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
471 document(s) for Mining / DGOJP :
 Mining Strike Begins in Peru over Government Inaction on Pension, Profit-Sharing Issues |
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30 June 2008 Peru ICEM InBrief  |
ICEM Peruvian mining affiliate, Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros Metalúrgicos y Siderúrgicos (FNTMMSP), began a national strike today over the National Assembly’s inactivity on two key pieces of labour legislation.
Despite President Alan García signing into law on 24 June a measure which gives new rights to contract workers, legislation remains stalled... Read the article |
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| CFMEU Presses Australian Government to Stick to Renewable Energy Targets |
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30 June 2008 Australia ICEM InBrief  |
ICEM affiliate Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union (CFMEU) of Australia is demanding that the federal government stick to pledges made by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on renewable energy targets last year during his Labour Party campaign.
The demand comes as Federal Treasury and Productivity Commission officials move to sideline the government’s promise to supply 20% of the country’s...Read the article |
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| ICEM’s Africa Delegates Attend Relevant China Investment Forum |
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16 June 2008 China Ghana ICEM InBrief  |
A two-day workshop on Chinese investment in Africa was held 10-11 June in conjunction and following the ICEM’s Sub-Sahara Africa Region meeting in Accra, Ghana. Thirty-one delegates attended the ICEM workshop, which had valuable support from Germany’s Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation (FES).
Rayford Mbulu, ICEM Regional Vice President, who chaired the conference, said, “We...Read the article |
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| 12 Dead, 24 Rescued in Last Week’s Coal Mine Explosion in Eastern Ukraine | ||
16 June 2008 |
Ukraine |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM’s Sub-Sahara Africa Conference Adopts Four-Point Work Plan | ||
16 June 2008 |
Ghana |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Expresses Concern over Latest Ukrainian Coal Mine Blast | ||
9 June 2008 |
Ukraine |
ICEM News release |
| ICEM Letter To Ukrainian PRUPU Union on 8 June Mine Tragedy | ||
9 June 2008 |
Ukraine |
ICEM Background Document |
| ICEM Forefront at Turkey's Hard Coal Conference | ||
2 June 2008 |
Turkey |
ICEM InBrief |
| Skorpion Zinc Lockout Ends with Global Mine Union Pressure | ||
29 May 2008 |
Namibia |
ICEM News release |
| Skorpion Reneges; Deal to Settle Zinc Dispute in Namibia is Scuttled | ||
20 May 2008 |
Namibia |
ICEM InBrief Alert |
| Skorpion Zinc Strike in Namibia Expected to Conclude Today | ||
19 May 2008 |
Namibia |
ICEM InBrief |
| 14 Killed in Gold Fields’ South African Mines Last Week | ||
5 May 2008 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
3 May 2008 |
Brazil Japan South Africa ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| MUZ Denounces Mining Houses Neglect of Social Processes in Zambia | ||
21 April 2008 |
Zambia |
ICEM InBrief |
| 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 |
