 2010 |
Indonesia |
ICEM InBrief |
