ICEM AkzoNobel Network
Welcome to the ICEM AkzoNobel network page.
The formation meeting which was held on 31 May-1 June 2010 in Amsterdam, upon invitation of ICEM’s Dutch affiliate FNV-Bondgenoten. The host union considers international networking within multinational companies as a priority, and as a result, the union established the FNV Company Monitor some years ago as a tool for research on Dutch multinationals, and to build networks of unionists within them.
AkzoNobel is the largest global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company employs 55,000 people in over 80 countries.
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 AkzoNobel workers and their unions on a regional and worldwide basis.
For more information, please contact ICEM.
Below see a list of ICEM articles related to AkzoNobel.
 Akzo Nobel Global Union Network Reinforced |
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1 August 2011 Netherlands ICEM InBrief  |
Key activists of ICEM’s Dutch affiliate FNV Bondgenoten inside a leading global chemicals company, Akzo Nobel, were welcomed at the ICEM Secretariat on 22 July to reinforce and organise the new global network of workers.
Fons Welters, Chair of Akzo Nobel’s Central Works Council (CWC) and a member of the European Works Council (EWC), with Michael Dekker and Marcel Tesselaar, of the... Read the article |
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| AkzoNobel Network Survey Reveals Pertinent Site-to-Site Facts |
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28 March 2011 Netherlands ICEM InBrief  |
A thorough survey conducted by the global trade union network of AkzoNobel reveals key points inside the Dutch chemical company’s worldwide subsidiaries, particularly related to restructuring. The AkzoNobel Workers’ Network was created only ten months ago when ICEM affiliate FNV Bondgenoten hosted the inaugural meeting in Amsterdam.
The survey saw response from nearly all workplace...Read the article |
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| Latin American Union Network for AkzoNobel Held in São Paulo, Brazil |
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31 January 2011 Brazil ICEM InBrief  |
The second meeting of the Latin American Trade Union Network of Dutch multinational Akzo Nobel was held on from 7-9 December 2010 in São Paulo, Brazil. The meeting was jointly organized by the project called CUTMulti, CUT`s International Relations Secretariat, and ICEM’s Dutch trade union affiliate, FNV Bondgenoten.
The meeting was attended by trade union representatives from Brazil,...Read the article |
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| ICEM CAL Campaign Releases Country Report on the Netherlands | ||
13 December 2010 |
Netherlands |
ICEM Background Document |
| ICEM Affiliates Move to Form an Akzo Nobel Workers’ Network | ||
28 June 2010 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| Strike Action Brings Akzo Nobel to Terms with Dutch Unions | ||
8 February 2010 |
Netherlands |
ICEM InBrief |
| Promising Potential for Social Dialogue in Brazil | ||
30 November 2009 |
Brazil |
ICEM InBrief |
| Social Dialogue, Networks In Latin American Chemicals Focus of FES Workshops | ||
16 November 2009 |
Argentina Brazil Chile ... |
ICEM InBrief |