The ICEM vehemently supports 90 members of the affiliated Teamsters Union (IBT) in the US, who went on strike last month in Norwood, Massachusetts, at CertainTeed, a roofing materials subsidiary of French multinational Saint-Gobain. Members of IBT Local 25 in the Boston area walked off their jobs when their contract expired on 19 December over unreasonable demands to reduce their health insurance benefits.
More on the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Union (ICEM) website
Saint-Gobain is a Global Compact participant since 2003/04/22
Saint-Gobain was a Gold contributor of the Foundation for the Global Compact in 2010
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