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ICEM Global Mining Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia
19 August 2008
Russian Federation
Global
ICEM InBrief Alert
Last month, ICEM conducted its quadrennial Global Mining Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia. The conference was attended by 138 delegates from 37 countries. A number of excellent presentations were made. Those, along with the language versions of the ICEM Mining Conference Document, can be found here. The English version of the document, along with a re-cap of the meeting can also be...
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Full Strike Begins for 500 USW Canadian Members at 3 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Mines
11 August 2008
Canada
ICEM InBrief
Despite week-long efforts to reach a new labour agreement, 500 members of three United Steelworkers (USW) local unions in Canada began a strike against the world’s largest potash mining company on 7 August. Workers took up picket line duty at three underground mines and milling operations of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan in western Canada due to the company’s refusal to share portions...
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South African Unions Conduct Wave of National Strikes, Protesting Energy, Food Costs
11 August 2008
South Africa
ICEM InBrief
An estimated 80% of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) 1.8 million members participated in a national strike on 6 August, protesting rampant inflation. The day-long strike marked the culmination in a series of four work stoppages calling for relief to rising electric and food costs. COSATU also issued a stern demand for a decent living wage to counter a June inflation rate that hit...
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ICEM Holds Quadrennial Mining Conference in Russia

Drummond Coal Mine Strike Ends in Colombia; Accord Also Reached with Glencore

Canadian Steelworkers Commence Overtime Ban Against Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

NUM Files Strike Notice on 3 South Africa Mining Houses; Safety Strike Looms at Gold Fields

Mine Deaths Accelerate in China Over the Past Month

North American Steelworkers, UK’s Unite Forge Trans-Atlantic Union Alliance

Peru Enacts New Contract Labour Law Assuring Rights

Mining Strike Begins in Peru over Government Inaction on Pension, Profit-Sharing Issues

CFMEU Presses Australian Government to Stick to Renewable Energy Targets

ICEM’s Africa Delegates Attend Relevant China Investment Forum

12 Dead, 24 Rescued in Last Week’s Coal Mine Explosion in Eastern Ukraine

ICEM’s Sub-Sahara Africa Conference Adopts Four-Point Work Plan

ICEM Expresses Concern over Latest Ukrainian Coal Mine Blast

ICEM Letter To Ukrainian PRUPU Union on 8 June Mine Tragedy

ICEM Forefront at Turkey's Hard Coal Conference

Skorpion Zinc Lockout Ends with Global Mine Union Pressure

Skorpion Reneges; Deal to Settle Zinc Dispute in Namibia is Scuttled




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