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Information Letter No. 2 to the participants of the 3rd International Miners' Conference

Details: Published: Monday, 06 February 2023 10:56; Hits: 1557

31 August to 3 September 2023 in Thuringia/Germany Registration and preparation of the discussion forums Dear participants of the 3rd International Miners' Conference, The task of the open discussion forums at the 3rd International Miners' Conference is to intensively discuss the core issues of the worldwide situation and struggles of miners and their families with the aim of developing coordination and cooperation to a higher level internationally.

Infobrief No. 5 on the preparation of the country reports for the 3rd IMC

Details: Published: Thursday, 02 February 2023 15:51; Hits: 2023

Hello delegations of the 3rd IMC, 1. the importance of the country reports With the reports on their country, the respective delegations from the different countries present the particular situation of the miners, the struggles, progress and problems of the miners' movement in their country to the other participants at the beginning of the conference.

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

Details: Published: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 12:25; Hits: 1388

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.

Uganda

Details: Published: Tuesday, 27 December 2022 10:44; Hits: 1316

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

Details: Published: Monday, 26 December 2022 19:28; Hits: 1401

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.

New Year's greetings, Vœux pour la nouvelle année, Neujahrsgrüße, Новогодние поздравления, Felicitaciones de Año Nuevo

Details: Published: Sunday, 25 December 2022 11:35; Hits: 5384

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

Details: Published: Friday, 16 December 2022 21:44; Hits: 1452

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.

Zimbabwe: Struggle for wages of miners' wives and their husbands

Details: Published: Sunday, 27 November 2022 13:02; Hits: 1615

For months, miners at the Vumbachikwe mine in Gwanda in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland South province have not received their wages. The miners and their families are protesting against the unpaid wages. Last week, about 500 miners' wives and their children blocked access to the gold mine. That is why the companions did not come to work.

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

Details: Published: Monday, 14 November 2022 15:54; Hits: 1512

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.

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

Details: Published: Friday, 11 November 2022 12:16; Hits: 1762

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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