On 14 November 📅 NUMSA 🇿🇦, affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union 🌍 and the country’s largest manufacturing union 🏭, concluded a three-year wage settlement 💼💰 with the Automobile Manufacturers Employers’ Organisation (AMEO) 🚗, averting a looming strike ✊ after months of deadlock ⏳.

RWUT 🇹🇭 held its annual meeting 📅 on 15–16 November, committing ✊ to defend labour rights ⚖️ and workers’ welfare 🧑‍🏭 as technological change 🤖 reshapes the global tyre industry 🛞🌍.

A tragic bridge collapse 🏗️ at the Kalando mine ⛏️ in the DRC 🇨🇩 has claimed at least 50 lives 🕯️ and left many injured 🚑. This heartbreaking event 😔 underscores the urgent need for safer conditions ⚠️ for artisanal miners.

The Clark County Education Association seeks a Communications Specialist to be based in Las Vegas, NV. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @cceanv.bsky.social

Då var @sverigesingenjorer.bsky.social på plats i Sydney 🇦🇺 för att delta på @industriall-union.org congress. Men först women’s conference med 350 fackligt aktiva kvinnor. Generalsekreterare Atle Høie och President Marie Nilsson inleder.

IndustriALL & @ifmetall.bsky.social president Marie Nilsson opening last ExCo meeting before IndustriALL's 4th Congress. "Solidarity can change lives, and every one of you - every colleague, every member, every action - makes a difference. Our strength lies in unity." #IndustriALLSydney

Africa’s rich reserves of cobalt, lithium & copper 🔋 can power a just, green future 🌍⚡ — but Chinese multinationals 🇨🇳 must respect labour & the planet 🌿. HRDD in mining ⛏️ is key to protect workers 🤝, ensure accountability 🏛️ & deliver real remedies.

1,000 unionists from across the world are soon meeting in Sydney🇦🇺 for IndustriALL's 4th Congress, themed Organizing for a just future. “We can't wait for change to happen to us. We must organize, unite and lead the way," says IndustriALL GS Atle Høie. www.industriall-union.org/organizing-f...

This wasn’t about technical disputes — it was about the future of public safety 🛡️, good jobs 👷‍♀️👨‍🔧, and national technology 💡 built over decades by skilled workers 👥.

☮️ Trade unions are mobilising for #peace. 🙌From 24–31 October, the global labour movement is taking action to mark the 80th anniversary of the UN and Disarmament Week. 🌍 Join us in calling for a world where we invest in people, not weapons. 🔗 buff.ly/AdAoeSl #TradeUnionsForPeace #ForDemocracy

@sbworkersunited.org members are amassing in front of stores with signs, borrowing the UPS Teamsters' slogan: “Just Practicing for a Just Contract.” 38 stores held practice pickets in early October, and 80 more stores plan to do so now, our editor Jenny Brown reports: labornotes.org/2025/10/stri...

Big win for workers in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 as the country ratifies key @ilo.org Conventions on safety and gender equality following long union campaign 🙌 www.industriall-union.org/bangladesh-r... #UnionWin

IndustriALL is proud to be part of the drive for brand-supported collective bargaining agreements in Cambodia. No single brand or actor can address the systemic low wages in the garment industry. A paradigm shift for higher wages ➡️ shorturl.at/So83v #GarmentWorkersNeedUnions

🔥 Two major garment factory fires in Dhaka and Chattogram have once again exposed the urgent need for stronger building and industrial safety in Bangladesh’s RMG sector. “Workers’ safety must never fall outside regulation. Binding agreements like the Accord and RSC save lives.” ⚖️👷‍♀️👷‍♂️

Nominations are open for Arthur Svensson Prize 2026, honouring those who bravely defend workers’ & union rights. Since 2010, the prize has recognized inspiring trade unionists from Khaing Zar Aung from Myanmar to Aliaksandr Yarashuk from Belarus. 👉 More information: shorturl.at/wqTqg

Glen Mpufane, IndustriALL director for mining and diamonds, concurred: “Key players must form alliances over the critical raw materials supply chain to safeguard ⚖️ workers’ rights, hold 🏢 multinationals to account, and secure remedies for communities and 🧑🏾‍🏭 workers when violations occur.”

