All Sinter Metal workers now reinstated by courts16 December, 2010In a second court hearing this week a Turkish court orders Sinter Metal to reinstate all dismissed workers. Birlesik Metal Is celebrates victory in a march to the company.
Trade Unions in South Asia meet to evolve a regional strategy5 January, 2011IMF's South Asian affiliates deliberated upon a regional focus in IMF's work for the South Asia to intensify organising workers in shipbreaking industry, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), establishing sustainable union structures, strong national unions and effective utilisation of IMF's communication and trade union networks to build international solidarity
Deadline approaches for diploma on labour policies and globalization30 September, 2010A short term diploma course on Labour Policies and Globalization will take place in Germany from April 1 until September 30, 2011. Trade unionists and labour movement activists are invited to apply for admission to this programme by no later than November 1, 2010.
Global unions promote Quality Public Services 5 October, 2010Global Unions, representing more than 176 million working people worldwide, presents "Quality Public Services - Action Now!" a conference from October 12 to 14 in Geneva.
Workers in the Swiss metalworking sector demand their share of the profits12 October, 2010In the light of the upturn in the sector, delegates at the UNIA (Swiss affiliate of the IMF) conference approved a two to three per cent pay claim and a limit on temporary work.
Malaysian electronics workers attend first IMF workshop25 November, 2010Sixteen active members of the newly formed Electronics Industry Employees Union (Southern Region) in Malaysia attended a two days IMF workshop on organizing and union building.
Organizing workers in East Africa29 November, 2010Organizing new members and building strong union were the key themes for the East African sub-regional meeting in Kenya in November.
Rights abuses debated at International Labour Conference16 June, 2011Rights abuses in Turkey, Mexico, Belarus, Swaziland and Zimbabwe numbered among the 25 cases regarding compliance with ILO Conventions and the rights of workers that were examined by the tripartite Committee on the Application of Standards at the International Labour Organization's annual International Labour Conference in June 2011.
New agreement at Caterpillar in Belgium13 January, 2011After several weeks of negotiation, trade unions finally made major breakthroughs that could go down in Caterpillar history.
Swedish temp workers receive 1.4 million euros in retroactive pay23 June, 2011Union organizers seek out agency workers to ensure they receive due wages. The work has resulted in substantial retroactive salary increases -- and new members.
