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IndustriALL reports: Unions demand justice for 42 miners killed in Turkey

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Published: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 12:25
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The international union movement is calling for justice for the 42 miners who lost their lives in an explosion on 14 October, 2202, in Turkey’s Amasra district. Four mine workers are still in hospital in Istanbul , two of them in intensive care. In a joint mission to the region, IndustriALL Global Union assistant general secretary Kemal Özkan and IndustriAll Europe general secretary Luc Triangle met with branch and local trade union representatives.

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Uganda

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Published: Tuesday, 27 December 2022 10:44
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Merry Christmas from local miners and miners wive's, wishing you a happy holiday from Uganda . Yours local miners plus miners wives

23.12.22

Dear friends and comrades

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Published: Monday, 26 December 2022 19:28
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We, the International Coordination Group of the International Miners' Coordination, wish you a successful new year 2023. We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible to the 3rd International Miners' Conference 2023 in Thuringia/Germany from 30 August to 3 September 2023. Especially in these times, where brutal competition is carried out on the backs of the workers, the masses and especially us, the miners and our families, up to the acute danger of a World War III with nuclear weapons, we have to set a sign and push our unification forward and develop it higher.

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Support the ICOR solidarity campaign with the workers' and people's uprising in Iran!

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Published: Friday, 16 December 2022 21:44
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We welcome that the ICOR has decided on such a solidarity campaign and would like to inform about this important campaign: In Iran, a nationwide workers' and people's uprising against the fascist Mullah regime is unfolding in more than 190 cities. "No struggle should ever remain alone" is the slogan of the ICOR and this is also the concern of the international miners' coordination.

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Colombia: Glencore must be consistent in respecting workers and human rights globally

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Published: Monday, 14 November 2022 15:54
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An IndustriALL trade union network meeting on 8 September in Johannesburg urged Glencore to be consistent in implementing global policies that protected workers and human rights, community interests, and the environment. Glencore is amongst the multinational companies that are benefiting from the commodities boom linked to decarbonization.

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Congo: Unions welcome revival of IndustriALL’s campaign against Glencore

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Published: Friday, 11 November 2022 12:16
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IndustriALL Democratic Republic of the Congo council discussed Glencore’s broken promises to mineworkers at a meeting on 21 October. According to IndustriALL affiliates, Glencore has made no efforts to improve working conditions at its mining operations in the country.  The union network meeting was held against the backdrop of cobalt’s role in the low carbon energy transition and the DRC’s strategic role in the battery supply chain.

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The Impact Of The Glencore Group In The Drc

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Published: Tuesday, 08 November 2022 12:45
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GLENCORE has been active in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2008. GLENCORE is present in the Democratic Republic of Congo with two companies, namely : MUTANDA MINING SARL (MUMI) and KAMOTO COPPER COMPANY (KCC) SA. Both are located near Kolwezi, in the Lualaba province, in the southern region. To date, GLENCORE has invested over US$7 billion in the development of MUMI and KCC.

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Miners worldwide for saving the natural foundations of life!

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Published: Thursday, 03 November 2022 13:45
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The world's miners have a special responsibility for future generations. On the one hand, raw materials are needed now and in the future, and on the other hand, they must be extracted in such a way that people's livelihoods are not jeopardised. Miners, environmental and youth fighters belong together! We want to fight for this together and internationally - out for the International Day of Struggle to Save the Environment!

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  2. Reports on the working and living conditions of the miners
  3. Greece: we received an update
  4. 41 Miners Killed In Amasra
  5. Burkina Faso: Mining continues to produce despite military coup
  6. 200 environmentalists killed in the fight for the environment and climate
  7. To the striking miners in Brookwood, Alabama USA
  8. Ukraine: miners defy strike ban and go on strike
  9. South Africa: Strike, because the minimum wage of 206 US$ is not even enough for food (294 US$)
  10. Information Letter No. 3 of the 3rd International Miners' Conference
  11. Solidarity statement from the National Preparatory Committee to United Mine Workers of America
  12. ICG: "Glück Auf" miners, relatives and friends,
  13. Morocco: four young workers were left to die because there were no safety measures in place
  14. Declaration of solidarity with the miners and their families of Larko
  15. Iran: The striking copper mine workers of Soongoon and zarghan under the brutal action of the security forces
  16. Ukraine: A miner writes to the Red Foxes in Esslingen
  17. Iran: Protest of the workers of the oil and gas Co. in Arvandan
  18. Canada: Letter of solidarity to the striking miners of the Raglan Nickel and Copper Mine in Nunavik/Province of Quebec
  19. Canada: Miners strike at nickel mine
  20. Canada: Glencore workers strike