IndustriALL auto world conference: focus on transformation and organizing18 March, 2025<p>More than 100 trade unionists from 36 unions across 22 countries gathered in Pune, India, from 4-6 March for the IndustriALL Global Union automotive world conference. Participants tackled urgent issues facing workers in the auto sector ; industrial transformation, just transition, precarious work, gender equality and the need to build stronger unions globally.</p>
Women workers from across Latin America push for an action plan to achieve equity in the paper sector17 March, 2025In a historic move, women working in the paper industry in Latin America and the Caribbean held their first-ever online meeting. These women, who are all members of IndustriALL Global Union’s affiliates, came together to begin drawing up a regional action plan on equity. The meeting was an opportunity for them to exchange views and ideas, and served as a starting point for strengthening the role of women working in a key industry for the region and the world.
UWUA secures groundbreaking union victory13 March, 2025<p>Michigan-based wind technicians who operate and maintain Vestas wind turbines have voted overwhelmingly to unionize, joining the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA), This groundbreaking decision marks the first time Vestas wind technicians in North America have unionized.</p>
IndustriALL calls on the interim government of Bangladesh to uphold the spirit of the Roadmap13 March, 2025<p>This coming Monday, the ILO Governing Body will discuss the latest progress report submitted by the Government of Bangladesh on the implementation of the Roadmap which the government drafted following a complaint made to the ILO in 2019 on the non-observance of Conventions 81, 87 and 98. Yet again, the progress report focuses heavily on statistics that do not necessarily reflect positive changes in the country vis-à-vis labour rights.</p>
IndustriALL 4th Congress in Sydney, 202513 March, 2025<p>IndustriALL Global Union is excited to announce its 4th Congress in Sydney, Australia, from 4-7 November 2025. Under the unifying slogan "Organizing for a just future" this Congress will bring together trade union representatives from around the world to discuss the future of work and reinforce their collective commitment to fundamental rights and social justice.</p>
South Africa: NUM national women’s conference vows to fight patriarchy, gender-based violence at work12 March, 2025<p>“You must dismantle patriarchy wherever you are,” sang 350 delegates who participated at the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) women’s national conference in Johannesburg, 7-8 March.</p>
Union win at Nexperia Philippines after three day strike10 March, 2025<p>After a 74-hour strike by 1,000 workers, the Nexperia Philippines Workers’ Union secured the reinstatement of union leaders Mary Ann Castillo (president) and Girlie Battad (union official), along with a PHP50 (US$0.87) wage increase over three years.</p>
Workers at Pirelli Mexico make call for fair union elections10 March, 2025Some 1,000 members of the Independent Mexican Workers’ League (La Liga) are demanding fair union elections in a bid to negotiate the collective bargaining agreement at Pirelli Tyres.
A new tool for trade unions to fight the gender pay gap7 March, 2025<p>IndustriALL is launching its new pay equity training modules for its affiliates. This practical tool aims to better equip unions in their collective bargaining and to put the value of work at the centre of wage negotiations.</p>
A call for a gender-transformative social contract at Beijing+307 March, 2025<p>Ahead of next week’s 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69/Beijing+30) global unions are calling for a gender-transformative new social contract, stressing the urgent need for action to protect gender equality and workers' rights worldwide.</p>
