5 February, 2010Global Labour University (GLU) offers Masters Programmes on sustainable development, social justice, international labour standards and trade unions, economic policies and global institutions. Deadline for applications is April 1, 2010.

22 January, 2010Workers take action to try and secure jobs after GM announces closure of Opel plant in Antwerp, Belgium

21 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.

21 January, 2010Canadian miners are protesting the Swiss mining company's plans to close its copper and zinc operations, calling on government to intervene.

19 January, 2010Chinese battery producer Gold Peak Industrial Holding Ltd under fire by Chinese and international labour groups for failing to be a decent employer.

15 January, 2010IAM and partners launch Ur Union of Unemployed - nicknamed UCubed - to assist the more than 31 million jobless Americans, see: <a href="http://www.unionofunemployed.com">www.unionofunemployed.com</a>

14 January, 2010USW files bad-faith bargaining complaint against Vale, unions around the globe call for a Fair Deal NOW.

9 December, 2010Numsa commences strike action at BHP Billiton in support of its demands for improved wages and conditions.

17 December, 2010IMF shipbuilding/breaking sector will take action to promote OHS and green jobs in the shipbuilding/breaking industry next year in Istanbul, Turkey. The IMF shipbuilding Action Group also decided to have a deeper discussion to achieve a level playing field for sustainable jobs.

16 December, 2010Ending a one month sit-in strike, subcontracted workers at Hyundai in Korea returned to work and began negotiations with the company. At the heart of the dispute are the workers' demands for full union rights and to be recognized as permanent workers, in line with an earlier Supreme Court decision.