International Migrants Alliance - IMA

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The 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is taking place from September 26 to October 1, 2026.

In light of this, the Loreto Ibvm Ngo in New York—in collaboration with VIVAT International, Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre- Loreto, Mary Ward Loreto, and Mary Ward Toronto—is hosting an ancillary webinar event titled “Cross-Border Strategies to Prevent Human Trafficking.”

Event Details:

Date: September 28, 2026
Time: 7:00 a.m. EDT (New York/Toronto); 6:00 p.m. GMT+7 (Indonesia); 4:30 p.m. GMT+5:30 (Kolkata); 1:00 p.m. GMT+2 (Rome)
Speakers & Participants: Panellists from Rome, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Albania, New York, and Toronto.

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Management may own the workplace but it’s workers who do the mahi. At the heart of our union of over 33,000 workers are over 1,860 elected union delegates, who organise and lead union members on the job!

Delegates are active union members who collectively recruit more members and raise the mana of the union. They work with members to solve workplace problems, and during negotiation for a Collective Agreement, delegates are at the forefront of bargaining. More experienced union delegates can also support union members in one-on-one meetings with management. Union delegates are recognised in law and have statutory rights to protect their position at work.

Workers First Union’s delegates are trained and given resources to help them develop their abilities. All delegates are eligible for two-day paid union training. But most of the learning for being a delegate is done on the job and over time. A new delegate takes on more responsibilities as they learn and grow. The union’s delegate training happens region by region, with some delegates staying overnight in the main centres where they connect with delegates from other workplaces.

Union organisers work with delegates and members, listening to what they think union members need and passing on core union thinking and skills. In fact, many union staff started out as active delegates. They turned their workplace activism into a full-time union career.

Workers First delegates are the backbone of the union. They sit on our internal union councils and committees, attend and vote at the biennial union conference, and the union’s National Executive is a group of elected union delegates. Delegates sometimes speak at public meetings, at parliamentary select committee meetings, in the news media and on social media. They make sure workers’ voices are being heard and can influence policies and laws.

If you want to step up to be a Union delegate, talk to your co-workers and current delegates. Once you have decided what you would like to achieve, and have some workplace support, talk to your union organiser.

Pictured: Just some of our sensational delegates taking part in a delegate training session, September 2026

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🏔️ Yakthung ( ) communities affected by ’s cable car project have urged the IFC - International Finance Corporation ( ) Board of Directors to question the IFC’s involvement and handling of its advisory services in the controversial project.

📄 The letter follows the closure of investigation into the communities’ complaint by the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) ( ) - the IFC’s accountability mechanism.

IFC - the private lending arm of the World Bank Group ( ) - has stated that the Cable Car was never an IFC project or sub-project and that it had no relationship with the project’s developer or operator.

Yet IFC’s own records show that Pathivara was added to the advisory engagement with , which is owned by the Chairman of the IME Group (one of the largest Nepali conglomerates), at the company’s request. IFC subsequently carried out environmental and social screening and commissioned a technical study specifically for the Pathivara Cable Car.

The CAO appraisal also identified preliminary indications of potential harm and potential IFC non-compliance with its Access to Information Policy. The advisory project was publicly disclosed only after 670 days, despite the policy requiring disclosure within 60 days.

The complainants are now asking the IFC Board to look more closely at IFC’s account of its involvement, its disclosure practices, and the work it carried out on Pathivara.

The CAO case may be closed, but questions about IFC’s involvement, transparency and accountability remain.

🤝 AIPNEE is one of the advisors to the communities in their complaint to the CAO.

🔗 Read the full article:
https://aipnee.org/campaigns/pathivara-cable-car-affected-indigenous-limbu-communities-raise-questions-about-ifcs-handling-of-its-advisory-services-in-the-project-despite-closure-of-investigation-into/

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