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
28 document(s) for Financialisation :
 Danish Manufacturing Collective Agreement in Place |
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8 March 2010 Denmark ICEM InBrief  |
The negotiations towards a new national collective agreement for the manufacturing industry in Denmark had been deadlocked, see ICEM report here, but the renewal of the agreement was signed on Monday 22 February by the ICEM-affiliated general union, Central Organization of Industrial Employees in Denmark (CO-industri) and the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI). However the HK private trade union... Read the article |
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| Korean Tyre Workers Plan General Strike in Reaction to Job Cuts |
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8 March 2010 South Korea ICEM InBrief  |
The Kumho Tyre Workers’ Union announced last Thursday 4 March that they will launch a general strike on 16 March, in response to the company’s announcement of a massive layoff plan, which saw 1,200, of the total 5,000, workers receive redundancy notices.
The 1,200 workers to lose their jobs were told they will be laid off on 2 April under the restructuring plan; however the management...Read the article |
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| Third Ordinary Congress of Italy’s UILCEM Held |
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22 February 2010 Italy ICEM InBrief  |
The Third Ordinary Congress of UILCEM took place in Iglesias, Sardegna Island, on 2-4 February under the motto, "Our History, Our Future.” The Congress was attended by the General Secretary of UIL Confederation Luigi Angeletti, General Secretary of FEMCA-CISL Sergio Gigli together with Dario Ilossi, National Secretaries of FILCEM-CGIL and FLAEI-CISL (Electricity Workers' Union), a number...Read the article |
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| 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 |
| Wages Restored to Miners, Metalworkers at ArcelorMittal Temirtau in Kazakhstan | ||
5 October 2009 |
Kazakhstan |
ICEM InBrief |
| Industrial GUFs, ITGLWF, ICEM, IMF, Demand Jobs Focus from G20 Meeting | ||
21 September 2009 |
Global |
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| US-based Community Groups Hold Alternative G20 Forums this Week in Pittsburgh | ||
21 September 2009 |
Bolivia Honduras Mexico ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| 30,000 Take to Streets in Bern Demanding Fairness in Economic Crisis | ||
21 September 2009 |
Switzerland |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin - No. 47 August/September 2009 | ||
17 August 2009 |
Ethiopia Japan Mongolia ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| ICEM President Zokwana Addresses OWTU Delegates’ Conference in Trinidad/Tobago | ||
10 August 2009 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
ICEM InBrief |
| Peruvian Miners Achieve Wage Gains at Chinese Owned Iron Mine | ||
27 July 2009 |
Peru |
ICEM InBrief |
| Ireland: Electricians Seek Action to Avert New Strike | ||
27 July 2009 |
Ireland |
ICEM InBrief |
| Indian Mining Unions Oppose Privatisation | ||
27 July 2009 |
India |
ICEM InBrief |
| Miners of USW Strike Vale’s Nickel Riches in Canada | ||
13 July 2009 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Financial Stress Brings Industrial Unrest to Belgian Glass Sector | ||
13 July 2009 |
Belgium |
ICEM InBrief |
| Financial Crisis Effects Key Focus of ICEM Executive | ||
29 June 2009 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| IGBCE, IG Metall in Germany Combine to Demand Sustainable Industrial Policy | ||
29 June 2009 |
Germany |
ICEM InBrief |
| ILO’s Jobs Pact; a Solid Proposal for Exiting the Financial Crisis | ||
29 June 2009 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| Global economic crisis Peter Bakvis | ||
24 June 2009 |
Global |
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