13 March, 2012The Mexican federal police have arrested 12 trade union leaders participating in a sit-in and also arrested José Luis Solorio, General Secretary of the Honda workers' union reflecting a hardening of the Mexican government's anti-trade union policies.
10 March, 2012Following the renewal of the global framework agreement (GFA) between the IMF and the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) and Umicore in September 2011, the Monitoring Committee conducted a visit at the company's operation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, March 6 and 7, 2012.
9 March, 2012In a partial victory for trade unions, the legalization of labour contractors in Malaysia is to be limited to the plantation sector, with the government announcing an exemption for all other sectors from the recent amendment to the labour laws.
2 April, 2012On April 3, 2012, Dorje Khatri, central committee member of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) will leave Kathmandu on a journey to put the flag of IndustriALL Global Union on Mount Everest.
7 March, 2012In a trade union workshop on climate change and green jobs, 6-7 March 2012 at New Delhi, Indian trade unions agreed to create a new alliance that will set a benchmark throughout the industrial world's workforce.
7 March, 2012All 100 workers of Spanish multinational company M/s Sarralle Equipment India Pvt Ltd are on sit-in strike from February 8, 2012 against the refusal of jobs to 18 workmen. The workers allege that the Sarralle management is engaging local mafia to break the strike.
27 March, 2012The National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union, which represents workers at the plant, says the plant closure is "really an attack on independent and democratic trade unionism".
26 March, 2012Six power loom workers were arrested on March 21 and a total of 12 workers were charged with extortion. All of them are members of Al Etehad Mazdoor Union, which is affiliated to the IMF affiliate National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) Pakistan.
22 March, 2012The International Metalworkers' Federation joins with other labour and consumer groups to call on Apple to give workers a voice in their future and demand more information about the factories where its components are made.
30 March, 2012Bosch worker representatives from around the world were able to address international management directly and build solidarity for freedom of association and collective bargaining at all Bosch sites globally.
