On 13 November, ICEM, together with Norwegian affiliate Industri Energi (IE), reached a new Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with StatoilHydro. The agreement replaces ICEM’s first global agreement with Norway’s state-operated oil and gas producer, Statoil, which was signed... Read the article

In Madrid, Spain, on 4 November, a protocol agreement was signed that provides management recognition of the ICEM-supported Latin American/Spanish Repsol-YPF Trade Union Network. Management of the Madrid-based oil and gas company agreed to recognise the workers’ network as a collective... Read the article

The ICEM extended its congratulations to US trade union affiliates over the election of Illinois Senator Barack Obama as President of the country. In opening remarks at the ICEM’s 6 November Presidium in Geneva, both President Senzeni Zokwana and General Secretary Manfred Warda paid... Read the article

A small group of warehouse workers in Auckland, New Zealand, members of ICEM affiliate National Distribution Union (NDU) are waging a fierce battle to get a first labour agreement. They are paid up to 30% less than distribution workers in nearby facilities and have faced indignities from... Read the article

A recent workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, saw workers’ representatives from 18 labour organisations, representing 50,000 rubber workers, come together to shape an action plan for the region’s rubber industry on Contract and Agency Labour. The ICEM and FUTINAL, the Latin American... Read the article