"While the invasion devastates lives 💔, Ukrainian workers give everything in mines ⛏️, energy plants ⚙️ and production facilities 🧰 to keep the country running 🇺🇦. We stand shoulder to shoulder 🤝 with the workers of Ukraine.,” said Kemal Özkan, IndustriALL assistant general secretary.

The Congress 🏛️ should help us build on this new momentum 🔄 and enable our affiliates to intensify their efforts 💪 to organize these workers, who, in certain countries 🌍, already represent an important minority, if not the majority 👥, of the workforce in the manufacturing industry 🏭

“As trade unions ✊ we are demanding better health and safety 🦺 and decent working conditions 🛠️ to end the exploitation 🚫 of artisanal workers,” said Glen Mpufane 👔, IndustriALL director for mining and diamonds 💎.

“There are so many labour rights violations ⚠️✊ in the lithium sector. Supply chain strategies 🔗 provide a major opportunity to improve respect for the rights of the workers 👷👩‍🏭 who mine these critical minerals ⛏️🔋.”

Since its signing in 2015, the global agreement btwn H&M and IndustriALL has provided a platform for action to protect the right to unionize & bargain collectively, resulting in notable improvements in working conditions in the supply chain. bizbdreview.com/hms-gfa-mark... #GarmentWorkersNeedUnions

IndustriALL Global Union, @ifmetall.bsky.social & H&M Group, are celebrating 10 years of their flagship global framework agreement, a pioneering collaboration to strengthen workers’ rights & social dialogue across the supply chain. www.industriall-union.org/industriall-... #GarmentWorkersNeedUnions

With the support of IndustriALL Global Union 🌍 and the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia (CTUA) ✊, trade union leaders from Armenia’s mining and metallurgical sector gathered in Kapan, Syunik region 📍, for a round table–seminar on: social partnership 🤝 at the republican and sectoral levels.

In a transforming world of work 🔄, organizing and campaigns 📢 are becoming critical strategies for trade union survival. Facing push back from global and national capital 💰, trade unions are developing strategies that respond to local workplaces 🏭 and sectoral dynamics.

IndustriALL Atle Hoie: 🤝 “We stand in full solidarity with NUPENG & PENGASSAN, and condemn Dangote’s attempts to undermine union rights ⚖️ and collective bargaining 📜.”

Since 2015, the global framework agreement w/ H&M has provided a platform for joint work to safeguard the right to unionize & engage in collective bargaining, improving conditions for workers in the factories in the supply chain. www.industriall-union.org/landmark-glo... #GarmentWorkersNeedUnions

For the past 8 years, the ACT initiative has brought together trade unions, global garment brands and retailers and manufacturers in supply chains to create a pathway to living wages in low-income garment production countries. www.business-humanrights.org/en/blog/shar... #GarmentWorkersNeedUnions

🚨 125 jobs axed at Lindsey Oil Refinery, despite credible bids to save the site. @unitetheunion.bsky.social calls it a “transition without workers.” IndustriALL stands in solidarity: the fight is for jobs, safety & energy security. 👉 #JustTransition www.industriall-union.org/lindsey-refi...

Despite the Hong Kong Convention’s entry into force earlier this year 📜🌍, serious workplace accidents ⚠️🏭 continue to occur in Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards 🚢🔧, raising urgent concerns ❗ about the lack of real change on the ground.

💪🌍 The IndustriALL preparatory women’s conference set the stage for a stronger push on gender equality ⚖️, women’s rights ✊, participation 🤝, and representation 🗳️ ahead of the global women’s conference. www.industriall-union.org/women-trade-...

💪🌍 The IndustriALL preparatory women’s conference set the stage for a stronger push on gender equality ⚖️, women’s rights ✊, participation 🤝 and representation 🗳️ ahead of the global women’s conference. #ALLWomen

Trade unions in the Asia Pacific region are calling for united action to defend human and workers’ rights amid growing political turmoil, escalating geopolitical conflicts, and the rise of right-wing politics. www.industriall-union.org/defending-wo...

