International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
Financialisation
Financial Crisis
The Global Financial Crisis, which hit in the 3rd Quarter 2008, has impacted heavily on trade unions worldwide.
The misery of mass unemployment is felt everywhere.
The ICEM is attempting to track the responses and actions Trade Union affiliates are taking, in reaction to the deepest recession since the 1930s.
ETUI - Plant-Level Responses to Crisis in Europe
Global Unions' London Declaration
ICEM Nov. 2008 Presidium Resolution on Financial Crisis
ICEM June 2009 Executive Committee Resolution on Financial Crisis
'Getting the World to Work' Global Unions' Publication
43 document(s) for Financialisation :
 ‘Robin Hood’ Tax Gains Some Traction at G20 Summit |
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7 November 2011 Global ICEM InBrief  |
If last week’s G20 summit in Cannes, France, accomplished anything, it accomplished this: it put the urgent need for a financial transaction tax (FTT) firmly on the global economic agenda. Even though G20 world leaders and economic ministers failed to come to consensus on a FTT, the debate was there and it promises to grow.
The FTT was formally made to the G20 through French President Nicolas... Read the article |
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| ETUC Adopts ‘Athens Manifesto’ at 12th Congress |
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23 May 2011 Greece ICEM InBrief  |
The European Trade Union Confederation’s (ETUC) 12th Congress in Greece from 16-19 May adopted the “Athens Manifesto,” calling for necessary financial governance and tax changes in a social Europe. The manifesto also rejects deregulation and flexibility measures as false solutions to the sovereign debt crises hovering over several European countries – including Greece.
Some...Read the article |
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| Global Labour’s Joint 1 May Statement |
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29 April 2011 Global ICEM Background Document  |
The ICEM has joined with the 11 other Global Union Federations (GUFs), as well as the International Trade Union Confederation and the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD in issuing a joint 1 May statement. That statement follows below.
Winds of change for social justice and democracy
1 May 2011
Today as trade unionists around the world celebrate the role of workers in the fight...Read the article |
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| 500,000 Protest Con-Dem Coalition’s Public Sector Cuts in London | ||
28 March 2011 |
United Kingdom |
ICEM InBrief |
| Northern Cyprus Resists Ankara’s Reforms | ||
31 January 2011 |
Cyprus |
ICEM InBrief |
| Quality Public Services Conference Offers Alternative to Austerity | ||
18 October 2010 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| Deep Anger to Austerity Continues Across Europe | ||
18 October 2010 |
Czech Republic France Greece ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Global Unions to Present Unified Statement to Seoul G20 – Prioritise Jobs | ||
18 October 2010 |
South Korea Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| European Unions Ardently Protest Government Austerity Cuts | ||
4 October 2010 |
Belgium Germany Spain |
ICEM InBrief |
| French to Strike Tomorrow in Protest Against Retirement Age Rise | ||
6 September 2010 |
France |
ICEM InBrief |
| Ukrainian Trade Unions Protest IMF Interference in Domestic Policy | ||
23 August 2010 |
Ukraine |
ICEM InBrief |
| Trade Unions in Europe Plan 29 September Manifestation to Resist Austerity Measures | ||
23 August 2010 |
Belgium |
ICEM InBrief |
| ILO, Monetary Fund to Host Jobs, Sustainability Conference in Norway | ||
23 August 2010 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Urges Northern Cyprus Administration End Trade Union Repression | ||
9 August 2010 |
Cyprus |
ICEM InBrief |
| 8th General Assembly of EMCEF, 30 June - 1 July, 2010, Paris, France | ||
12 July 2010 |
France |
ICEM InBrief |
| Danish Manufacturing Collective Agreement in Place | ||
8 March 2010 |
Denmark |
ICEM InBrief |
| Korean Tyre Workers Plan General Strike in Reaction to Job Cuts | ||
8 March 2010 |
South Korea |
ICEM InBrief |
| Third Ordinary Congress of Italy’s UILCEM Held | ||
22 February 2010 |
Italy |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM, FES Hold Conference on Mining, Energy Restructuring in Central, Eastern Europe | ||
8 February 2010 |
Bulgaria Belarus Serbia ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Belgian Glass Workers to Manifest as Asahi Plans More Jobs Cuts | ||
5 October 2009 |
Belgium Italy Japan |
ICEM InBrief |
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