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.
 Oil Workers in Colombia Suffer Police Repression |
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8 March 2010 Colombia ICEM InBrief  |
ICEM’s Colombian affiliate the National Oil Workers Union (USO) called for international solidarity in their conflict with British Petroleum (BP). Workers at the BP plant at Tauramena, part of the Cusiana oil field in Casanare, Eastern Colombia, have been striking since 22 January for improved wages. On 15 February the notorious ESMAD, Colombia's notorioius riot police, were sent in to attack... Read the article |
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| Gas Blast in Turkey, Killing 13, Needs Thorough Investigation |
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8 March 2010 Turkey ICEM InBrief  |
The methane gas explosion on 23 February that killed 13 Turkish coal miners in northwest Balikesir Province could have prevented, according to the ICEM and its affiliate, Maden-Iş. The private mine, owned by Erhan Ortakoylu and his Şentaş Mining Company, had experienced a similar gas blast on 2 June 2006 killing 17 miners, and indications this time reveal that warning safeguards used to detect...Read the article |
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| Bosnia-Herzegovina Ratifies Safety, Health in Mines Convention 176 |
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22 February 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina ICEM InBrief  |
Last month, Bosnia-Herzegovina became the 24th country to ratify ILO Convention 176, the Safety and Health in Mines Convention. Passage by the Parliament and ratification by the President of the Balkan nation came along with adoption of nine other ILO Conventions, several of which relate to safety and health.
An ILO official in Sarejevo, Lejla Tanovic, explained that the ratifications came after...Read the article |
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| CEP Testimony in Canadian Offshore Helicopter Crash Leads to Changes | ||
22 February 2010 |
Canada |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin - No. 53, February 2010 | ||
11 February 2010 |
Austria United Kingdom Ghana ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| Colombia Oil Union USO Presents Demands to Service Provider Schlumberger | ||
8 February 2010 |
Colombia |
ICEM InBrief |
| ‘Unions Make Work Safer’ Theme for 28 April, Now Official Day in UK | ||
8 February 2010 |
United Kingdom |
ICEM InBrief |
| Pakistan Mine Unions Protest Killings in Balochistan Coal Pits | ||
25 January 2010 |
Pakistan |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM: COP 15 Second Week Diary and Commentary, 12-18 December | ||
11 January 2010 |
Denmark Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin - No. 51, December 2009 | ||
16 December 2009 |
Ethiopia Ghana India ... |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| ICEM: First Week Diary and Commentary at Copenhagen | ||
14 December 2009 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| Explosion Kills 19 Inside Coal Mine in Western Turkey | ||
14 December 2009 |
Turkey |
ICEM InBrief |
| GUFs’ Magazine on Climate Change Available Through Council of Global Unions | ||
14 December 2009 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| 108 Coal Miners Dead in China’s Northern Heilongjiang Province | ||
30 November 2009 |
China |
ICEM InBrief |
| Promising Potential for Social Dialogue in Brazil | ||
30 November 2009 |
Brazil |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Prepares for Copenhagen Climate Change Talks | ||
30 November 2009 |
Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| India’s Mine Unions Trumpet Call for Ratifying ILO Convention 176 | ||
16 November 2009 |
India |
ICEM InBrief |
| Chinese Mine Firm Shougang Hierro Perú Again Reneges on Salary Hike | ||
16 November 2009 |
Peru |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Women’s Bulletin No. 36/Boletín de noticias de las mujeres de ICEM No. 36 | ||
5 November 2009 |
Australia Belgium Switzerland ... |
ICEM Women's bulletin |
| BP Fails to Correct Safety Errors at Texas Refinery, Ordered to Pay Another US$87.4 Million | ||
2 November 2009 |
United States |
ICEM InBrief |
