International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
North America
674 document(s) for North America :
 US Teamsters at Saint-Gobain Succeed in Retaining Premium Health Care |
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3 February 2012 United States ICEM InBrief Alert  |
A 40-day strike in the US state of Massachusetts has ended. Ninety brave members of the ICEM-affiliated Teamsters Union (IBT) backed Saint-Gobain’s CertainTeed subsidiary away from severe cuts to their health care plan, and ratified a five-year labour agreement by a 69-0 vote on 29 January.
The workers, who make asphalt roofing shingles, gypsum wallboard and fiberglass products at a plant... Read the article |
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| ICEM, Metalworkers Urge Action in Rio Tinto Canadian Lockout |
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23 January 2012 Canada ICEM InBrief  |
On 1 January, Rio Tinto’s aluminium subsidiary Alcan threw 780 Canadian members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 9490 out of work at the Alma smelter and refinery in Saguenay-lac-Saint-Jean region, Québec.
The callous lockout, as reported here in this ICEM dispatch, came exactly at contract expiration of a prior five-year labour pact and simultaneously, Rio Tinto did little to...Read the article |
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| 15,000 Manifests for Canadian Auto Workers in Lockout By Caterpillar |
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23 January 2012 Canada ICEM InBrief  |
Some 80 buses and numerous car caravans converged on London, Ontario, Saturday, 21 January, in boisterous disagreement to Caterpillar Inc.’s hardened lockout of 650 members of the Canadian Auto Workers’ (CAW) union. Fair estimates placed the number of people attending the CAW and Ontario Federation of Labour’s (OFL) Day of Action at 15,000.
Caterpillar’s Electro-Motive...Read the article |
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| Saint-Gobain’s CertainTeed Balks at ‘Common Sense’ End to US Teamster Strike | ||
23 January 2012 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| USW Makes Last-Ditch Appeal to Shame Vale as Public Eye Recipient | ||
23 January 2012 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Intervenes in Saint-Gobain Dispute in US State of Massachusetts | ||
13 January 2012 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| USW Affiliate in Québec Locked Out by Rio Tinto at Aluminium Plant | ||
9 January 2012 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Ontario Labour Board Rules Discharged USW Sudbury Leader has Worksite Access | ||
9 January 2012 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| CAW Members Victimized in Lockout by Caterpillar’s Rail Division | ||
2 January 2012 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| UAW Pickets US Hyundai Dealers over Sexual Harassment in Korea | ||
19 December 2011 |
South Korea United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Canada’s Tar Sands, Keystone Pipeline Gets Aired at COP-17 | ||
19 December 2011 |
South Africa Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| COP-17 Union Panel Stresses Sustainable Industry in Climate Change Debate | ||
19 December 2011 |
South Africa Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| Steelworkers in Lockout Manifest against Copper Rubber in US | ||
19 December 2011 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| CEP Holds 9th Women’s Conference in Ottawa, Canada | ||
19 December 2011 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| Early Boeing Accord Eases US Labour Law Tensions | ||
5 December 2011 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Shipbuilders at Pascagoula, US Mississippi, Ratify 3-Year Contract Extension | ||
5 December 2011 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Cooper Tire and Rubber Locks Out Steelworkers at Ohio Factory | ||
5 December 2011 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| CAW Preserves Benefits for New Hires at Continental AG in Canada | ||
21 November 2011 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| US Machinists End 42-Day Honeywell Strike in Missouri | ||
21 November 2011 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| US Teamsters Win Job Security with BMW’s Auto Parts Successor | ||
7 November 2011 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
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