4 November, 2009Shop stewards and trade union organizers from three TNCs operating in Morocco, ArcelorMittal, Leoni and Renault met in Casablanca for a two-day workshop on "Trade Union Communication and Networking".
4 November, 2009Strike ends at Bosch and Brembo plants in India, as regular workers and trainees make gains, however the re-employment of contract workers continues to be the subject of a legal struggle.
4 November, 2009VW Group Board of Management, International Metalworkers' Federation and VW Global Group Works Council sign Global Charter on Labour Relations.
3 November, 2009Tenaris Workers' World Council seeks recognition from management and plans a global week of action in the week of November 23, 2009.
20 October, 2009After a trade union delegation was refused entry to Gerdau's Aza factory, the Gerdau Global Workers' Committee protested outside the plant and handed in a letter to management repudiating the company's stance.
20 October, 2009Lakshmi Mittal, owner of ArcelorMittal, praises flexible role of unions in responding to the global financial crisis.
19 November, 2009Metal unions from across Europe decided in Madrid to pursue a set of demands on precarious work in all European countries.
3 November, 2009Child labourer in the Bangladeshi shipbuilding industry the subject of the labour photo of the year.
