27 October, 2011Unions should more actively organize young non-manual workers and students, and use social media as a powerful tool to connect youth and union leaders.

26 October, 2011Billed as a lead up to World Day for Decent Work, the Canadian Auto Workers union recently hosted two "Good Jobs Bad Jobs" round tables with visiting union delegations from Denmark and South Africa.

25 October, 2011The strike in the Finnish metal sector ended October 25 when the Metalworkers' Union and the salaried employees' union Pro approved the conciliation proposal of the State conciliator. YTN has not yet renewed its agreement. A strike of professional and managerial staff still threatens in the metal industry.

23 September, 2010A joint task force set up by the decision-making bodies of IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF meets in Germany to explore a process to unify the world's industrial workers into one global union federation.

23 September, 2010Workers protest, hold minute of silence in Spain, Colombia, Canada, Chile and Brazil after a worker died on September 5 at a Gerdau plant in Spain.

22 September, 2010Metalicy holds traditional sports games on September 1 to 5, 2010 under the motto "Mobilizing globally against precarious work".

22 September, 2010PRO-GE to demand wage increases and reductions in working time in the forthcoming round of collective bargaining for 165,000 workers in the metal sector.

22 September, 201085,000 German steel workers and members of IMF affiliate IG Metall start warning strikes in support of their collective bargaining demands for a six per cent wage increase and equal treatment of agency workers.

22 September, 2010Prominent global network of legal experts calls on Mexican Supreme Court to respect mineworkers' union autonomy.

21 September, 2010Meeting in Gothenburg, union members of the SKF World Union Committee reported that measures negotiated with management enabled redundancies to be avoided through the economic crisis.