ICEM Goodyear Network
Welcome to the ICEM network for unions on all continents organising within tyre multinational Goodyear.
Set up in 1999 by the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), this network aims to promote solidarity, mutual support and information exchange between Goodyear workers and their unions worldwide.
The ICEM Goodyear network is administered by the USW (United Steelworkers - USA).
The network has its own blog, where news and comments can be found, in various languages: http://gygun.blogspot.com.
Global Solidarity is the network's regular newsletter.
The Spring 2007 edition can be found here in English, French, German and Spanish.
The Fall 2006 edition in English and Spanish.
Rules of the Goodyear Global Union Network
in Deutsch, English, Français, Japanese and Español.
Statement of the Goodyear Global Union Network
in Deutsch, English, Français, Japanese and Español.
Further down you can find a list of ICEM articles related to Goodyear.
 ICEM Signs New Global Agreement with Norwegian Energy Concern, StatoilHydro |
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17 November 2008 Norway ICEM InBrief  |
On 13 November, ICEM, together with Norwegian affiliate Industri Energi (IE), reached a new Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with StatoilHydro.
The agreement replaces ICEM’s first global agreement with Norway’s state-operated oil and gas producer, Statoil, which was signed in July 1998 in coordination with Norsk Olje og Petrokjemisk Fagforbund (NOPEF), the trade union covering Norway’s... Read the article |
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| Repsol Management Formally Recognises Workers’ Energy Network of Spain, Latin America/Caribbean |
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17 November 2008 Argentina Bolivia Brazil ... ICEM InBrief  |
In Madrid, Spain, on 4 November, a protocol agreement was signed that provides management recognition of the ICEM-supported Latin American/Spanish Repsol-YPF Trade Union Network. Management of the Madrid-based oil and gas company agreed to recognise the workers’ network as a collective body to represent the trade unions in the countries where both Repsol and its 85% owned subsidiary, YPF, operate....Read the article |
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| ICEM Pays Tribute to US Unions in Key Role in Election of Barack Obama |
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17 November 2008 United States ICEM InBrief  |
The ICEM extended its congratulations to US trade union affiliates over the election of Illinois Senator Barack Obama as President of the country. In opening remarks at the ICEM’s 6 November Presidium in Geneva, both President Senzeni Zokwana and General Secretary Manfred Warda paid tribute to the great role the American trade unions had in electing a progressive President.
“The whole...Read the article |
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| ICEM Presidium Discusses, Passes Resolution Addressing Financial Crisis | ||
17 November 2008 |
ICEM InBrief |
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| ICEM, European Unions Aid New Zealand’s L’Oreal Workers in Fight for First Contract | ||
17 November 2008 |
New Zealand |
ICEM InBrief |
| South American Rubber Workers’ Develop Joint Work Plan to Address Contract and Agency Labour | ||
17 November 2008 |
Argentina Brazil Chile ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Mining Unions, Gathering in Canada, Focus on Xstrata | ||
17 November 2008 |
Australia Canada Chile ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Unite, GMB Avoid Further Industrial Action at Sellafield Nuclear in the UK | ||
17 November 2008 |
United Kingdom |
ICEM InBrief |
| German Rubber Workers Agree to 15-Month Labour Agreement | ||
17 November 2008 |
Germany |
ICEM InBrief |
| Philippines Cement Workers’ Take Stand to Protect National Cement Industry Jobs | ||
17 November 2008 |
Philippines |
ICEM InBrief |
| USW Canadian Members End 99-Day Strike at Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan | ||
17 November 2008 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Canada Again Serves as Roadblock at Rotterdam Convention on Asbestos | ||
17 November 2008 |
Canada Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Colombian Trade Unions conduct Meetings, Workshops to Develop Solidarity in Challenging Times | ||
17 November 2008 |
Colombia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Support for Boycott of PetroCanada Spreads | ||
17 November 2008 |
Canada Denmark United Kingdom ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Australia and CFMEU Make Major Progress in Creating the First National Legislation on Carbon Capture | ||
17 November 2008 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| XSTRATA UNIONS GLOBAL NETWORK | ||
17 November 2008 |
Australia Canada Chile ... |
ICEM Background Document |
| ICEM Resolution of the Financial Crisis | ||
17 November 2008 |
ICEM Background Document |
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| XSTRATA UNIONS GLOBAL NETWORK - October, 2008 | ||
13 November 2008 |
Global |
ICEM Background Document |
| ICEM Endorses North American Boycott of Petro-Canada Products | ||
6 November 2008 |
Canada |
ICEM News release |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin No. 37 November 2008 | ||
5 November 2008 |
Germany Nepal United States ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
