70,000 employees at Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo Group set to strike

More than 70,000 employees from Intesa Sanpaolo Group are ready to strike in Italy on Monday, July 2nd. The strike, the first since the 2007 merger, was announced on June 19th by Italian UNI Finance affiliated unions, after a confrontation with the company lasted about one month. Intesa Sanpaolo has announced that it will not respect the agreement reached with the unions on July 29th 2011, related to the Business Plan 2011-13, but it failed to introduce a new one. More on Uni Global Union website. Intesa Sanpaolo(ISP:BrsaItaliana) is a Global Compact participant since 2003/04/24.

Saint-Gobain’s CertainTeed Balks at ‘Common Sense’ End to US Teamster Strike

A month-long strike by the ICEM-affiliated Teamsters Union (IBT) in the US continues (...) The work stoppage by 90 members of IBT Local 25 in Massachusetts against Paris-based Saint-Gobain’s wholly-owned CertainTeed subsidiary began on 19 December over unreasonable demands to reduce workers’ health insurance benefits.

More on ICEM

Saint Gobain is a Global Compact participant since 2003/04/22.

Implats says 5,000 workers on strike at Rustenburg

Impala Platinum , the world's second largest platinum producer, said on Monday it was losing an estimated 3,000 ounces a day...

More on Reuters

Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) is a Global Compact participant since 2008/04/08.