8 July, 2009Trade union and parliamentary leaders visit Mexico to support the Mexican miner workers' union.
3 August, 2009The workshop on Free Trade Agreements analysed the consequences and impact of free trade on employment and labour rights. The IMF also organised workshops on this issue in Argentina and Brazil.
30 July, 2009Within the framework of the IMF project to strengthen its trade union affiliates in Chile, a week of workshops focused on collective bargaining and the current labour and trade union situation of the country's workers.
29 July, 2009IMF calls on affiliates to send letters of solidarity to striking Steelworkers at Vale Inco in Canada.
22 December, 2008New Metal World reports about recent U.S. elections and hope for change inspired by Barack Obama, gives a special report about mechanical engineering, and profiles Gab-Deuk Jung, KMWU president, and his union fight for workers' rights.
19 December, 2008Arrest and imprisonment has not deterred Gab-Deuk Jung, president of the KMWU, from fighting for industry-wide collective bargaining and protecting the rights of workers to form unions.