Sustainable Development / Health and Safety
As a Global Union Federation with many members in some of the most hazardous and resource intense industries in the world, the ICEM takes its responsibilities very seriously. This is why the ICEM's health, safety and environmental work is grounded in a firm commitment to the greater sustainability of the companies employing our members.
Corporate Social Responsibilty (CSR) and corporate governance (CG) are frequently cited as appropriate indicators of a company's performance, and for this reason the ICEM insists that health, safety and environmental excellence must be among the key parameters on which company CSR and CG performance are judged. This is why the ICEM is committed to the creation and maintenance of healthy and safe workplaces in all of its industrial sectors, and to fully engage employers to this end.
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The ICEM is developing a page with links to resources on health, safety, environmental, and sustainability issues. More will be added each month. To see what's new click here.
 Deaths Continue To Plague Georgia’s Tkibuli-Mindeli Coal Mine |
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19 December 2011 Georgia ICEM InBrief  |
A member of ICEM-affiliated Metallurgical, Mining and Chemical Workers’ Union of Georgia who received serious burns but escaped death in a 27 August 2010 coal mine explosion died inside that same mine in late November due to a shaft cave-in.
Sergi Ashotia, 50, was working inside the Tkibuli-Mindeli Coal Mine of Geo-Coal, owned by the Georgian Industrial Group, when he was buried on 24 November... Read the article |
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| Canada’s Tar Sands, Keystone Pipeline Gets Aired at COP-17 |
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19 December 2011 South Africa Global ICEM InBrief  |
On 2 December, representatives of the ICEM Canadian affiliate Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) Union participated in a discussion on trade union perspectives on the Canadian bituminous sands, or tar sands or oil sands.
Organized by the Cornell Global Labor Institute and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) with the CEP, the session was part of the international trade union World of...Read the article |
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| COP-17 Union Panel Stresses Sustainable Industry in Climate Change Debate |
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19 December 2011 South Africa Global ICEM InBrief  |
On 30 November, the ICEM, International Metalworkers’ Federation, and the International Textile, Garment, Leathers Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF) collaborated on an event entitled “Cutting Emissions - Transforming Jobs.” It was a key part of World of Work side events that were coordinated by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) at COP-17 in Durban, or the 17th...Read the article |
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| ICEM Mourns Deaths of 53 Oil Workers off Russia | ||
19 December 2011 |
Russian Federation |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin - No. 75, December 2011 | ||
16 December 2011 |
Global |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| Senzeni Zokwana Calls Out Bosses on South African Mine Safety | ||
21 November 2011 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Industrial strategy on climate change to be discussed | ||
21 November 2011 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Massey US Coal Mine Deaths Termed ‘Industrial Homicide’ by UMWA | ||
7 November 2011 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Chinese Earthquake Kills 8 Coal Miners, Bringing Recent Fatality Toll to 44 | ||
7 November 2011 |
China |
ICEM InBrief |
| Indonesian Freeport-McMoRan Mine Strike Continues, Two Unionists Shot Dead | ||
24 October 2011 |
Indonesia |
ICEM InBrief |
| ILO Tripartite Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Meeting Opens in Geneva | ||
24 October 2011 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin - No. 73, October 2011 | ||
13 October 2011 |
Global |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| ILO Convention 176 Meeting in Peru, Importance of Implementation Underlined | ||
10 October 2011 |
Peru |
ICEM InBrief |
| NUM Strikes for South African Mine Safety Improvements | ||
10 October 2011 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Industri Energi Publishes Report into Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster | ||
10 October 2011 |
Norway |
ICEM InBrief |
| Coal Mine Accidents Raise Death Toll in China’s Collieries | ||
10 October 2011 |
China |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Holds Forum on ILO C. 176 at Safety Congress in Turkey | ||
26 September 2011 |
Turkey |
ICEM InBrief |
| Europe’s Chemical Social Partners Sign Sustainability Pact | ||
26 September 2011 |
Belgium |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Solidarity, Condolence Visit to Japan | ||
12 September 2011 |
Japan |
ICEM InBrief |
| Coal Mine Blast at Mexican Steel Company Unit Kills 4 | ||
29 August 2011 |
Mexico |
ICEM InBrief |
ICEM Protests Northern Cyprus Strike Ban in Energy Sector
Proud Indonesian Miners End Strike with Freeport-McMoRan
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