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 “Off the Podium”. Scores of affiliates are writing to and taking...
‘Conversational Corporation’ says BP, Dow Chemical and Rio Tinto, may find their partnering of the Olympics has backfired given the well organised and frequently covered Greenwash Gold Campaign. See...
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 for workers...
London activists expose corporate greed Last week, some 200 demonstrators marched in a funeral procession through London, aimed at highlighting human rights abuses by the minerals industry against communities and workers, and the killing of anti-mining activists....
… and against mining in the Philippines Xstrata’s proposed Tampakan mine continues to be mired in controversy. The project is increasingly seen as the lynchpin of the battles over the mining industry in the Philippines. As such, it has been a bad past few...
Glencore, the world’s biggest commodities trader, has agreed to purchase half of a seabed mining venture which could eclipse others currently being promoted by London-listed Nautilus (in which Anglo American has a major stake) and Neptune. Meanwhile, Glencore’s...
