IndustriALL

What IndustriALL does

IndustriALL Global Union is a Geneva-headquartered global federation of trade unions, founded in 2012, representing more than 50 million workers across 140 countries in the mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors. The federation operates through a Geneva head office and six regional offices (Bangkok, Moscow, Panama City, Tunis, New Delhi, Johannesburg) organized along geographic lines, with sector-specific networks covering aerospace, automotive, base metals, chemicals, energy, mining, textiles, pulp and paper, shipbuilding, ICT, electronics, and pharmaceuticals. Affiliated membership spans approximately 70 national trade unions in mining and around 90 in pulp and paper alone. The federation is led by President Christiane Benner and General Secretary Atle Høie, with a director-level team covering Health and Safety and Projects, and named sector contacts for each industry vertical.

IndustriALL's "products" are advocacy campaigns, capacity-building services, and negotiated instruments rather than commercial offerings. Principal offerings include Global Framework Agreements (GFAs) negotiated with multinational corporations such as BMW, Bosch, Daimler Truck, EDF, Enel, H&M, Inditex, Renault, Siemens, and Volkswagen; targeted campaigns (e.g., Disinvest from Myanmar, Clean Up Shipbreaking, Ratify ILO C176, Pay Equity Toolkit, "United for a Just Future - Time to Pay Up"); sector-specific networks and global union councils for information exchange; and union-building project work covering organizing, collective bargaining, social dialogue, gender mainstreaming, health and safety training, and supply-chain initiatives. The Fourth Congress was held in Sydney in 2025, establishing the Action Plan 2025-2029.

IndustriALL does not operate a commercial revenue model; it functions as a non-profit membership federation funded by member dues and solidarity grants from partner trade unions and support organizations (e.g., Friedrich Ebert Stiftung). Its underlying technology stack is limited to standard website infrastructure (Google Analytics, Cloudflare, YouTube, Spotify embeds), with no proprietary platform, API, or software product. Reach is exercised through affiliated unions, social media, email newsletters, and publications rather than traditional distribution channels.

Name

IndustriALL

Legal name

IndustriALL Global Union

Website

https://industriall-union.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IndustriALL Global Union is a Geneva-headquartered federation of trade unions representing over 50 million workers across 140 countries in mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors, delivering advocacy campaigns, Global Framework Agreements with multinational corporations, sector networks, and union-building capacity programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Union Federation / Labor Representation Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Labor, Social Protection & Occupational Safety Standards Cooperation (BPADANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Economic & Trade Cooperation Organizations (BPADAAAC), Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

Keywords

• Trade union federation
• Worker representation
• Collective bargaining
• Labor rights advocacy
• Global union network

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

IndustriALL Global Union is a non-profit federation of national trade unions that represents more than 50 million workers across mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors in approximately 140 countries. It delivers worker representation, collective bargaining support, global framework agreements with multinational corporations, sector-specific union networks, advocacy campaigns, and capacity-building project work for affiliated unions.

