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ICEM InBrief
ICEM InBrief
InBrief is the ICEM's bi-weekly newsletter, published in English.
1611 document(s) for ICEM InBrief :
 Financial Crisis Effects Key Focus of ICEM Executive |
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29 June 2009 Global ICEM InBrief  |
Members of the ICEM’s Executive Committee discussed and deliberated on the effects of the world’s financial crisis on day two of the statutory body’s annual meetings 24 June. The discussion started with ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda outlining the unified strategy that Global Union Federations (GUFs), together with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and TUAC... Read the article |
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| Sintracarbón Seeks Unionisation for Subcontractor at Cerrejón in Colombia |
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29 June 2009 Colombia ICEM InBrief  |
Early this week, workers of a transportation subcontractor at the world’s largest open-pit coal mines, Carbones del Cerrejón in Colombia, will present their demands to managers. Backed by powerful Sintracarbón, the ICEM affiliate representing 4,000 Cerrejón miners, one of those presenting the demands will be Vincente Pomarico, the leader of a transport workers’ organising...Read the article |
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| ICEM’s Contract Labour Forum in Guinea Forces Expulsion of Russian Mine Boss |
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29 June 2009 Guinea ICEM InBrief  |
A unique happenstance followed an ICEM workshop on Contract and Agency Labour (CAL) in Guinea recently: the Industrial Relations manager of Russian bauxite and steel producer RUSAL was expelled from the country following revelations at the conference of the company’s horrid labour practices in Guinea.
Mineworkers in Guinea, backed by leaders of the trade union federations, provided vivid...Read the article |
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| Iraq: ICEM Again Condemns Union Harassment at Basra Petrochem | ||
29 June 2009 |
Iraq |
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| Bridgestone Tyre Strike in Belgium Erupts | ||
29 June 2009 |
Belgium |
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| Bridgestone Global Safety Steering Meets in Tokyo | ||
29 June 2009 |
Japan |
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| ICEM Calls on Papermaker Sappi to Halt Safety Discipline | ||
29 June 2009 |
South Africa |
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| ICEM Hosts Nigerian Union Leaders from NUPENG, PENGASSAN | ||
29 June 2009 |
Nigeria |
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| Brazil’s ABC Chemical Workers’ Union in Unique 60-day Congress Period | ||
29 June 2009 |
Brazil |
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| Colliery Deaths in Indonesia Reinforces Call for Ratification of ILO 176 | ||
29 June 2009 |
Indonesia |
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| Gold Fields Struck by 5 South African Mining Deaths in Past Month | ||
29 June 2009 |
South Africa |
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| IGBCE, IG Metall in Germany Combine to Demand Sustainable Industrial Policy | ||
29 June 2009 |
Germany |
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| ILO’s Jobs Pact; a Solid Proposal for Exiting the Financial Crisis | ||
29 June 2009 |
Global |
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| ICEM, Rhodia Take Health, Safety Agenda to Shop Floor in Freiburg, Germany | ||
29 June 2009 |
Germany France |
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| Dutch FNV Supporting Organising, Social Dialogue Project with ICEM in Turkey | ||
29 June 2009 |
Netherlands Turkey |
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| ICEM Mourns Death of Turkish Mines Leader, Maden-İş President Ekrem Fedai | ||
29 June 2009 |
Turkey |
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| Paperiliitto Elects Leaders, Prepares for Hard Talks in Finnish Pulp, Paper Sector | ||
15 June 2009 |
Finland |
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| 82 Illegal Miners Dead at Harmony Gold in South Africa | ||
15 June 2009 |
South Africa |
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| Solidarity Delegation to Miners’ of Mexico Slated Next Month | ||
15 June 2009 |
Mexico |
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| Wage Talks Stall Across South Africa Mining Sector | ||
15 June 2009 |
South Africa |
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