International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
Asia / Pacific
512 document(s) for Asia / Pacific :
 ICEM, European Unions Aid New Zealand’s L’Oreal Workers in Fight for First Contract |
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17 November 2008 New Zealand ICEM InBrief  |
A small group of warehouse workers in Auckland, New Zealand, members of ICEM affiliate National Distribution Union (NDU) are waging a fierce battle to get a first labour agreement. They are paid up to 30% less than distribution workers in nearby facilities and have faced indignities from managers, including a boss’s ludicrous claim that benefit levels were adequate since workers receive discounts... Read the article |
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| Philippines Cement Workers’ Take Stand to Protect National Cement Industry Jobs |
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17 November 2008 Philippines ICEM InBrief  |
ICEM Asia-Pacific Region affiliate, the Philippines Cement Workers’ Council (PCWC), conducted an action on 13 November in Quezon City to retain a 5% tariff on imported cement. Faced with a number of recent layoffs due to the global economic crisis, the PCWC is opposing a Philippines Cabinet recommendation to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to eliminate the 5% tariff.
“Our local...Read the article |
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| Australia and CFMEU Make Major Progress in Creating the First National Legislation on Carbon Capture |
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17 November 2008 Australia ICEM InBrief |
For the first time, national legislation has been enacted to govern carbon capture and storage or CCS. A new Australian law creates a setting which encourages companies to invest with confidence in CCS...Read the article |
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| 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 |
| Queensland State CFMEU Holds Inaugural Miners’ Memorial Day on 19 September | ||
22 September 2008 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Uruguay the Destination for ICEM’s Pulp/Paper Conference, 8-10 December 2008 | ||
9 September 2008 |
Uruguay Global |
ICEM News release |
| ICEM’s BASF Asia-Pacific Network Meets in Chennai, India | ||
8 September 2008 |
Germany Indonesia India ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| Thai Industrial Gas Workers Win Through Striking, Engagement in Earnest Bargaining Table Talks | ||
25 August 2008 |
Germany Thailand |
ICEM InBrief |
