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WORKERS from around the world gathered in London yesterday to demand that mining giant Rio Tinto clean up its act.
Rio Tinto, one of the world’s biggest companies with assets worth £72 billion, faced vocal criticism and protests outside its annual general meeting over allegations of anti-union behaviour, health and safety failures, suspect political activities and lack of respect for indigenous people's rights.
Unions and campaigners say that while the company publicly claims to respect trade union rights, it also openly defends what it calls “direct engagement” where the union is treated as an external, unwanted force.
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As Ontario burns, campaigners are demanding action – not more pipelines, says DAVE McKEE
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results