International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
Asia / Pacific
518 document(s) for Asia / Pacific :
 Parliament in Australia Takes Up ‘Fair Work’ scuttling ‘WorkChoices’ |
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1 December 2008 Australia ICEM InBrief  |
The dismantling of anti-social work laws in Australia has finally begun, a full year after a Labour government replaced the failed economic and social policies of former Prime Minister John Howard. On 25 November, introduction of some 650 pages of rollbacks to Howard’s work laws came in Parliament’s House of Representatives. Fair Work Australia, replacing Howard’s WorkChoices, is... Read the article |
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| Case Dropped against CFMEU’s Noel Washington, Charged with Defending His Lawful Union Rights |
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1 December 2008 Australia ICEM InBrief  |
In Victoria, Australia, on 29 November, a state prosecutor dismissed charges against a construction trade union leader who faced six months imprisonment for exercising basic trade union rights. The union leader, Noel Washington, the Senior Vice President for the Construction, Forestry, Mine, Energy Union’s (CFMEU) Victoria Branch, was to appear tomorrow, 2 December, in a Melbourne Magistrates...Read the article |
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| Workers in Pakistan Unite Against Oil, Gas Privatisation |
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1 December 2008 Pakistan ICEM InBrief  |
Thousands of oil and gas workers held a rally on Thursday, 19 November, in continuation of strong protests against the decision to privatize the Qadirpur gas fields. The company, Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd., will lose huge assets to foreign investors. The government is expecting to receive between US$3 and US$4 billion, whereas many commentators value the assets at more than US$12 billion.
The...Read the article |
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| ICEM WOMEN’S BULLETIN 32 | ||
25 November 2008 |
Argentina Australia Bangladesh ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| ICEM, European Unions Aid New Zealand’s L’Oreal Workers in Fight for First Contract | ||
17 November 2008 |
New Zealand |
ICEM InBrief |
| Philippines Cement Workers’ Take Stand to Protect National Cement Industry Jobs | ||
17 November 2008 |
Philippines |
ICEM InBrief |
| Australia and CFMEU Make Major Progress in Creating the First National Legislation on Carbon Capture | ||
17 November 2008 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| China Coal Mine Deaths Rise in October; Last Week, 29 killed in Blast in Shaanxi Province | ||
3 November 2008 |
China |
ICEM InBrief |
| Indonesian Paper Union Identifies Organising Targets with Help from Sweden’s Pappers Union | ||
3 November 2008 |
Indonesia Sweden |
ICEM InBrief |
| Asia-Pacific Rubber Workers’ Unions Form Regional Network | ||
3 November 2008 |
Indonesia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Fourth Asia-Pacific Goodyear Rubber Workers’ Network Meets in Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
3 November 2008 |
Indonesia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Maternity Protection Theme of ICEM’s Asia-Pacific Working Women’s Group | ||
3 November 2008 |
Australia Indonesia India ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Rio Tinto’s Iron-Ore Train Drivers Reject Individual Work Agreements with Industrial Action | ||
20 October 2008 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| 7 October ‘World Day for Decent Work’ Gave Labour a Catalogue of Diverse Activities | ||
20 October 2008 |
Belgium Canada Serbia ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM intensifies Campaign on Contract and Agency Labour with New Site and New Publications | ||
6 October 2008 |
Global |
ICEM News release |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
3 October 2008 |
Australia Colombia India ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| Joint ICEM - Boehringer Ingelheim Project on HIV/AIDS in India | ||
24 September 2008 |
India |
ICEM Project document |
| ICEM Women's Bulletin: September 2008 (No. 31) | ||
23 September 2008 |
Brazil Chile Costa Rica ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| Global Activities Mount as World Day for Decent Work, 7 October, Approaches | ||
22 September 2008 |
Argentina Belgium Brazil ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Bill to Strengthen the Rights of Temporary, Casual Workers Introduced in New Zealand | ||
22 September 2008 |
New Zealand |
ICEM InBrief |
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30 November 2008:
ICEM Marks 20th World AIDS Day with Commitment to the Future
ICEM Marks 20th World AIDS Day with Commitment to the Future
6 November 2008:
ICEM Endorses North American Boycott of Petro-Canada Products
ICEM Endorses North American Boycott of Petro-Canada Products
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