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Ukraine: Collective agreements, sector stability, wage increases, and good social benefits are some of the rights that Ukrainian nuclear workers were enjoying before it all went up in smoke.

Details: Published: Monday, 28 November 2022 13:51; Hits: 3

A nine-month Russian occupation and the bombing of nuclear plants has led many workers to lose their jobs, or even their lives. IndustriALL affiliate, the Nuclear Power and Industry Workers of Ukraine, Atomprofsilka, has not without challenges still managed to serve its workers during this destructive time.

Zimbabwe: Struggle for wages of miners' wives and their husbands

Details: Published: Sunday, 27 November 2022 13:02; Hits: 5

For months, miners at the Vumbachikwe mine in Gwanda in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland South province have not received their wages. The miners and their families are protesting against the unpaid wages. Last week, about 500 miners' wives and their children blocked access to the gold mine. That is why the companions did not come to work.

Colombia: Glencore must be consistent in respecting workers and human rights globally

Details: Published: Monday, 14 November 2022 15:54; Hits: 29

An IndustriALL trade union network meeting on 8 September in Johannesburg urged Glencore to be consistent in implementing global policies that protected workers and human rights, community interests, and the environment. Glencore is amongst the multinational companies that are benefiting from the commodities boom linked to decarbonization.

Congo: Unions welcome revival of IndustriALL’s campaign against Glencore

Details: Published: Friday, 11 November 2022 12:16; Hits: 49

IndustriALL Democratic Republic of the Congo council discussed Glencore’s broken promises to mineworkers at a meeting on 21 October. According to IndustriALL affiliates, Glencore has made no efforts to improve working conditions at its mining operations in the country. The union network meeting was held against the backdrop of cobalt’s role in the low carbon energy transition and the DRC’s strategic role in the battery supply chain.

The Impact Of The Glencore Group In The Drc

Details: Published: Tuesday, 08 November 2022 12:45; Hits: 61

GLENCORE has been active in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2008. GLENCORE is present in the Democratic Republic of Congo with two companies, namely : MUTANDA MINING SARL (MUMI) and KAMOTO COPPER COMPANY (KCC) SA. Both are located near Kolwezi, in the Lualaba province, in the southern region. To date, GLENCORE has invested over US$7 billion in the development of MUMI and KCC.

Miners worldwide for saving the natural foundations of life!

Details: Published: Thursday, 03 November 2022 13:45; Hits: 31

The world's miners have a special responsibility for future generations. On the one hand, raw materials are needed now and in the future, and on the other hand, they must be extracted in such a way that people's livelihoods are not jeopardised. Miners, environmental and youth fighters belong together! We want to fight for this together and internationally - out for the International Day of Struggle to Save the Environment!

India: Mine workers in Karnataka today started a 70 KM march (padyatra)

Details: Published: Monday, 31 October 2022 17:40; Hits: 28

from Sandur to Bellary under the banners of Bellary Zilla Gani Karmika Sangh and AICCTU demanding special rehabilitation package for the workers, re-employment and compensation. Despite passage of over a decade since closure of mines in Bellary, 25000 workers are yet to receive justice. For the next three days (11-13 Oct) there will be a Protest March and Rally from Sandur to Bellary.

Reports on the working and living conditions of the miners

Details: Published: Wednesday, 26 October 2022 12:21; Hits: 73

Dear friends, at the meeting of the International Miners' Coordination Group in August, all participants committed themselves to support our common homepage www.minersconference.org with reports about the working and living conditions of miners and their families and especially about their struggles in your countries.

Greece: we received an update

Details: Published: Tuesday, 25 October 2022 22:05; Hits: 38

On Wednesday 19 October 2022, workers of the TEHNOSTYL construction company at the LARCO plant in Larymna will hold a four-hour work stoppage from 10.00 am until the end of the shift. Then They will board buses with LARCO unions and workers and travel to LARCO headquarters (Maroussi, Frangoklisa 27) to protest and make demands to the special management:

41 Miners Killed In Amasra

Details: Published: Sunday, 23 October 2022 04:03; Hits: 48

Turkey was shaken by the news that 41 workers lost their lives, and many others were injured in a coal mine accident in Amasra district of Bartin. In the Asmara coal mine of the Turkish Hard Coal (TTK), 41 of the 90 workers who were inside the mine lost their lives because of the explosion at around 18:15 on 14 October 2022, which was a new indicator of the value not given to the lives of workers working in mines.

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Ukraine: Collective agreements, sector stability, wage increases, and good social benefits are some of the rights that Ukrainian nuclear workers were enjoying before it all went up in smoke.

Zimbabwe: Struggle for wages of miners' wives and their husbands

Colombia: Glencore must be consistent in respecting workers and human rights globally

Congo: Unions welcome revival of IndustriALL’s campaign against Glencore

The Impact Of The Glencore Group In The Drc

Miners worldwide for saving the natural foundations of life!

India: Mine workers in Karnataka today started a 70 KM march (padyatra)

Reports on the working and living conditions of the miners

Greece: we received an update

41 Miners Killed In Amasra

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