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Unions take on two multinational companies for ‘violating workers’ rights’

GLOBAL unions united in protest today as they developed plans to take on multinational companies Tenaris and Ternium as their billionaire boss was charged with bribery.

Paolo Rocca is being investigated for his involvement over allegations of payments made to an Argentinian government official through the company in 2008.

Tenaris, a leading supplier of tubes to the energy industry, gave "its full support for its chairman and CEO” soon after the news broke.

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