International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
North Africa / Middle East
Click here for the Iraqi Labour campaign website.
ICEM Article - Iraq: Trade Union Repression Must End
Hashmeya Muhssin, from the Basra Electricity Workers’ Union and ICEM Executive Member, has been standing up for women as well as for men in Basra and has launched a campaign for social security.
Click here to view the campaign manual in English.
206 document(s) for North Africa / Middle East :
 Electricity, Energy Workers’ Union Re-Born in Egypt |
||
6 February 2012 Egypt ICEM InBrief  |
It was a two-and-a-half-hour high speed drive on chaotic Egyptian roads to travel from 6th of October City, an industrial zone of Cairo, north to El-Mahalla El-Kubra, a large industrial and agricultural city in the middle of the Nile Delta. It is known for its dominant textile industry and is home to the largest public-sector Egyptian textile company, the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company.
El-Mahalla... Read the article |
|
| Canada’s Tar Sands, Keystone Pipeline Gets Aired at COP-17 |
||
19 December 2011 South Africa Global ICEM InBrief  |
On 2 December, representatives of the ICEM Canadian affiliate Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) Union participated in a discussion on trade union perspectives on the Canadian bituminous sands, or tar sands or oil sands.
Organized by the Cornell Global Labor Institute and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) with the CEP, the session was part of the international trade union World of...Read the article |
|
| COP-17 Union Panel Stresses Sustainable Industry in Climate Change Debate |
||
19 December 2011 South Africa Global ICEM InBrief  |
On 30 November, the ICEM, International Metalworkers’ Federation, and the International Textile, Garment, Leathers Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF) collaborated on an event entitled “Cutting Emissions - Transforming Jobs.” It was a key part of World of Work side events that were coordinated by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) at COP-17 in Durban, or the 17th...Read the article |
|
| Oil Workers in Iraq Bravely Fight to Organise | ||
10 October 2011 |
Iraq |
ICEM InBrief |
| Iranian Petrochemical Workers Strike, Demanding Elimination of Subcontractors | ||
10 October 2011 |
Iran |
ICEM InBrief |
| Kingdom of Bahrain’s Trade Union Repression Continues | ||
29 August 2011 |
Bahrain |
ICEM InBrief |
| Iraq Fails to Release GFIW Mechanics’ Union Leader, Others as Promised | ||
6 June 2011 |
Iraq |
ICEM InBrief |
| After Four Years, Mansour Osanloo Released from Iran Jail | ||
6 June 2011 |
Iran |
ICEM InBrief |
| ITUC, BWI Question Qatar on Workers’ Rights | ||
6 June 2011 |
Qatar |
ICEM InBrief |
| Repression Continues on Iraqi Trade Unions | ||
23 May 2011 |
Iraq |
ICEM InBrief |
| Iraqi Government Moves to End Free Trade Unions, Remove Recognition of National Centre | ||
18 May 2011 |
Iraq |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| Palestine’s Shaher Sae’d Winner of Norwegian Arthur Svensson Union Rights Award | ||
9 May 2011 |
Palestine |
ICEM InBrief |
| Kingdom of Bahrain Retaliates Against Trade Unions for General Strike | ||
11 April 2011 |
Bahrain |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Angered by Brutal Attack on Trade Unions in Bahrain | ||
6 April 2011 |
Bahrain |
ICEM Background Document |
| Trade Union Protests in Iraq Signal Continued Political Instability | ||
28 February 2011 |
Iraq |
ICEM InBrief |
| Bahrain’s Trade Unions Key in Popular Uprising for Rights | ||
28 February 2011 |
Bahrain |
ICEM InBrief |
| Mubarek Overthrown; Egyptian People Await Freedoms | ||
14 February 2011 |
Egypt |
ICEM InBrief |
| Public Sector Workers Demand Justice for Sacked Workers in Iraq | ||
31 January 2011 |
Iraq |
ICEM InBrief |
| Tunisian ‘Jasmine Revolution’ Ousts Autocrat; Unions Call for Social Justice | ||
17 January 2011 |
Tunisia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Global Union Federations ICEM, BWI, PSI Sign Global Framework Agreement with GDF SUEZ | ||
19 November 2010 |
Global |
ICEM News release |
Subscribe to ICEM News
20 January 2012:
ICEM Protests Northern Cyprus Strike Ban in Energy Sector
ICEM Protests Northern Cyprus Strike Ban in Energy Sector
14 December 2011:
Proud Indonesian Miners End Strike with Freeport-McMoRan
Proud Indonesian Miners End Strike with Freeport-McMoRan
ICEM Global Info
(Bi-annual magazine)
(Bi-annual magazine)
