All are welcome to join this protest. Unions are protesting at the Rio Tinto shareholders’ AGM in London on Thursday 19 April against the four month-long lockout of 780 union members of the United Steelworkers (USW) in Alma, Quebec, Canada. WHAT: Protest at Rio Tinto...
Lord Coe’s claim that London 2012 will be the greenest ever Olympic Games is “corporate spin” say human rights groups, who yesterday launched a campaign to highlight the environmental record of three multinational sponsors. BP, Rio Tinto and Dow Chemical Company, who...
Unionised workers at Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminium smelter in Alma, Quebec, Canada, have been illegally locked out by the company for over three months. They are calling on the International Olympic Committee to exclude Rio Tinto from association with the 2012...
Women from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the USA have travelled to London to ask Rio Tinto to monitor air quality at its controversial Eagle Mine. The women will be attending Rio Tinto’s AGM in London on Thursday 19 April. See...
Anglo American is being taken to court for not protecting its workers in South Africa from dangerous dust. More than a thousand former miners from South Africa are bringing a case against Anglo American through the British courts after contracting the incurable lung...
