International delegation of Tenaris unionists will travel to Colombia to show solidarity with workers and their union at the Tenaris plant in Cartegena.COLOMBIA/GLOBAL. A delegation of the International Metalworkers’ Federation, composed of Tenaris delegates and union representatives, will travel to Colombia to offer solidarity support to the workers and their union at the Tenaris facility [...]
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Tenaris workers in solidarity in Colombia
February 25th, 2010 
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Comments OffThe Philippines Union Solidarity
February 25th, 2010 Union Admin More than 70 activists from the Philippines Alliance of Progressive Labour, including leaders of the IUF-affiliated NUWHRAIN, demonstrated their solidarity with the struggle against disposable jobs at Unilever’s Pakistan tea operations at Unilever headquarters in Manila on September 15. A protest program was held right on front of the gate where security guards and company [...]
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February 25th, 2010 Union Admin The teacher unionists were holding a union meeting in the house of their General Secretary, Baghani, in Tehran when plain clothes policemen burst into the room and took them all away. The place and reason for their arrest were not made known immediately.Although nine of the teacher unionists were released the next day, General Secretary [...]
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February 25th, 2010 Union Admin As thousands of Iranian citizens took to the streets of Tehran and other cities to demand fairness in their national election process, workers around the world expressed their support for social justice in Iran. On 26 June, EI and its affiliates joined trade unionists and activists in many countries to demand justice for Iranian workers. [...]
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February 25th, 2010 Union Admin The Solidarity Center issues a new report, The Struggle for Worker Rights in Egypt, which examines Egypt’s current labor laws, how they align with international conventions, and the Egyptian government’s record of enforcing of those laws. The Solidarity Center report shows that the Egyptian government systematically violates the International Labor Organization’s core labor standards and [...]
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