International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
Materials (glass, ceramics, cement)
159 document(s) for Materials (glass, ceramics, cement) :
 Philippines Cement Workers’ Take Stand to Protect National Cement Industry Jobs |
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17 November 2008 Philippines ICEM InBrief  |
ICEM Asia-Pacific Region affiliate, the Philippines Cement Workers’ Council (PCWC), conducted an action on 13 November in Quezon City to retain a 5% tariff on imported cement. Faced with a number of recent layoffs due to the global economic crisis, the PCWC is opposing a Philippines Cabinet recommendation to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to eliminate the 5% tariff.
“Our local... Read the article |
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| Canada Again Serves as Roadblock at Rotterdam Convention on Asbestos |
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17 November 2008 Canada Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan ... ICEM InBrief  |
In October 2006, efforts were made to make the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure of the Rotterdam Convention apply to asbestos were blocked by a handful of countries, including Canada. The Rotterdam Convention is an international agreement on hazardous materials.
PIC is not a ban. It is a requirement stating that information is to be made available, and adequate warning of a substance’s...Read the article |
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| Maternity Protection Theme of ICEM’s Asia-Pacific Working Women’s Group |
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3 November 2008 Australia Indonesia India ... ICEM InBrief  |
On 26 October, ICEM Asia-Pacific Region’s Working Women’s group met in Jakarta, Indonesia, to continue its work on maternity protection. This work has been ongoing for at least a year, and was reflected from the seven points that arose out of the 2007 Women’s World Conference.
The meeting was attended by women from ICEM affiliates in Indonesia, Japan, India, Thailand, Malaysia,...Read the article |
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| ICEM, BWI, US Boilermakers Bring LaFarge USA Dispute to Company in Paris | ||
9 October 2008 |
Switzerland France United States |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| ICEM intensifies Campaign on Contract and Agency Labour with New Site and New Publications | ||
6 October 2008 |
Global |
ICEM News release |
| Owens-Illinois Ordered to Reinstate Fired Peruvian Glassworkers’ Union Leaders | ||
22 September 2008 |
Peru |
ICEM InBrief |
| Cement Workers Protest to Save Jobs, Gain Wage Arrears in Iraqi Kurdistan | ||
8 September 2008 |
Iraq |
ICEM InBrief |
| Lafarge’s Health Coverage Cuts Concern ICEM US Affiliate Boilermakers | ||
8 September 2008 |
Canada United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Lafarge’s Proposed Health Coverage Cuts in State of Missouri Brings Global Resistance | ||
8 September 2008 |
United States |
ICEM News release |
| CEPPWAWU Resolving Some Sector Agreements in South Africa; Furniture Workers on Strike | ||
14 July 2008 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| North American Steelworkers, UK’s Unite Forge Trans-Atlantic Union Alliance | ||
14 July 2008 |
Canada United Kingdom Ireland ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Turkish Glass Workers Reach Two-year Accord on Eve of Strike | ||
16 June 2008 |
Turkey |
ICEM InBrief |
| Labour Department Inaction Moves Philippine Cement Workers’ Council to Pickets | ||
2 June 2008 |
Philippines |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM’s Turkish Glass, Tyre Unions Readied for Strike Action | ||
19 May 2008 |
Turkey |
ICEM InBrief |
| Turkish Cement Workers, Behind Trade Union Çimse-İş, Achieve New Labour Pact | ||
21 April 2008 |
Turkey |
ICEM InBrief |
| Social Dialogue Workshop Brings Turkish and Bulgarian Unions Together | ||
7 April 2008 |
Bulgaria Turkey |
ICEM InBrief |
| French Unions Condemn Plastics Industry for Seeking Protocol Break to 155,000 Workers | ||
25 February 2008 |
France |
ICEM InBrief |
| Strike Threat Renewed in Slovenia as Employers Renege on Deal | ||
11 February 2008 |
Slovenia |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Turkish Affiliates Gather to Discuss Contract and Agency Labour | ||
11 February 2008 |
Germany Netherlands Sweden ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Persistence Pays Off for Ross Glass Workers’ in Colombia | ||
14 January 2008 |
Colombia |
ICEM InBrief |
