Preparation - International Miners Coordination

India 28.1.2017 – Joint action of two local Unions together with the international brigadists to invite the miners to the international conference

Details: Published: Sunday, 29 January 2017 16:59; Hits: 1625

The 2nd International Miners' Conference puts in his focus. The local Unions in Godavari Khani are now preparing the conference together. Today there has been a joint action to mobilise and for financing the conference. The joint action together with Union youngsters fit very good together as you can see on the pictures. This new common work has been the basis of the collection which showed very good results – on 3 mines we collected 12.000 Rupees altogether. The President of the IFTU Union commented that it could have been as three times higher if the actuell currency problems didn't hinder our collection. The miners just haven't enough money in their pockets to contribute. The joint action with the local brigadists and the brigadists from abroad ended with singing and dancing together.

India - Meeting with the local welcome comitee

Details: Published: Friday, 27 January 2017 06:09; Hits: 1844

On january 24th 2017 a conference took place at the IFTU office in Godavari Khani under the leadership of the president of the national preparatory comitee among representatives of the ICG namely Andreas Tadysiak and Pradeep Burgula and the local welcome comitee. It consists of well known personages among them the president of Civil Rights Liberties who fights for civil rights, poets, tradesmen, a wellknown peasants leader, a lawyer who is working in the womens movement. More than 20 people were gathering together.

India: Trade unions coordinate the preparations for the 2nd IMC

Details: Published: Friday, 27 January 2017 00:00; Hits: 1770

12 different trade unions and organisations cooperated in India in the National Preparatory Committee. On 26 January a meeting was held in Godavari Khani attended by around 70 people from another IFTU trade union along with the Secretary General of the other IFTU Praadep Burgula, Murthy from the National Preparatory Committee and the Main Coordinator of the ICG Andreas Tadysiak from Germany. The purpose of the meeting was to join and coordinate forces in the preparations and mobilization, as well as the organisational preparation and the staging and financing of the Conference.

India: Daily propaganda at the mines

Details: Published: Wednesday, 25 January 2017 09:41; Hits: 3522

The Indian brigadists and the IFTU comrades are daily at the mines to notify and make propaganda for the 2nd International Miners' Conference at Godavarikhani. In the morning of January 25 there were held two meetings at two open mine pits one on shift change and one at breakfast break at the canteen. After short music inserts at the beginning the general secretary of IFTU and Kumas the representative of the local IFTU Branch of Godavarikhani held speeches which were well recogniced. Also the main coordinator of International Coordinating Group Andreas Tadysiak greeted the audience shortly. With the collections they got about 4600 Rupees (75 – 80 Euro). The miners were speeking in groups long after the event and thanked the Main Coordinator and the IFTU secretaries. They were proud having the International Miners' Conference at them.

Nairobi: Report of Delegates Meeting

Details: Published: Sunday, 18 December 2016 17:59; Hits: 4145

It was held on 12 November 2016 at Mathare in Nairobi Attendance.

Agenda
1. Mining Act 2016 Highlights
2. Election of Delegate to IMC & Endorsement of Founding Resolutions
3. Development of Country Report
4. AOB

Kenia: Greatings

Details: Published: Monday, 14 November 2016 21:37; Hits: 1642

Hi Team

Thanks for alerting us on this important Day.

As the Kenyan Peasants League, we shall hold an event in Mathare slums in Nairobi which is inhabited by poor people who have been displaced by mining activities in rural areas. We are also reaching out to miners and Communities affected by mining to hold similar activities.

Registration 2. IMC

Details: Published: Wednesday, 25 November 2015 00:00; Hits: 1795

The Registration for the 2nd International Minersconference 2017 can be made here oline.

There is also the possibility here the registration form to print out and to send to the ICG to the following address:

International Coordination Group

Schmalhorststr. 1

5889 Gelsenkirchen

Germany

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