3rd International Automotive Workers Conference 2025
Solidarity visit to the striking workers at Exide Industries in Pune
25/11/25, Pune: A delegation of approximately 20 participants from the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference visited striking workers at India's largest battery manufacturer, Exide Industries Ltd., in Pune. They had set up a stage with a tent opposite the factory gate, where we visited them together with the secretary of the SEM trade union.
3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference successfully held in Pune! Automotive workers stand up against exploitation, right-ward developments and fascism, the threat of war and environmental destruction!
November 24, 2025: Press release from the International Coordinating Group of the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference: The 3rd International Automotive Workers Conference was successfully held in Pune at the G.D. Madgulkar Auditorium from November 20 to 24. Over 200 delegates and participants from India, Nepal, South Africa, Congo, Tunisia, Brazil, Venezuela, the USA, Russia, Belarus, Germany, and Italy took part. External participants joined from Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina. There were also further reports and greetings from France, Turkey, Spain, and China.
Solidarity Greetings from India to Day of Action at Bosch in Germany
November 24, 2025: Indian Bosch Colleagues attending 3rd International Automotive Workers Conference are sending video with solidarity greetings to the today day of action at Bosch in Germany.
Our second day at the International Automotive Workers Conference in Pune, India
November 22, 2025: A correspondent reports: Despite a slight delay, we started the second day of the International Automotive Workers Conference today with further country reports. Today we heard country reports from Turkey, Belarus, France, Italy, Russia, Germany, Mexico, the USA, Venezuela, Portugal, and Brazil. Almost all of the reports mentioned that repression against workers is increasing, but that workers are also increasingly taking action. They are participating in workers' struggles, demonstrations, and strikes, even under very difficult conditions.
3rd International Automotive Workers Conference: Country reports show the challenges facing unions and struggles
November 21, 2025: On Friday, the Automotive Workers Conference, which had started the day before, continued with country reports. First-hand, diverse, authentic reports were given on the situation and struggles in 16 countries: China, India, Nepal, South Africa, Morocco, Russia, Belarus, Iran, USA, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, and Portugal.
3rd International Automotive Workers Conference opens - Pune welcomes automotive workers and friends from around the world
November 20, 2025: Correspondence: At 11 a.m. Indian time, Manoj Patil from Shramik Ekta Mahasangh (SEM) and as a coordinator from the International Coordination Group (ICOG) welcomed participants to the 3rd International Auto Workers Conference (IAC) at the G.D. Madgulkar Auditorium in Pune, India. Conference is opened with the honor of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and lightning of the lamp. The hospitality and commitment of the SEM and TUCI trade unionists was impressive. They made this meeting and the broad participation of other representatives of the Indian labor movement possible. This included providing the participants with good vegetarian food during the lunch break.
“Namaste” from Pune!
November 18, 2025: Correspondence from the Culture and Public Relations Team: Namaste can mean ‘hello’ or “goodbye.” The word essentially means “I bow to you.” The 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference in India will open the day after tomorrow! Since Saturday, more than 20 people from two guest countries have already arrived to help with the preparations on site. Our Indian colleagues have already done a lot of important work here.
Automotive workers – take action against environmental destruction! Fight for a future worth living in unity with people and nature!
November 8, 2025: ICOG call for International Day of Environmental Struggle on November 15, 2025: Hurricanes and typhoons have recently killed and injured hundreds of people in Southeast Asia and the Caribbean, devastating entire regions. The infrastructure has been completely destroyed. In the Philippines, over a million people have had to leave their homes and seek safety. This scenario clearly shows what humanity can expect in the near future in the face of these climate disasters as global warming increases. As automotive workers, we cannot turn a blind eye to this. That is why the issue of environmental destruction, necessary immediate measures, and a livable future in unity between humans and nature will be an important topic at the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference from November 20-24, 2025, in Pune, India. The International Coordinating Group (ICOG) has included the issue of the struggle to protect the natural environment in its proposed resolution to the conference delegates.
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Proposal for the agenda and resolution of the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference
October 12, 2025: At its online meeting, the International Coordination Group approved a proposal for the agenda and schedule of the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference. It is submitting a draft resolution to the delegates of the International Automotive Workers' Conference, which will be discussed, further amended, and adopted at the conference.
Information and recommendations for international participants on preparation for the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference from November 20 to 24, 2025, in Pune, India
September 21, 2025: International Coordinating Group (ICOG) of International Automotive Workers Coordination: Dear colleagues, We are delighted to have received your registration and would like to provide you with some information and recommendations for preparing for and participating in the conference.
Current information 2 on preparations for the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference - Country reports - Thematic and corporate forums
September 21, 2025: At its online meeting, the International Coordination Group approved guidelines and suggestions for preparing the country reports for the 3rd IAC, a concept for the corporate forums, and details on the thematic forums. These are available for download below.
Register now for the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference!
July 17, 2025: Information letter on the results of the 11th online meeting of the International Coordination Group (ICOG) of the International Automotive Workers' Coordination: Dear colleagues, In just over four months, the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference (3rd IAC) will start in India! We are working diligently on the content and organizational preparations.
Online registration for the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference (3rd IAC)
Strong start for the fundraising campaign for the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference
Braunschweig/Germany: Correspondence regarding the IAC fundraising gala July 2, 2025: Last Saturday, in perfect weather and high spirits, the fundraising gala for the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference in Pune, India, took place in Braunschweig. It was the first of a total of four fundraising galas and a fundraising concert throughout Germany.
Advertising Flyer for 3rd IAC: Automotive Workers International - cross-border, ready to struggle and united
May 3, 2025: The international advertising flyer for the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference contains important information on the schedule, agenda, planned program, travel information, conference fees and international call for donations.
Support our International Donation Campaign! Donate and collect donations for the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference November 20-24, 2025, in Pune, India!
March 30, 2025: The 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference will take place in Pune, India. After Germany (2015) and South Africa (2020), the world congress of active and militant automotive workers and their families is now being held in India.
Recent information -1- in preparation for the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference from November 20 to 24, 2025 in Pune, India
March 6, 2025: 1) The International Coordination Group of the International Automotive Workers' Coordination is organizing the concrete planning and preparation of the conference. At a joint meeting in Pune, India, in January, we were able to discuss and harmonize the fundamental pillars of the conference in more detail. Important decisions were taken on the further preparation and implementation of the conference. We visited possible conference rooms on site. The preparation and implementation of the conference was agreed with the trade union federations SEM and TUCI.
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