1 December, 2010Calling for trade union rights in Mexico, the international trade union movement is holding various actions including rallies, meetings with Mexican ambassadors, and letter and mass email communication in at least 30 countries around the world from February 14 to 19, 2011.

1 December, 2010Some 670,000 German metal and electronics workers to get 2011 pay rises early, reports IG Metall.

29 November, 2010Organizing new members and building strong union were the key themes for the East African sub-regional meeting in Kenya in November.

26 November, 2010Police declare 29 miners dead at the Pike River coal mine on November 24 after a second massive explosion rocked the mine.

26 November, 2010After six deaths at the Chilean mining company Soquimich, IMF regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean send letter to the company asking for action.

18 November, 2010Italian metalworker union FIM-CISL issues preliminary analysis of the working conditions at Italian transnational companies operating in Guangdong, China.

16 November, 2010Jairo del Río is a member of the Tenaris Workers' World Council and is grateful for its action to protect his own life after receiving death threats.

16 November, 2010The presence of more than one trade union in the same company; trade union statutes that do not prioritize a collective approach; different collective agreements within the same company; and above all, the lack of trade union unity all reflect the atomization of trade unions and the weakness of the movement in Chile that some would like to change.

16 November, 2010Unemployment and low wages are a major challenge for Sintime, IMF's affiliate in Mozambique. Through a renewed focus on organizing and collective bargaining the union is getting stronger and is gaining higher wages for its members.

15 November, 2010The agreement, valid for 165,000 workers in the metal industry and mining sector, was reached in the third round after a 17-hour marathon negotiation achieving a conclusion on November 6.