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.
25 March, 2010IMF-JC secures wage rises from major Japanese manufacturers at a critical moment in its 2010 Spring Offensive.
25 March, 2010ITUC launches a three step youth oriented campaign Change The World aimed at attracting young people to join trade unions.
22 March, 2010The trade union at the Mining Company Los Quenuales filed a criminal complaint for tax evasion against the mining company, which is a subsidiary of the multinational Glencore.
20 September, 2010Workers have little to celebrate on Mexico' 200th Day of Independence, as the Mexican Miners' Union holds its 15th National Forum in Cananea to show support for striking workers who suffered their most recent violent attack on their rights one week earlier.
17 September, 2010Autoworkers at Renault and Volvo in Brazil will vote on an offer from automakers that is less than their demands at a union meeting on September 17.
17 September, 2010The two week nationwide strike by motor industry workers has ended after the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) reached a negotiated settlement with employers.
17 September, 2010IMF's Japanese affiliate IMF-JC wants to improve the working conditions of precarious workers and makes a strong international commitment in its new Action Program. JAW plans to organize 26,000 workers in the automotive industries.
15 September, 2010A statement from a United Nations body confirming its desire to see the end of asbestos use worldwide is the 'death knoll' for a substance which claims one life every five minutes around the clock, the global union confederation ITUC has said.
