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This group has been formed to highlight the struggles, and in justices in TNC's
Website: http://www.sigtur.com
Location: Global South
Members: 168
Latest Activity: Apr 8
Philippines Airline Lock Out 2400 Workers
PALEA workers enter their 14th month of protest over outsourcing of jobs. The Union is committed to continue the struggle and will remain on the picket line and will continue to fight until justice is serve. The negotiation with management are occurring at turtle pace with a carrot and stick formula being implemented by management to break the workers. The worker know this is part of the Airlines negotiation strategy and are will remain standing until justice is serve to PALEA. Full detail: http://sigtur.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/174-palea-workers-enter-14th-month-of-protest
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We need your action to- Defend the Hyundai Precarious workers' strike! Support YPR workers fighting Hyundai's union busting! Picket Hyundai Kia Motor TODAY!
Please join the resistance to Korean TNC, "HYUNDAI KIA MOTOR"'s flagrant rejection of workers rights. Make a picket, take a photo and post to kmwu-kctu.tumblr.com/submit or send to hyundaikiaworkers…Continue
Started by hyewon Aug 21, 2012.
Vouchers. A parallel income taxed by transnationals? 2 Replies
Luncheon Vouchers, Meal Tickets and other vouchers are nothing more than a parallel currency, more vulnerable to fraud and theft. Commissions and charges on these vouchers are a private taxation by…Continue
Tags: benefits, meals, pay, salary, Vouchers
Started by Andy Funnell. Last reply by Andy Funnell Jan 16, 2012.
Veolia Environment 6 Replies
All around the world, and throughout the U.S., the French transnational company is involved in the privatization of municipal services in the areas of water, transportation, waste management and…Continue
Started by Tammy Murphy. Last reply by Jemmy Hope Jan 6, 2012.
New documentary LOCKED OUT reveals how workers have fought against multinational corporations 3 Replies
My documentary LOCKED OUT, not only reveals how unionized miners in the desert town of Boron, California successfully fought their employer, Rio Tinto, a British-Australian mining company owning…Continue
Started by Joan Sekler. Last reply by Alan Irwin Sep 26, 2011.
Precarious? Subcontracted? Irregular? Temporary? Hyundai Motor Precarious workers strike to demand permanent regular status (strike enters 21st day) 8 Replies
Precarious workers in Korea began organizing themselves into unions since 1998, 1999.The low level of rights exercisable means the system demanded over a decade of extraordinarily high-level self…Continue
Started by hyewon. Last reply by SIGTUR Mar 1, 2011.
TNC,s have a greater obligations than just profits 3 Replies
Started by SIGTUR. Last reply by Tim Dymond Dec 6, 2010.
Workshop on Union Responses to TNCs during Intl People's Conf., Seoul Nov. 8 8 Replies
For all those who are coming to Seoul for G20-related activities, the Research Institute for Alternative Workers Movements invites you to attend the…Continue
Started by Wol-san Liem. Last reply by Wol-san Liem Nov 9, 2010.
International Solidarity Can Play an Important Role - Share Your Stories 2 Replies
SIGTUR a Global South solidarity network which aims to supports the struggles of workers in the Global South. further detail: www.sigtur.com Solidarity networks…Continue
Started by Glenn Thompson. Last reply by Glenn Thompson Sep 21, 2010.
Brother Industries Strike Forces a New Deal for workers
Read here for info about the recent strike by workers at Brother Industries in Shenzen, China: …Continue
Started by Don Sutherland Sep 15, 2010.
Global Rights At Work
Here is a link where you can access a learning / educational video on "Global Rights at Work" : http://www.globalrightsatwork.org.au/
Started by Don Sutherland Sep 12, 2010.
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Comment by Peter HJ on August 25, 2010 at 10:22 -
Hi. Yes, we have a pretty strong set of data (about 6000 unions, not counting locals), along with sectors, contact details, membership numbers etc. We're looking to match this up with data on the TNCs represented. Will probably be doing so one TNC at a time, as I am not aware of anybody having done this before. At present we just want one example to test the technical side of the database. eg which unions around the world have members in Tescos?
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Comment by SIGTUR on August 25, 2010 at 9:09 -
Peter,
I am the administrator of this page for SIGTUR and are base in Australia. Firestone does not have operation in Australia to my knowledge. I am assuming Firestone is a Tyre manufacture. Can i suggest that you send an email to this group. See the tab top right. Is this data base very broad in its application?
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Comment by Peter HJ on August 25, 2010 at 8:59
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The New unionism Network has set up a global unions database -- http://www.younionize.info -- to help union organizers/workers in networking across borders. We're currently looking to add data on TNCs to union records. This is so that (for instance) a union organizer/worker for Firestone in the USA can find out who the sister union(s) are in South East Asia, Africa etc, (along with contact details and a bit of a union profile, etc etc). As a test run. we're looking fopr sample data on one major TNC. Can anyone help? (eg with a list of unions who have a significant number of workers in Firestone).
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