31 August, 2007International Ban Asbestos Secretariat publishes Killing the Future, a report on Asbestos Use in Asia.

28 August, 2007Workers face unjust dismissals, harassment and threats, and violations of trade union rights.

23 August, 2007Up to 1.1 million workers and residents are safer thanks to the union's efforts.

21 August, 2007Affiliates discuss cross-sector and cross-regional case studies and strategies.

20 August, 2007Brazilian metalworkers call for job security and the ratification of ILO Convention No. 158, which states that employers should not terminate workers unless there is a valid reason.

20 August, 2007Strike averted as agreement between NUMSA and seven car manufacturing companies is reached.

17 August, 2007Join the Listen UP Cochlear campaign to ensure that workers have the right to chose union representation.

2 July, 2007KMWU conducts strikes and protests against the Korea U.S. Free Trade Agreement, which was signed on June 30.

3 September, 2007In the spring of 2005, Alexei Etmanov went to Brazil as a member of a trade union delegation and returned to his job at a Ford plant in Russia with a totally new concept of unionism.

9 August, 2007Strikers undeterred by company harassment and intimidation.