Posts tagged "ICEM"

Organised workers get behind Greenwash Gold 2012 Campaign, condemn Rio Tinto

Vote to Condemn Rio Tinto as Olympics Medals Provider

Affiliates of the ICEM, IMF, and ITGLWF are uniting in action around the world in support of the United Steelworkers (USW) campaign to push Rio Tinto …
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IndustriALL Global Union to be New Force

The IndustriALL Global Union will be founded on 19 June in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Uniting 50 million workers along global supply chains, uniting the history, expertise, and passion of three proud international organisations, IndustriALL will fight …
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Indonesian mine workers bludgeoned by state security forces

The world’s leading mineworkers federation, ICEM, has vigorously condemned recent attacks against employees of one of Indonesia’s biggest mines. A military brigade, serving the interests of London-listed Bumi Resources, has allegedly severely beaten twenty workers, …
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ICEM Condemns Tactics of BHP Billiton, Mitsubishi in Australia Coal Talks

Australia – The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine & General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) condemned the bad-faith bargaining strategy of BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) in coal talks in Australia.

See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11017.

See also http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page38?oid=130669&sn=Detail&pid=92730.…
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Squeaky – but far from clean: London Calling on Rio Tinto’s AGM

London Calling picks over proceedings at Rio Tinto’s 2010 AGM.

See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10056.…
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Rio Tinto in dispute with Borax workers in California

ICEM Pledges Support to Locked-Out Rio Tinto Workers in US State of California

The Geneva, Switzerland-based International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) announces that it gives its unequivocal support to …
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