Global union lobby hails Bangladesh textile deal

The two said in statements they had agreed to a health-and-safety plan launched by global union federations IndustriALL and UNI Global Union, which represent tens of millions of textile industry workers. Inditex, the Spanish firm that owns Zara and ...

Steel Workers' Federation of India (SWFI), affiliated to Centre of India Trade Unions (CITU), General Secretary P K Das today said the growing attack on working class in the form of dismissals, wage, pension cuts, withdrawal of social security ...

H&M publicly commited to support the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, initiated by IndustriALL Global Union and UNI Global Union. The parties will be committed to the goal of a safe and sustainable Bangladeshi Ready Made Garment ...

EU Must Push For Fundamental Rights In Bangladesh Garment Sector Brussels, 5 May 2013 (ITUC OnLine ): The global union movement has welcomed the European Commission's commitment to press Bangladesh to meet international labour standards. European ...

Björn Thiemann (41) will take over as head of the Unilmmo: Europa and Unilmmo: Global fund management unit at Union Investment Real Estate GmbH, Hamburg. Together with his team, Thiemann will be responsible for management of both retail funds, but ...

Global 'families' day' shows support for persecuted DHL Turkey workers Union members and supporters will hold a global DHL Families Day tomorrow to back the families of workers at logistics giant DHL in Turkey who have faced dismissal and aggression ...

Under mounting pressure to improve working conditions in Bangladeshs garment factories, several of the worlds largest apparel companies agreed on Monday to a landmark plan to help pay for fire safety and building improvements after the collapse last ...

New Delhi, May 9 : Union Minister of Culture Chandresh Kumaritoday launched 13 short films based on the poems of RabindranathTagore, as part of celebrations to commemorate his 150th birth anniversary. Produced with the financial support of the ...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the money to pay for the resolution of troubled European Union banks won't come from a single pool until decision-making powers in the bloc are more centralized. Germany instead seeks a network of ...