1 December, 2009Satellite engineers at Astrium are developing new technologies that will assist in protecting the environment. Their union, Unite, helps Astrium stay at the cutting edge of technology by fighting for better pay and conditions, enabling the company to recruit and train the best people.
14 January, 2010Thousands of Saab workers demonstrate outside plant in Trollhättan, Sweden in protest of GM's moves to close the plant.
11 January, 2010Respect of the right to collective bargaining and of the national labour law was the focus of the meeting. Shop stewards were saddened at the news that one more worker, the sixth since the beginning of this year, died at an ArcelorMittal production site in Spain.
10 January, 2010IMF affiliated CSC-METAL (CCMB) and ACV-CSC TEXTURA join forces and form ACV-CSC METEA a new strong union in the industrial sector.
17 December, 2009In November Daimler AG announced the plans to shift the C-Class Model from the plant in Sindelfingen to the Alabama plant in the USA. Thanks to the union efforts workers managed to keep their jobs.
20 March, 2009At Zlatoust Steel Plant ZSP in Russia steelworkers renew their hunger strike. Workers demand to return normal length of working day and level of wages and do not trust their management who violated own obligations. The trade union is looking for the ways to solve the conflict.
19 March, 2009Two sisters face up to six years imprisonment after their company targeted them for trying to organize precarious workers.
16 March, 2009Bulgarian union Metallicy restarted a series of protests seeking to save Bulgaria's largest steel plant Kremikovtzi and demanded from the government to develop restructuring and compensation programs.
14 April, 2009Metal unions meet in Australia to craft strategy for enhanced engagement in the climate change debate in preparation for Copenhagen 2009.
