International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
Latin America / Caribbean
266 document(s) for Latin America / Caribbean :
 ICEM Holds Quadrennial Mining Conference in Russia |
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28 July 2008 Global ICEM InBrief  |
Forty-one national mining unions from 37 countries met 9-11 July in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the ICEM’s quadrennial World Conference on Mining and DJGOP. A total of 138 delegates addressed the major changes occurring in the industry.
At the top of the agenda of an ICEM work plan covering the next four years was the continuing health and safety problems occurring at mines throughout... Read the article |
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| Colombia Dam Disaster of 28 July 1983: ‘The Night the Lights Went Dark’ on 200 Casual Workers |
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28 July 2008 Colombia ICEM InBrief  |
Today, in Bogotá, Colombia, civil society and trade unions, led by the ICEM electric utility affiliate Sintraelecol, will mark the 25th anniversary of the Guavio dam disaster in which most of the 200 casualities were temporary labourers. They were buried alive when a pair of massive rock slides, totalling 60,000 cubic yards of earth, fell on them in the evening of...Read the article |
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| Drummond Coal Mine Strike Ends in Colombia; Accord Also Reached with Glencore |
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28 July 2008 Colombia ICEM InBrief  |
Mineworkers and port workers of non-affiliated Colombia union, Sintramienergética, ended a week-long strike on Wednesday, 23 July, against US-based coal producer Drummond. The miners shut one of Drummond’s two big open pit mines in César department, the Pribbenow mine, as well as the company’s thermal coal exporting port at Santa Marta.
The strike ended for the 2,700...Read the article |
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| Brazilian Akzo Nobel Workers’ Network Brings in ICI Plants for Effective Solidarity | ||
28 July 2008 |
Brazil |
ICEM InBrief |
| Rubber Workers in Argentina Begin Job Actions to Gain Fair Pay | ||
28 July 2008 |
Argentina |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM’s Bridgestone Workers’ Network Meets in the United States | ||
14 July 2008 |
Brazil Spain Japan ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Brazilian Solvay Chemicals Network Organises Second Meeting | ||
14 July 2008 |
Belgium Brazil |
ICEM InBrief |
| Interview with Sérgio Novais, National Chemical Confederation of Brazil and ICEM Vice President, Lat | ||
10 July 2008 |
Brazil |
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| ICEM Contract and Agency Labour Newsletter | ||
9 July 2008 |
Brazil Germany Denmark ... |
ICEM Campaign document |
| Mining Strike Begins in Peru over Government Inaction on Pension, Profit-Sharing Issues | ||
30 June 2008 |
Peru |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Women's Bulletin: June 2008 | ||
27 June 2008 |
Botswana Colombia Costa Rica ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| SINTRA P&G Successful in First Contract at Procter & Gamble Peru | ||
2 June 2008 |
Peru |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Latin American/Caribbean Region Firms Action Plan for 2008-2011 | ||
2 June 2008 |
Argentina Bolivia Brazil ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
2 June 2008 |
Botswana Mexico South Africa ... |
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| BASF South American Workers’ Network Nears 10th Anniversary | ||
22 May 2008 |
Argentina Brazil Chile ... |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
3 May 2008 |
Brazil Japan South Africa ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| Contract Workers Again Strike Codelco’s Copper Mines in Chile for Fulfilment of Terms | ||
21 April 2008 |
Chile |
ICEM InBrief |
| Counter-Summit to Present a Human Focus to Energy Needs Today in New Orleans | ||
21 April 2008 |
Canada Mexico United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Condemns the Assassination of Colombian Sintracarbón Leader, Adolfo González Montes | ||
7 April 2008 |
Colombia |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
7 April 2008 |
Colombia South Africa Global |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
