ICEM Rio Tinto Network
Welcome to the ICEM network for unions on all continents organising within Rio Tinto, one of the world's biggest mining companies.
This network of the 20-million-strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), aims to promote solidarity, mutual support and information exchange between Rio Tinto workers and their unions worldwide.
After a sustained campaign by the ICEM and its affiliates, collective bargaining issues in Rio Tinto's Australian operations have now been resolved.
ICEM General Secretary Fred Higgs commented on 27 April 2001: "The ICEM is now in the early stages of discussion with Rio Tinto to agree a process by which we could conclude a global agreement."
In December 2000, Rio Tinto was among the signatories to a set of voluntary principles on security and human rights in the oil, gas and mining industries. The ICEM had taken part in the drafting of these principles.
Please click here for previous newsletters from the Rio Tinto Network.
For more information, please contact ICEM.
Further down you can find a list of ICEM articles related to Rio Tinto.
 Namibia’s Mineworkers’ Union, Namdeb Reach for Olive Branch |
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26 September 2011 Namibia ICEM InBrief  |
In Namibia recently, a collective agreement signed between ICEM affiliate Mine Workers’ Union of Namibia (MUN) and Namdeb Diamond Corp., the DeBeers, Namibian state joint mining venture, had the rubber stamp of a High Court order. That unusual attribute came because a month-long strike/lockout of 1,600 miners developed into a highly charged and fractious split between labour and management... Read the article |
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| Australia’s CFMEU Wins Major Bargaining Ruling Against Rio Tinto |
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1 August 2011 Australia ICEM InBrief  |
In a landmark ruling issued 25 July by the full bench of Australia’s Federal Court, the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) successfully short-circuited Rio Tinto’s 2008 decision to unilaterally put into effect a non-union collective agreement. The ruling voids Rio Tinto’s sham five-year agreement with ten new hires in July 2008 that was intended to cover thousands...Read the article |
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| ‘Together We Can’ …. Chile’s Copper Miners Unite for National Gain |
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1 August 2011 Chile ICEM InBrief  |
The ten-day strike by union members of Sindicato No. 1 Escondida of Chile’s Federation of Miners (FMC) at the world’s largest copper mine has galvanized mining unions in the South American country. In unprecedented solidarity, mineworkers’ unions of the private-sector FMC and at state-run Codelco, the Federation of Workers of Cobre (FTC), are uniting to proclaim a larger portion...Read the article |
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| CFMEU Takes Coal Safety Concerns to Rio Tinto’s AGM | ||
9 May 2011 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Rio Tinto Engaged in Savage Union Busting at California Borates Mine | ||
8 February 2010 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Pledges Support to Locked-Out Rio Tinto Workers in US State of California | ||
1 February 2010 |
United States |
ICEM News release |
| Norway Divests Shares of Barrick Gold, Arms Maker Textron | ||
9 February 2009 |
Norway |
ICEM InBrief |
| Rio Tinto’s Iron-Ore Train Drivers Reject Individual Work Agreements with Industrial Action | ||
20 October 2008 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Rio Tinto Test Awaits to Get Mining Firm to Discontinue Individual Work Agreements | ||
25 August 2008 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| BHP Billiton Raises Stakes in Pursuit of Rio Tinto | ||
11 February 2008 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| Report Available from December’s Coal Conference in India | ||
28 January 2008 |
India Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| Australia’s CFMEU Calls for Cleaner Measures to Reduce Carbon Emissions | ||
17 December 2007 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| BHP Billiton Files Legal Challenge to Chile's Law on Subcontracting | ||
17 December 2007 |
Chile |
ICEM InBrief |
| Alcan Workers Win Commitment from Company at EWC | ||
26 July 2007 |
Australia Canada Global |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| Steelworkers-Canada Blasts Government’s One-Sided Economic Review Panel | ||
16 July 2007 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| USW Miners Preserve Contract Language at Rio Tinto in Canada | ||
7 May 2007 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Rio Tinto’s Canadian Managers Walk Away from Talks to End Strike | ||
9 April 2007 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Work Issues, Subcontracting Cause Mining Strike at Canadian Rio Tinto Subsidiary | ||
26 March 2007 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Copper Miners Poised to Strike Today in Chile | ||
7 August 2006 |
ICEM InBrief |
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| Chile’s Escondida Copper Miners Poised to Strike | ||
24 July 2006 |
Chile |
ICEM InBrief |
ICEM Protests Northern Cyprus Strike Ban in Energy Sector
Proud Indonesian Miners End Strike with Freeport-McMoRan
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