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InBrief is the ICEM's bi-weekly newsletter, published in English.

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Financial Crisis Effects Key Focus of ICEM Executive
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...
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Sintracarbón Seeks Unionisation for Subcontractor at Cerrejón in Colombia
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...
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ICEM’s Contract Labour Forum in Guinea Forces Expulsion of Russian Mine Boss
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...
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Iraq: ICEM Again Condemns Union Harassment at Basra Petrochem

Bridgestone Tyre Strike in Belgium Erupts

Bridgestone Global Safety Steering Meets in Tokyo

ICEM Calls on Papermaker Sappi to Halt Safety Discipline

ICEM Hosts Nigerian Union Leaders from NUPENG, PENGASSAN

Brazil’s ABC Chemical Workers’ Union in Unique 60-day Congress Period

Colliery Deaths in Indonesia Reinforces Call for Ratification of ILO 176

Gold Fields Struck by 5 South African Mining Deaths in Past Month

IGBCE, IG Metall in Germany Combine to Demand Sustainable Industrial Policy

ILO’s Jobs Pact; a Solid Proposal for Exiting the Financial Crisis

ICEM, Rhodia Take Health, Safety Agenda to Shop Floor in Freiburg, Germany

Dutch FNV Supporting Organising, Social Dialogue Project with ICEM in Turkey

ICEM Mourns Death of Turkish Mines Leader, Maden-İş President Ekrem Fedai

Paperiliitto Elects Leaders, Prepares for Hard Talks in Finnish Pulp, Paper Sector

82 Illegal Miners Dead at Harmony Gold in South Africa

Solidarity Delegation to Miners’ of Mexico Slated Next Month

Wage Talks Stall Across South Africa Mining Sector




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