The IndustriALL Global Union Automotive Working Group proposed ten different approaches to deal with the profound change in the industry when it met in Düren, Germany, on 9-11 December.

The 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, aka COP25, was finally formally closed at 1:55 pm on Sunday, 15 December. IndustriALL Global Union sustainability director Brian Kohler reports.

Regular update from COP25 by Brian Kohler, IndustriALL sustainability director.

IndustriALL sustainability director, Brian Kohler reports from COP25 in his blog.

This year’s Human Rights Day, 10 December, the global labour movement joined forces to call on the Philippines’ President Duerte to immediately end the persistent attacks on human and labour rights defenders.     

IndustriALL’s union network at UK textile company Coats is calling for social dialogue to strengthen industrial relations at Coats’ workplaces around the world.

Brian Kohler reports from COP25

The deadly factory fire accident in Delhi on 8 December exposes the vulnerability of India’s informal workforce as well as the government’s passive attitude towards workers’ safety.

IndustriALL sustainability director Brian Kohler’s report from COP25, Madrid, Spain

Senior trade union leaders from IndustriALL steel affiliates in India came together in Mumbai, India on 9 and 10 December 2019. Together with IndustriALL’s global sector co-chair Sanjyot Vadavkar, the leaders from SMEFI and INMF–Metal discussed the future of organizing and recruiting in this important sector in India. They focused on the situation of young workers and precarious work in the sector.

IndustriALL sustainability director, Brian Kohler, reports from COP25, Madrid, Spain.

The second week of COP25 started today; and the year 2019 quickly draws to a close. Time, I have noticed, seems to make less and less sense as I get older. Brian Kohler, IndustriALL director of sustainability shares his impressions of COP25 in Madrid, Spain.

The sixth day of COP25, IndustriALL director of sustainability Brian Kohler continues updating on the conference.

The fifth day of the COP25 conference, Brian Kohler reports

The fifth day of the COP25 conference, Brian Kohler reports

The fifth day of COP25, IndustriALL director of sustainability Brian Kohler continues updating on the conference.

The fourth day of COP25, IndustriALL director of sustainability Brian Kohler reports.

The third day of the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 25) in Madrid, Spain. Brian Kohler, IndustiALL sustainability director reports.

Hundreds of members of the Nuclear Power and Industry Workers Union of Ukraine (Atomprofspilka) protested in Kiev on 4 December against state policy on nuclear industry and the dismissal of the head of publicly owned Energoatom that operates all nuclear power plants in Ukraine.

The German multinational corporation thyssenkrupp is in a very serious situation and 160,000 jobs all over the world are at risk. In addition, thyssenkrupp Elevator, currently top number five in the market and source of steady profit for the group, will be sold or taken to the stock market.