21 August, 2009IG Metall calls on government to ensure a return to secure employment practices and an end to the misuse of agency labour.
21 August, 2009Workers at ArcelorMittal are on strike after negotiations on adjustments to the collective agreement ended in deadlock. Steelworkers in the United States and Canada have offered their support for the action taken by the miners' union.
17 September, 2009A new publication on subcontracting in Brazil explains how it is a fundamental cause of lower wages, conditions and job insecurity and explores how trade unions are responding to subcontracting and precarious employment in Brazil.
9 September, 2009Industrial workers' unions meet to develop common position on climate change prior to the United Nations' COP 15 conference.
18 September, 2009Italian metalworkers reach an agreement securing the future of the Fiat CNH plant in Imola.
23 September, 2009Bosch and Brembo workers in Pune, India continue to strike despite pressure tactics from management.