WSF celebrates ten years21 January, 2010At a World Social Forum event in Porto Alegre in January 2010, civil society groups will seek alternatives to neo-liberal policies and reflect on ten years of work.
G(eneral) M(ess) in Antwerp22 January, 2010Workers take action to try and secure jobs after GM announces closure of Opel plant in Antwerp, Belgium
Prosecutor's office fails to do justice in Russia9 February, 2010Instead of protecting labour rights prosecutor's office clings to the absurd 'extremist' charges against ITUA. District court approves this anti-union and anti-labour attitude, as the February 3 decision clearly suggests.
Protests grow against expulsion of migrants from Thailand16 February, 2010Rights groups protest as millions of Burmese migrants face deportation from Thailand on March 1, 2010.
Empowering women in Mozambique16 January, 2010Union workshop tackles perpetuating problems for women workers in Mozambique.
Denouncing irregularities at Peruvian mining company Glencore22 March, 2010The trade union at the Mining Company Los Quenuales filed a criminal complaint for tax evasion against the mining company, which is a subsidiary of the multinational Glencore.
Fujitsu case is decided in favour of workers30 March, 2010Finnish High Court rules Fujitsu to pay almost three million euros to workers illegally dismissed ten years ago.
American Axle violated UAW job security agreement1 April, 2010American Axle and Manufacturing Inc. violated the job security clause in its agreement with the UAW and must compensate the workers affected by its 2009 decision to outsource work to Mexico, an arbitrator has ruled.
A spotlight on climate change1 December, 2009The latest issue of Metal World, published online December 1, calls attention to the upcoming climate change conference in Copenhagen, features engineers at Astrium staying at the cutting edge of technology to tackle climate change, and profiles union activist Ainur Kurmanov's struggle in Kazakhstan.
WTO conference must focus on the global crisis2 December, 2009Trade unions are concerned with the reluctance of the participants of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva to recognise linkage between trade, jobs and global crisis.
