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ICEM InBrief
ICEM InBrief
InBrief is the ICEM's bi-weekly newsletter, published in English.
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 Today, 1 December, is World AIDS Day |
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1 December 2008 Global ICEM InBrief  |
Today is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. To mark the day, the ICEM has issued a leaflet that can be found here. Since 1988, trade union and civil society efforts have engineered a strong response to the epidemic, and recorded results prove the engineering has solid footing, thanks to labour unions and NGOs.
But more work remains. “The fight to eliminate the scourge of the pandemic... Read the article |
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| South African Study Shows Contract Labour ‘Growing Alarmingly’ in Mining |
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1 December 2008 South Africa ICEM InBrief  |
A recently released study by the Human Science Research Council of South Africa’s Witwatersrand University reveals that the country’s mining industry is becoming more and more reliant on short-term contract workers and casual labour. The survey found, for instance, that over 60% of the platinum mines in the Rustenburg area use non-regular workers in order to avoid accountability and reduce...Read the article |
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| South African Parliament Passes Mine Safety Reform; Year-long Safety Audit Still Held-up |
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1 December 2008 South Africa ICEM InBrief  |
Mine safety in South Africa was enhanced on 21 November when the country’s Parliament passed amendments to the Mine Health and Safety law. The legislation must now go to President Kgalema Motlanthe for his signature before becoming effective.
But South Africa’s government is still withholding a presidential audit on health and safety in the mining industry. And ICEM’s largest...Read the article |
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| Parliament in Australia Takes Up ‘Fair Work’ scuttling ‘WorkChoices’ | ||
1 December 2008 |
Australia |
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| Hard Fought Victory for Colombian Trade Unionists | ||
1 December 2008 |
Colombia |
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| Case Dropped against CFMEU’s Noel Washington, Charged with Defending His Lawful Union Rights | ||
1 December 2008 |
Australia |
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| ICEM’s Turkish Coordinating Committee Takes on Dutch Project | ||
1 December 2008 |
Turkey |
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| Thirteen Dead in Romania Mine Blast | ||
1 December 2008 |
Romania |
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| Workers in Pakistan Unite Against Oil, Gas Privatisation | ||
1 December 2008 |
Pakistan |
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| Zimbabwe Trade Union Congress Calls for Bank Run, 3 December | ||
1 December 2008 |
Zimbabwe |
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| Job Cuts in Zambia’s Mining Industry Causing Aggravation | ||
1 December 2008 |
Zambia |
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| ICEM Welcomes Affiliation Request from Mexico’s National Miners’ and Metalworkers’ Union | ||
1 December 2008 |
Mexico |
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| Last Major Pact in Place for Western Canadian Paperworkers | ||
1 December 2008 |
Canada |
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| Finnish Port Workers Boycott Stora Enso Exports over Subcontractors’ Rights | ||
1 December 2008 |
Finland |
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| GURN Launches New Website | ||
1 December 2008 |
Global |
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| ICEM Signs New Global Agreement with Norwegian Energy Concern, StatoilHydro | ||
17 November 2008 |
Norway |
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| Repsol Management Formally Recognises Workers’ Energy Network of Spain, Latin America/Caribbean | ||
17 November 2008 |
Argentina Bolivia Brazil ... |
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| ICEM Pays Tribute to US Unions in Key Role in Election of Barack Obama | ||
17 November 2008 |
United States |
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| ICEM Presidium Discusses, Passes Resolution Addressing Financial Crisis | ||
17 November 2008 |
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| ICEM, European Unions Aid New Zealand’s L’Oreal Workers in Fight for First Contract | ||
17 November 2008 |
New Zealand |
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30 November 2008:
ICEM Marks 20th World AIDS Day with Commitment to the Future
ICEM Marks 20th World AIDS Day with Commitment to the Future
6 November 2008:
ICEM Endorses North American Boycott of Petro-Canada Products
ICEM Endorses North American Boycott of Petro-Canada Products
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