International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
North America
487 document(s) for North America :
 Rio Tinto Engaged in Savage Union Busting at California Borates Mine |
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8 February 2010 United States ICEM InBrief  |
The lockout by Rio Tinto Minerals on 560 union members of International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) in Boron, California, is now eight days old, and there is no sign that management intends to engage in talks anytime soon.
Instead, Rio Tinto has engaged the services of US security firm J.R. Gettier of Wilmington, Delaware, to bus replacement workers across picket lines and to give... Read the article |
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| ICEM Pledges Support to Locked-Out Rio Tinto Workers in US State of California |
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1 February 2010 United States ICEM News release  |
The Geneva, Switzerland-based International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) announces that it gives its unequivocal support to the 560 miners of US affiliated union, International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), who were locked off their jobs by the Rio Tinto subsidiary, US Borax and Chemical Corp., on Sunday, 31 January.
The workers were...Read the article |
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| Talks Prove Futile in Ending Vale’s Eastern Canada Mine Strike |
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25 January 2010 Canada ICEM InBrief  |
Negotiations between United Steelworkers (USW) Local 9508 and Brazilian mining company Vale broke off late last night, 24 January, in St. John, Newfoundland, in failed efforts to end the 25-week strike by 250 union members at Goose Bay and Voiseys Bay, Labrador. Three days of steady talks over the weekend, guided by a provincial mediator from Newfoundland/Labrador, failed to bring the two sides any...Read the article |
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| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin - No. 52, January 2010 | ||
12 January 2010 |
Afghanistan Austria Canada ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| Mine Unions in Australia, Canada Reject Xstrata’s Job Cuts | ||
11 January 2010 |
Australia Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Women’s Bulletin No. 37/ Boletín de noticias de la mujer de la ICEM No. 37 | ||
7 January 2010 |
Belgium Brazil Canada ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| USW, Vale Spar Over Picket Line, Scab Threats in Canadian Nickel Strike | ||
14 December 2009 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM and Rhodia in joint mission of monitoring in the USA | ||
14 December 2009 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| US Labour Board Issues Stern Injunctive Relief against Covanta | ||
30 November 2009 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Paperworkers in Finland, Netherlands Take Strike Actions against Sappi | ||
30 November 2009 |
Finland Netherlands United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Ten-Day Strike by US Union against Rhodia Ends on 14 November | ||
17 November 2009 |
United States |
ICEM Background Document |
| Joint Statement of Vale Unions from Soroako | ||
16 November 2009 |
Indonesia |
ICEM Background Document |
| CEP Women Turn Out in Record Numbers at Canadian Conference | ||
16 November 2009 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Ten-Day Strike by US Union against Rhodia Ends on 14 November | ||
16 November 2009 |
France United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Miners Dig In: Steelworkers Ready Nickel Strike for Long Canadian Winter | ||
16 November 2009 |
Brazil Canada United Kingdom ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin - No. 50 November 2009 | ||
13 November 2009 |
Côte d'ivoire India Papua New Guinea ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| Vale-Inco Mining Strike in Canada Escalates on Global Level | ||
2 November 2009 |
Canada Germany Sweden |
ICEM InBrief |
| BP Fails to Correct Safety Errors at Texas Refinery, Ordered to Pay Another US$87.4 Million | ||
2 November 2009 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| US Boilermakers US Succeed in Moving Lafarge Off Contract Concessions | ||
2 November 2009 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM, ITF, IGBCE in German Port Protest Against Vale-Inco Mine Shipment | ||
19 October 2009 |
Germany United States |
ICEM InBrief |
