Rio Tinto in a race to the bottom
Some 70 protestors from the UK, Netherlands, and Belgium demonstrated with locked-out members of the U.S. International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in London at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Rio Tinto. The global mining company maliciously locked 560 members of ILWU Local 30 off their jobs on January 31, 2010 in Boron, California, before reaching an impasse in collective bargaining.
See http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=22756&l=2.
International union protest over lockout of US mineworkers
Unionists are this week expressing their outrage over an Anglo-Australian mining firm’s decision to lock out some 570 mineworkers. The mineworkers, employed at a borax mine in Boron, California, which is owned and operated by multi-billion dollar global corporation Rio Tinto, have been locked out of the mine since the end of January.
See http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/4382.
USA Rio Tinto miners bring fight for jobs and families to London
Miners locked out of Rio Tinto’s site in Boron, California for refusing to give in to demands by the company that could threaten their ability to work and support their families are highlighting their plight as shareholders attend the global mining giant’s AGM in London. See http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/4375.
Unions Protest Rio Tinto’s US Lockout at AGM
Miners locked out of Rio Tinto’s site in Boron, California for refusing to give in to demands by the company that could threaten their ability to work and support their families are highlighting their plight as shareholders attend the global mining giant’s AGM in London. See http://www.icem.org/en/77-All-ICEM-News-Releases/3706-Unions-Protest-Rio-Tinto%27s-US-Lockout-at-AGM.
US Rio Tinto miners demand end to lock out
International trade unions will protest against the unfair treatment of hundreds of Rio Tinto miners this morning at the company’s annual general meeting in London. Hundreds of miners and their families are being forced to survive on unemployment insurance and charitable donations since British-owned mining giant Rio Tinto locked the workers out of its Borax mine in Boron, California in January this year. See http://libcom.org/news/us-rio-tinto-miners-demand-end-lock-out-15042010.
Solidarity with locked out Rio Tinto workers, Boron, USA
The ILWU has called on the ITF and mining workers global federation ICEM to provide solidarity support of workers from the Borax mine in Boron, California locked out for refusing to accept the company’s concessionary contract ultimatum. See http://www.itfglobal.org/solidarity/rio-tinto.cfm.
Support US miners locked out by Rio Tinto
Miners locked out of Rio Tinto’s site in Boron, California for refusing to give in to demands by the company that could threaten their ability to work and support their families are highlighting their plight as shareholders attend the global mining giant’s AGM in London on April 15, 2010. See http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=22678&l=2.
ILWU Local 30 Locked Out Rio Tinto Miners Speak- out In San Francisco at UK Consulate
Workers rallied at 4/16/2010 at the British Consulate in San Francisco. Two locked out ILWU Local 30 Rio Tinto miners from Boron, California Tom Owens and Trinidad Escoval spoke about why they were locked-out and the fight to win their struggle. See http://blip.tv/file/3499283.
For more information on the lockout go to http://boraxminers.com/.