22 January, 2008A tentative national collective agreement for metalworkers, reached on January 19, will now be voted on by all metalworkers in Italy.
16 January, 2008Police and military attack striking Cananea workers fighting for better wages and health and safety improvements.
16 January, 2008A global conference of worker representatives heard that while BHP Billiton's approach to unions varies from particular sites and across nations, the company seeks to undermine collective worker arrangements.
1 February, 2008... Concluded trade unionists at a European Metalworkers' Federation trade union coordination meeting, following the announced closure of the Nokia plant in Bochum, Germany.
31 January, 2008Global conference on Occupational and Environmental Cancer Prevention - Friday 25 April, 2008 at the University of Stirling, Scotland.
10 December, 2007Unions ask questions at AGM about BHP Billiton's policies on industrial relations and climate change.
21 February, 2008Union says the situation of approximately 2,500 contract workers must be resolved. Their poor working conditions would improve substantially if the company employed them directly.
3 December, 2007Marcello paid tribute to Brian Fredricks, former IMF assistant general secretary, at the Central Committee meeting in Brazil, November 28, 2007.
