7 July, 2010The world push for piracy action launched in May by trade unions, ship-owners, associations and insurers is a petition for their campaign to persuade governments to make the necessary resources available to end the problem of Somalia based piracy. The goal is to deliver half a million signatures by September 23, 2010 for the IMO World Maritime Day.
6 July, 2010IF Metall's International Secretary and the President of the Electrolux Union in Sweden joined the IMF's regional representative and IMF Thai affiliate TEAM on a mission to assist in organising the Electrolux plants in Rayong, Thailand.
5 July, 2010The United Steelworkers reach a tentative five year agreement with Brazilian mining giant Vale in Canada. The union has scheduled ratification votes in Sudbury and Port Colborne.
10 November, 2009IMF affiliates take action outside a Deutsche Bank metals conference where executives representing global mining giant Vale S.A. were presenting.
9 November, 2009Leaflets issued by IMF affiliate ITUA were included in the 'Federal List of Extremist Materials' in Russia.
4 November, 2009From Sweden to Korea, New Caledonia to Indonesia and Mozambique, IMF and ICEM affiliates around the world are calling on Vale to make a Fair Deal NOW and respect basic labour rights at all of its operations around the world.
4 November, 2009Union leaders and activists from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan discussed organizing and labour rights at IMF conference in Moscow.
19 November, 2009Spanish affiliates of the IMF and ICEM confronted Vale S.A.'s CFO during a high-level investment conference two days after a joint Canadian/Brazilian delegation held a ceremonial head-shaving protest in front of Vale offices in downtown Seoul.
19 November, 2009Union communicators from all parts of the world met in Frankfurt to discuss union campaigns, innovative communication strategies and new media techniques at the first joint IMF-EMF Communicators' Forum.
