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.

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...

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

26 injured in clashes as Ecopetrol employees begin 24-hour strike

On November 9, 2011, "(a)t least 26 Ecopetrol employees were injured in clashes with police in the central Colombian city of Barrancabermeja Wednesday, hours after the oil workers began a 24-hour strike over wages.", according to Colombia Reports.

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ECOPETROL S.A is a Global Compact participant since 2009/05/13