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ICEM InBrief
InBrief is the ICEM's bi-weekly newsletter, published in English.
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 Mobil Nigeria Upstream Strike Settled; Downstream Dispute Still Festers |
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5 May 2008 Nigeria ICEM InBrief  |
An eight-day strike by 1,400 upstream workers of Mobil Producing Nigeria ended on 1 May, following mediation over wages, benefits, and alternative forms of payment for a two-year period. The talks were concluded in the capital of Abuja after mediation by both the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) and the Ministry of Labour and Productivity.
The strike by PENGASSAN, ICEM’s white-collar... Read the article |
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| Turkish Police, Government Take Extreme Measures to Halt May Day Demonstration |
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5 May 2008 Turkey ICEM InBrief  |
Three major Turkish trade union confederations, TÜRK-İŞ (the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions), DİSK (the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions), and KESK (the Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions) – all affiliates to both the ITUC and the ETUC – defied the government’s ban on May Day activities last week, and jointly celebrated International Workers’...Read the article |
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| PENGASSAN Elects New Leader in Babatunde Ogun |
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5 May 2008 Nigeria ICEM InBrief  |
Babatunde Ogun, a 17-year member of Nigeria’s senior staff association PENGASSAN, was elected president of the union on 30 April for a three-year term. His election and the elections of several others occurred at the white-collar union’s Second Triennial Delegates’ Conference in Abuja that was attended by 470 branch and zonal leaders.
The two-day conference featured a sharp...Read the article |
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| 14 Killed in Gold Fields’ South African Mines Last Week | ||
5 May 2008 |
South Africa |
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| Accord Near to Protect Final Pension Scheme for All Workers at Grangemouth | ||
5 May 2008 |
United Kingdom |
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| Book Printer Suddenly Closes in UK, Leaving 287 Jobless | ||
5 May 2008 |
United Kingdom |
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| USW’s Converting Workers at International Paper Ratify Master Contract | ||
5 May 2008 |
United States |
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| ICEM Protests Iran’s Brutal Use of Force to Break Up Tyre Strike | ||
5 May 2008 |
Iran |
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| Reports from Central Europe Regional Meeting Point to Cautious Optimism | ||
5 May 2008 |
Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria ... |
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| Paperiliitto, Finnish Pulp/Paper Industry Come to Amiable Terms | ||
21 April 2008 |
Finland |
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| IGBCE Achieves Novel ‘Job Bridging,’ More Youth Opportunities in Chemical Pay Talks | ||
21 April 2008 |
Germany |
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| Unite Ready to Strike Giant Petrochemicals Complex in Scotland | ||
21 April 2008 |
United Kingdom |
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| Turkish Cement Workers, Behind Trade Union Çimse-İş, Achieve New Labour Pact | ||
21 April 2008 |
Turkey |
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| MUZ Denounces Mining Houses Neglect of Social Processes in Zambia | ||
21 April 2008 |
Zambia |
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| Contract Workers Again Strike Codelco’s Copper Mines in Chile for Fulfilment of Terms | ||
21 April 2008 |
Chile |
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| Russian Bauxite Strike Again Flares, Then Ends at RusAl’s Krasnaya Shapochka Mine | ||
21 April 2008 |
Russian Federation |
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| Continental Tire Settles Retiree Health-Care Dispute with US Steelworkers for $158 Million | ||
21 April 2008 |
Germany United States |
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| Counter-Summit to Present a Human Focus to Energy Needs Today in New Orleans | ||
21 April 2008 |
Canada Mexico United States |
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| ICEM Endorses Global Labour’s ‘Catch the Flame’ Call for Fair Play on Olympic-made Goods | ||
21 April 2008 |
Global |
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| Renewal Rhodia Global Pact Has Specific Neutrality Language | ||
7 April 2008 |
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