International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions
ICEM InBrief
ICEM InBrief
InBrief is the ICEM's bi-weekly newsletter, published in English.
1301 document(s) for ICEM InBrief :
 Thai Industrial Gas Workers Win Through Striking, Engagement in Earnest Bargaining Table Talks |
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25 August 2008 Germany Thailand ICEM InBrief  |
Focused militancy coupled with poised negotiating gave 325 workers of German industrial gas company Linde in Thailand a solid 31-month collective agreement. The Thai Industrial Gas Local Union (TIGLU), aligned with ICEM affiliate Petroleum and Chemical Workers’ Federation of Thailand, won major gains at 10 chemical plants in a negotiated agreement reached late last week.
On 22 July, in... Read the article |
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| Union Presence at Conti Takeover Table Preserves Work Pacts, Worker Guarantees in Germany, Elsewhere |
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25 August 2008 Germany ICEM InBrief  |
IGBCE scored a victory for all German workers recently when it steadfastly demanded, and won, assurances that bearings company Schaeffler KG abide by current work cultures, and work rules, in its 49.99% buy-up of Continental AG.
The €75-a-share deal, which forbids privately-held Schaeffer of southern Germany from increasing that stake for the next four years, was finalized early on 21 August....Read the article |
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| ICEM Demands Greater Security for Sintracarbòn Unionists in Recent Colombian Death Threats |
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25 August 2008 Colombia ICEM InBrief  |
On 13 August, in the northern Colombian city of Baranquilla, the right-wing paramilitary group “Black Eagles” issued a communiqué calling for death to community activists and trade union leaders, most notably a union leader in ICEM mining affiliate Sintracarbòn. He is Adolfo Llanos.
The ICEM strongly denounced the cowardly acts in a letter to the Colombian government...Read the article |
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| NUM Protests Rash of AngloGold, AngloPlats Mine Deaths in South Africa | ||
25 August 2008 |
South Africa |
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| Rio Tinto Test Awaits to Get Mining Firm to Discontinue Individual Work Agreements | ||
25 August 2008 |
Australia |
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| Canadian, Brazilian Unions Renew ‘Sudbury Accord’ in the Province of Manitoba | ||
25 August 2008 |
Brazil Canada |
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| UK’s Health, Safety Executive Issues Warning on Offshore Hydrocarbon Releases | ||
25 August 2008 |
United Kingdom Norway |
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| ICEM Protests Death Sentence to Iranian Teacher, Trade Unionist | ||
25 August 2008 |
Iran |
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| Applications Closing Fast for Admission to 2008-2009 Global Labour University | ||
25 August 2008 |
Global |
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| Firestone Plantation Workers in Liberia Reach Historic First Collective Agreement | ||
11 August 2008 |
Liberia |
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| 8 Iraqi Unionists Returned to Basra; Energy Workers Protest Another Forced Expulsion | ||
11 August 2008 |
Iraq |
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| CFMEU Forces Woolworths Hand on Sustainable Forest Products | ||
11 August 2008 |
Australia |
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| Full Strike Begins for 500 USW Canadian Members at 3 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Mines | ||
11 August 2008 |
Canada |
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| South African Unions Conduct Wave of National Strikes, Protesting Energy, Food Costs | ||
11 August 2008 |
South Africa |
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| Israeli, Palestinian National Labour Centres Reach Agreement on Union Fees, Job Rights | ||
11 August 2008 |
Israel |
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| Finnish Toimihenkilöunioni Protests Chemical Job Cuts at Kemira | ||
11 August 2008 |
Finland |
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| Finland’s Electrical Workers’ Union Wants Utility Pole Creosote Use to End | ||
11 August 2008 |
Finland |
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| ICEM Holds Quadrennial Mining Conference in Russia | ||
28 July 2008 |
Global |
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| Drummond Coal Mine Strike Ends in Colombia; Accord Also Reached with Glencore | ||
28 July 2008 |
Colombia |
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| Canadian Steelworkers Commence Overtime Ban Against Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan | ||
28 July 2008 |
Canada |
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