Sindicatos marroquíes abordan los problemas de salud y seguridad en el sector textil5 December, 2024<p>Una reciente oleada de accidentes fatales en el sector textil y de la confección en Marruecos ha puesto de relieve las difíciles condiciones de trabajo y la falta de medidas de salud y seguridad. IndustriALL Global Union y su afiliado, el sindicato SNTHC-CDT, están tomando medidas para hacer frente a estos problemas, y esperan que una reunión con el Ministerio de Trabajo se traduzca en un avance hacia soluciones a largo plazo.</p>
Colaboración mundial por los derechos de los trabajadores29 November, 2024<p>Los días 24 y 25 de noviembre, dirigentes sindicales de las fábricas de Coats de todo el mundo se reunieron en Mudanya, Turquía, para celebrar la 5.ª reunión anual de la red sindical de Coats. El encuentro se centró en las condiciones de trabajo, los retos en la cadena de suministro y la finalización de un proyecto de acuerdo marco global (AMG) con la empresa para garantizar unas normas laborales coherentes en todas sus operaciones.</p>
IndustriALL Global Union file OECD complaints against fashion brands over labour rights violations in Myanmar 13 November, 2024<p>IndustriALL GlobaI Union has filed complaints against three major garment brands – Next, New Yorker and LPP – at OECD's National Contact Points (NCPs). Despite overwhelming evidence of continuous violations of workers’ rights under Myanmar’s military junta, these brands continue to place orders in the country, profiting from the eradication of labour and human rights.</p>
Myanmar's garment workers under siege31 October, 2024A pillar of Myanmar’s economy even before the coup, the textile and garment industry has become an important way for the country’s military rulers to inject foreign money into a collapsing economy. And workers are paying the price.
Establishing supply chain industrial relations through trade union networks 31 October, 2024On 21-22 October, IndustriALL Global Union organized two trade union network meetings with affiliated unions from garment and footwear multinational manufacturers Crystal International Group and POU CHEN Corporation. Crystal Group is one of the largest clothing manufacturers while POU CHEN is the largest footwear manufacturer in the world. Both companies supply for major apparel and footwear fashion brands like Nike, Adidas, Asics, New Balance, M&S, PUMA, H&M, Next, Fast Retailing and VF Corporations.
Ethiopia’s Bole Lemi industrial park sets up workplace daycare centres 30 October, 2024One of Ethiopia’s industrial parks, Bole Lemi, in Addis Ababa, has set up workplace child daycare facilities to cater for young mothers working in the park.
Raising awareness of EIS in Bangladesh22 October, 2024The employment injury scheme (EIS) is a social protection programme in Bangladesh which includes compensation for medical treatment and rehabilitation services, as well as income loss caused by occupational injuries and disease. Together with the International Labour Organisation and GIZ, IndustriALL Global Union held a series of awareness raising workshops on EIS for affiliates in Bangladesh.
Global union committee advances workers' rights in Inditex' supply chain 17 October, 2024The Inditex global union committee was established following provisions in the global framework agreement signed in 2019. The committee is empowered to implement the GFA, to share best practices in promoting the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, and to increase local unions’ involvement in the application of the GFA.
Organizing under tough economic conditions in Zimbabwe’s garment industry 3 October, 2024With the closing of garment factories over the years due to a prolonged economic crisis, recruitment and organizing has been difficult for most trade unions in Zimbabwe.
New centre for Tunisia’s women garment workers 26 September, 2024A new women’s centre has opened in Tunis to support female workers in Tunisia’s textile and garment industry. Run under the auspices of Fédération Générale du Textile, de l'Habillement, Chaussure et Cuir - FGTHCC-UGTT and IndustriALL and sponsored by online retailer ASOS, the centre will support female workers around gender-based violence and health and safety, training and campaigning for women-related matters, especially ratifictaion of C190.
