International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
Asia / Pacific
488 document(s) for Asia / Pacific :
 ICEM Holds Quadrennial Mining Conference in Russia |
||
28 July 2008 Global ICEM InBrief  |
Forty-one national mining unions from 37 countries met 9-11 July in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the ICEM’s quadrennial World Conference on Mining and DJGOP. A total of 138 delegates addressed the major changes occurring in the industry.
At the top of the agenda of an ICEM work plan covering the next four years was the continuing health and safety problems occurring at mines throughout... Read the article |
|
| Mine Deaths Accelerate in China Over the Past Month |
||
14 July 2008 China ICEM InBrief  |
Coal mining deaths, as well as recorded tragedies happening in iron ore and clay mining, shot up over the past month in China. Chinese authorities continue to be vigilant on mine managers and others when mining deaths occur. The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) is quick to say that deaths are down this year over each of the past few years, with gas-control utilization procedures the reason....Read the article |
|
| ICEM’s Bridgestone Workers’ Network Meets in the United States |
||
14 July 2008 Brazil Spain Japan ... ICEM InBrief  |
The Eighth ICEM Steering Committee of the Bridgestone-Firestone Global Union Network met in Las Vegas, Nevada, 27-28 June, preceding the constitutional convention of the United Steelworkers (USW). The USW hosted the meeting, which was chaired by Tashiaki Hojo, President of the Japanese Rubber Workers’ Union Confederation (GOMU-RENGGO).
The conference welcomed the Network’s newest...Read the article |
|
| Positive Developments for Agency Workers in Thailand | ||
10 July 2008 |
Thailand |
|
| Minimum Wage Bill for Agency Workers Passes Major Hurdle in New Zealand | ||
10 July 2008 |
New Zealand |
|
| Pakistani Food Workers Challenge Unilever’s Casualisation | ||
10 July 2008 |
Pakistan |
|
| ICEM Contract and Agency Labour Newsletter | ||
9 July 2008 |
Brazil Germany Denmark ... |
ICEM Campaign document |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
8 July 2008 |
Afghanistan Canada Côte d'ivoire ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| ICEM Global Info 2008 | ||
7 July 2008 |
Canada Iraq Liberia ... |
PDF |
| CFMEU Presses Australian Government to Stick to Renewable Energy Targets | ||
30 June 2008 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Goodyear to Close South Pacific Tyre Plant in Australia at End of 2008 | ||
30 June 2008 |
Australia |
|
| ICEM Women's Bulletin: June 2008 | ||
27 June 2008 |
Botswana Colombia Costa Rica ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| ICEM’s Africa Delegates Attend Relevant China Investment Forum | ||
16 June 2008 |
China Ghana |
ICEM InBrief |
| Labour Department Inaction Moves Philippine Cement Workers’ Council to Pickets | ||
2 June 2008 |
Philippines |
ICEM InBrief |
| Paper, Printing Federation of Thailand Elects New Activists; Focus Begins on Organising, Contract Wo | ||
2 June 2008 |
Thailand |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Letter to Korea Over Detention, Expulsion of Migrant Workers' Leaders | ||
19 May 2008 |
South Korea |
ICEM Background Document |
| ICEM Protests Expulsions by Korea of Migrant Workers’ Union Leaders | ||
19 May 2008 |
South Korea |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin | ||
3 May 2008 |
Brazil Japan South Africa ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| 13,000 Contract Workers End Strike Against India’s Neyveli Lignite Corporation | ||
7 April 2008 |
India |
ICEM InBrief |
| New Zealand Chemical Workers On Strike Against US-based Ecolab | ||
7 April 2008 |
New Zealand |
ICEM InBrief |
