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 the 560 miners of US affiliated union, International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), who were locked off their jobs by the Rio Tinto subsidiary, US Borax and Chemical Corp., on Sunday, 31 January.
See http://www.icem.org/en/77-All-ICEM-News-Releases/3599-ICEM-Pledges-Support-to-Locked-Out-Rio-Tinto-W.
Rio Tinto dispute set to go international
Global unions warn against international backlash to US miners lockout.
See http://www.mua.org.au/news/rio-tinto-dispute-set-to-go-international/.