11 March, 2010IMF film on precarious work runner up in LabourStart labour video of the year competition.
9 March, 2010The strike at Vale in Canada continues after mediated talks broke down on March 7, despite USW attempts to reach a settlement. IMF and ICEM will again show support at a rally in Sudbury on March 22.
8 March, 2010On March 8 and throughout this week, women around the world call for an end to discrimination and demand their rights at work in commemoration of International Women's Day.
6 April, 2010Bosch workers in India gain wage rises in renewed four year agreements after go-slow protest disrupts the auto industry dependent on critical parts from the plants.
6 April, 2010Negotiations between IMF-affiliated ITUA union and Ford Motor management in Vsevolozhsk, Russia, failed to settle all their differences. However, persistence on the side of the workers allowed them to prevail.
19 April, 2010Affiliates representing workers in the ICT, Electrical and Electronics industries at IMF's conference on 'Organizing, Trade Union Rights and Sustainability' give the highest priority to organizing as the best means of safeguarding workers' rights
16 April, 2010European industrial workers call for EU action on electricity and raw materials prices: EMF and EMCEF to hold European Action Day on April 22.
14 April, 2010In commemoration of its former president Arthur Svensson the Norwegian trade union Industri Energi announces an international award for promoters of trade unions rights.
26 March, 2010Lesotho provides a haven for companies wishing to keep workers in slave like employment by escaping the enforcement of worker rights including the right to earn a decent wage. High unemployment together with fragmented and weak organised labour in Lesotho leaves workers vulnerable to exploitation through poor working conditions and poverty wages.
25 March, 2010Global trade union movement releases statement on "Beating the Jobs Crisis" in advance of the G20 Employment and Labour Ministers' Meeting in Washington on April 20 and 21, 2010.
