International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
Mining / DGOJP
ICEM Background document
Coal Mining and Trade Unions – Overview of Coal Industry, Problems and Challenges
December 2007
460 document(s) for Mining / DGOJP :
 14 Killed in Gold Fields’ South African Mines Last Week |
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5 May 2008 South Africa ICEM InBrief  |
Last week proved to be a deadly for South African mining company Gold Fields Ltd. Fourteen miners were killed, including nine on 1 May at the firm’s South Deep Mine near Randfontein, in the northeast province of Gauteng.
Those nine were killed in an inexcusable safety breach that saw a chain attached to an elevator cage snap, causing death when the cage plummeted 60 metres inside a mine... Read the article |
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| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin |
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3 May 2008 Brazil Japan South Africa ... ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin  |
G8 Campaign in Full Swing
AIDS G8 Japanese Embassy Campaign Continues to 30 May
The Global Union AIDS Programme (GUAP) has extended its campaign to contact Japanese Embassies until 30 May 2008. The approach to Japanese Embassies is to urge the Japanese Government, as the current G8 President, to ensure that the next G8 Summit takes action to strengthen health care systems and to create an accountability...Read the article |
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| MUZ Denounces Mining Houses Neglect of Social Processes in Zambia |
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21 April 2008 Zambia ICEM InBrief  |
At the supreme council meeting of the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) on 14 April, the union denounced mine operators who are breaking provisions of the union’s collective agreements in the southern African nation.
MUZ President Rayford Mbulu condemned, in the strongest terms possible, employers who disregard terms and conditions of labour agreements. He also lashed out at certain mining...Read the article |
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| Contract Workers Again Strike Codelco’s Copper Mines in Chile for Fulfilment of Terms | ||
21 April 2008 |
Chile |
ICEM InBrief |
| Russian Bauxite Strike Again Flares, Then Ends at RusAl’s Krasnaya Shapochka Mine | ||
21 April 2008 |
Russian Federation |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Condemns the Assassination of Colombian Sintracarbón Leader, Adolfo González Montes | ||
7 April 2008 |
Colombia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Russian Bauxite Strike Ends With Pledge of Higher Pay, Better Work Conditions | ||
7 April 2008 |
Russian Federation |
ICEM InBrief |
| 13,000 Contract Workers End Strike Against India’s Neyveli Lignite Corporation | ||
7 April 2008 |
India |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Turkish Affiliates Gather to Discuss Contract and Agency Labour | ||
11 February 2008 |
Germany Netherlands Sweden ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| BHP Billiton Raises Stakes in Pursuit of Rio Tinto | ||
11 February 2008 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| US Labour Board Wants Court Order to Force Massey to Re-hire Unionised Mineworkers | ||
11 February 2008 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Resolutions as adopted by the 4th ICEM World Congress | ||
1 February 2008 |
Côte d'ivoire Colombia Cuba ... |
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| Report Available from December’s Coal Conference in India | ||
28 January 2008 |
India Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| Aquarius Platinum: Integrity on Mine Safety Broken in South Africa | ||
14 January 2008 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Methane Blast Kills at Least 23 at ArcelorMittal Coal Mine in Kazakhstan | ||
14 January 2008 |
Kazakhstan |
ICEM InBrief |
| Coal Conference in India Focuses on Health/Safety, Ratification of ILO Convention 176 | ||
14 January 2008 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| Past NUM GSs’ Rise High in Leadership of African National Congress | ||
14 January 2008 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Coal Conference Declaration, Kolkata, India | ||
13 January 2008 |
India |
ICEM Sector Background document |
| Australia’s CFMEU Calls for Cleaner Measures to Reduce Carbon Emissions | ||
17 December 2007 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| BHP Billiton Files Legal Challenge to Chile's Law on Subcontracting | ||
17 December 2007 |
Chile |
ICEM InBrief |
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Stora Enso Must Do More to Fulfill Social Responsibilities
Stora Enso Must Do More to Fulfill Social Responsibilities
24 December 2007:
ICEM Welcomes Liberia's Certification of Legitimate Firestone Union
ICEM Welcomes Liberia's Certification of Legitimate Firestone Union
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