Product overview

IndustriALL Global Union operates as a global trade union federation representing over 50 million workers in 140 countries across mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors. The organization offers a unified platform providing advocacy campaigns (including Pay Equity Toolkit, Myanmar Disinvestment, Shipbreaking, ILO C176 ratification, and inequality campaigns), Global Framework Agreements negotiated with multinational companies, sector-specific networks and union councils, union building and project work with capacity building programs, and publications/resources. The portfolio consists of advocacy and campaign services, negotiated labor agreements, networking platforms, and educational resources rather than a traditional software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Global Framework Agreements (GFAs) Negotiated agreements at the global level between IndustriALL and multinational companies that establish trade union rights, health, safety, and environmental standards across global operations; current counterparties include BMW, Bosch, Daimler Truck, EDF, Enel, H&M, Inditex, Renault, Siemens, and Volkswagen.
• Sector Networks and Global Union Councils Trade union networks organized by sector (aerospace, automotive, base metals, chemicals, energy, mining, textiles, shipbreaking, ICT, etc.) and by company, enabling information exchange and coordinated action among affiliated unions worldwide.
• Union Building and Project Work Capacity-building programs covering organizing, collective bargaining, social dialogue, gender mainstreaming, health and safety training, and supply-chain initiatives, funded by solidarity support organizations including Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and unions in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Canada, France, Belgium, and Norway.
• Pay Equity Toolkit A resource developed by IndustriALL to support trade unions in bargaining for pay equity, providing guidance and resources for addressing gender pay gaps.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• ILO (International Labour Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025The ILO jointly launched the Circular Jobs Global Baseline Report with Circle Economy Foundation and World Bank Group, presenting the first global baseline of circular economy employment covering 177 countries.
• Circle Economy FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Circle Economy Foundation jointly launched the Circular Jobs Global Baseline Report with ILO and World Bank Group, estimating 121-142 million people work in the circular economy globally.
• World Bank GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025World Bank Group jointly launched the Circular Jobs Global Baseline Report with ILO and Circle Economy Foundation, covering 177 countries on circular economy employment.
• IG MetallcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025IG Metall, a major German trade union, co-organized the multi-stakeholder dialogue platform with IndustriALL to implement human rights due diligence in Turkey's automotive supply chains.
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025GIZ, the German development agency, supported the multi-stakeholder dialogue platform organized by IndustriALL for implementing human rights due diligence in Turkey's automotive supply chains.
• Daimler TruckcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025Daimler Truck co-organized the multi-stakeholder dialogue platform with IndustriALL and IG Metall. Whistleblower complaints from Daimler Truck indicated workers face obstacles when attempting to join unions.
• UN Global Compact GermanysupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025After government funding ended, participants committed to continuing the human rights due diligence initiative under the UN Global Compact Germany network.
• HubbubsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Environmental charity Hubbub conducted research supporting Primark's Durability Framework as part of their sustainability initiatives.
• University of LeedssupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024University of Leeds conducted research supporting Primark's Durability Framework alongside environmental charity Hubbub.
• MaersksupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Primark partnered with Maersk using green fuel alternatives that emit approximately 40% less GHG than traditional fuel.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Industriens Pension: Danish labor-market pension fund for industrial workers. Adjacent labor-industry ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, but relevant as an institutional counterpart serving some of the same Danish industrial-worker base that contributes solidarity funding to IndustriALL.

Regional players

• International Federation of Journalists (IFJ): Global federation of journalists' unions. Comparable federation model applied to a distinct professional constituency; limited sector overlap with IndustriALL but analogous in advocacy and GFA methodology.

Direct peers

• International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF): Global federation for transport workers. Operates the same federation model with GFAs and cross-border organizing, intersecting with IndustriALL's shipbuilding and shipbreaking sector work.
• Public Services International (PSI): Global federation for public-sector workers. A direct structural peer to IndustriALL, using the same federation model, GFAs, and ILO engagement to represent workers in a different but adjacent sector footprint.
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC): The principal global trade union confederation; ITUC is the most direct peer to IndustriALL, organizing affiliates across all sectors and providing overlapping global labor rights advocacy that competes for affiliates, funding, and political influence.
• Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI): Global federation for construction and wood workers. Peer in structure and method, with adjacent industrial footprint and overlapping use of global framework agreements with multinational construction and materials firms.
• Education International: Global federation of teachers' unions. Closest structural analog to IndustriALL outside its industrial verticals, applying identical federation-level advocacy and ILO engagement to a different worker constituency.
• UNI Global Union: Global union federation covering skills and services sectors (commerce, finance, telecom, care). Directly comparable to IndustriALL in structure, GFA strategy, and advocacy model, with partial sector overlap in ICT and electronics.
• International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF): Global union federation affiliated to ITUC covering food and related sectors. Closely comparable to IndustriALL in federation structure, GFA negotiation, and supply-chain campaign methodology.

Broad incumbents

• International Labour Organization (ILO): UN agency setting labor standards globally. Operates as the broad incumbent in IndustriALL's policy space — co-launching reports with IndustriALL and providing the Conventions (e.g., C176, C87) that IndustriALL campaigns for — but is an intergovernmental body rather than a federation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/industriall_gu
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/industriallGU
• Facebookfacebook.com/267665033320839
• Instagraminstagram.com/industriall_gu

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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