16 December, 2010In a second court hearing this week a Turkish court orders Sinter Metal to reinstate all dismissed workers. Birlesik Metal Is celebrates victory in a march to the company.
16 December, 2010The need for Just Transition for workers in moving to a secure, greener future was acknowledged by COP16, but unions demand more commitment particularly from developed countries for committing to ambition emission reductions.
15 December, 2010European Metalworkers' Federation and European Trade Union Confederation again stage protest actions against detrimental plans of austerity imposed on European countries.
18 November, 2010Italian metalworker union FIM-CISL issues preliminary analysis of the working conditions at Italian transnational companies operating in Guangdong, China.
16 February, 2010Rights groups protest as millions of Burmese migrants face deportation from Thailand on March 1, 2010.
15 February, 2010The caution to Mexican authorities follows a court decision on February 11 to end the 31-month strike by the Mexican Miners' Union and terminate its collective agreement with Grupo México.
10 February, 2010Precarious work on the rise suggesting many companies who have begun hiring again are doing so with fixed-term or temporary workers.
4 March, 2010130 jobs secured at Automotive Lighting in Reutlingen, Germany after a three week strike.
2 March, 2010International Metalworkers' Federation CIS regional office together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foundation organized a seminar in Almaty on consolidation and tackling problems of the trade union movement in Kazakhstan in response to the financial crisis.