On 16 Sept in São Paulo, Brazil 📍🇧🇷, IndustriALL Global Union 🌍✊ gathered experts 👩‍💼👨‍💼 and affiliates 🤝 from Latin America and the Caribbean 🌎 to discuss strategies 📝⚙️ for trade 🌐💱, production 🏭and industrial integration.

Sign the @labourstart.bsky.social campaign calling on German menswear company Digel to stop union busting and engage with the union, @veysen.bsky.social www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaig...

IndustriALL affiliat in Liberia, the United Workers Union of Liberia (UWUL), has signed its 6th CBA with ArcelorMittal Liberia, marking a significant step towards improving working and living conditions in the country’s mining sector. #UnionWin www.industriall-union.org/more-benefit...

In Dar es Salaam (10–12 Sept), affiliates of IndustriALL Global Union from Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Ghana, Liberia, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia & Zimbabwe met to boost collective bargaining and safeguard workers’ rights.

Around 4,000 workers 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ at the Arak Aluminium Company (IRALCO) 🏭 have been on a hunger strike ✊🍞🚫 for the past 50 days.

🌍🔋 As Africa powers the energy transition, unions demand HRDD to protect workers. In Accra (2–3 Sep 2025), IndustriALL SSA gathered 90 delegates from 15 countries to align standards with African realities and safer supply chains.

Union reps from 🇰🇭 Cambodia, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇲🇾 Malaysia & 🇵🇭 Philippines met in Phnom Penh to map out a 2025–26 OHS campaign. Workers’ rights in health & safety are universal: 🧾 Right to know ✋ Right to refuse 🤝 Right to participate www.industriall-union.org/south-east-a...

👷‍♀️👷 Workers at SAG Hidrolik in Hendek, Sakarya are fighting for ✊ union recognition and ⚖️ fair treatment, despite 🚫😡 intimidation. ❌ Dismissals & ⚠️ threats are attacks on 🧑‍⚖️ fundamental rights. We’ll fight 💪✊ until every worker is reinstated 🔄 and 🤝 collective bargaining begins 📢.

🧠 Mental health, a common concern for the network of CMPC workers’ unions. Next steps: 🗺️ union mapping, ✊ organising outsourced workers, 🛠️ joint health & safety with focus on 🧠 mental health. 🌐 Union networks help 🤝 connect workers, ⚡ build power & 📊 level up rights across countries.

Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards remain danger zones ⚠️🚢 Despite the Hong Kong Convention’s entry into force earlier this year 📜🌍, serious workplace accidents continue to occur in Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards 🏗️💥, raising urgent concerns about the lack of real change on the ground ❗.

Great news - on 11 Sep, 52 political prisoners in Belarus were released, including Aliaksandr Yarashuk, chair of Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP), and Gennadi Fedynich, former chair of Belarusian Radio and Electronics Workers Union (REP).

Preparations for IndustriALL women’s conference 👩‍🏫🌍 and November Congress in Sydney 🇦🇺 are well under way, which will be an assessment 📊 of work undertaken to promote gender equality ⚖️♀️ and women’s rights ✊.

🇹🇷 YKK workers in Türkiye are still fighting ✊ for their right to 🤝 collective bargaining, as the company continues to deny recognition of their union.

8 Sept: 🇳🇬 NUPENG and NLC reached a 🤝 deal with 🏭 Dangote Refinery, averting a nationwide strike ✊ over anti-union practices. IndustriALL welcomed the resolution, calling it a win for 🌍 labour rights and urging ongoing 💬 engagement with unions.

1/2: STATEMENT: On the eve of the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York the undersigned Global Unions, representing over 200 million workers worldwide through the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC),

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) ✊🏾⚙️, an IndustriALL Global Union affiliate 🌍, has announced the end of a two-week indefinite strike ⛔🪧 at Macsteel, a leading steel supplier 🏭.

💎 The diamond industry faces a deepening crisis, as highlighted by the IndustriALL Global Union diamond network’s meeting in Jwaneng, Botswana 🇧🇼. Several factors have disrupted the sector’s stability.

🇰🇷 Korean trade unions ✊ recognized the passage of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (TULRAA) 📜 as a meaningful step in the right direction ✅, while urging the government 🏛️ on 29 August 📅 to pursue deeper labour law reforms ⚖️.