8 October, 2010Honour your international commitments

8 October, 2010This World Day for Decent Work, IMF affiliates IG Metall and FSPMI team up in their fight for fairer laws and working conditions for agency workers.

8 October, 2010Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues U.S. Steel Corporation for the discriminative policy requiring probationary employees to undergo random alcohol tests and dismissals as a result of such test.

6 October, 2010Brazilian trade union leader Augusto Lima was killed by a security guard on October 1. The special homicide and kidnapping unit carries out preliminary investigations.

18 October, 2010IMF calls for the release of imprisoned trade union leaders and workers, withdrawal of fabricated criminal cases and is writing to Foxconn and Nokia CEO's calling on them to respect workers' rights at a Foxconn plant located in a Special Economic Zone in Chennai, India.

25 October, 2010

22 October, 2010Trade union leaders remain in jail for the 14th day. Outraged trade unionists, common people and opposition political parties staged a massive demonstration in support of Foxconn workers at Chennai.

22 October, 2010Amalgamated Union of Kenya Metal Workers (AUKMW) has successfully concluded negotiations with the Kenya Motor Trade and Allied Employers Association. The two year collective bargaining agreement secures gains of 11% wage increase in the first year and 10% wage increase in the second year.

29 July, 2010In the lead-up to the next World Summit on Climate Change, FES releases international policy paper exploring three fundamental approaches to financing green and sustainable energy.

10 August, 2010Unions led by IMF affiliate TEAM meet Thai Foreign Minister within the framework of the union campaign for ratification of two core ILO conventions 87 and 98 in Thailand.