9 April, 2009New shipbreaking union tests its might as more than 20,000 workers in Alang down tools to protest wage cuts.
6 April, 2009History of the IMF over the last twenty years and challenges faced by the Swedish unions trying to improve their organising efforts are described in the latest issue of Metal World.
7 March, 2008On the occasion of International Women's Day, two new reports show that despite women gaining greater access to employment and education they remain disadvantaged in the workplace both in terms of access to paid employment and pay equity.
3 March, 2008IAM members at eight Lockheed Martin facilities in the U.S. ratify three new agreements securing significant increases in retirement benefits and pay.
16 January, 2008A global conference of worker representatives heard that while BHP Billiton's approach to unions varies from particular sites and across nations, the company seeks to undermine collective worker arrangements.
9 January, 2008Entschliessung des Zentralkomitees des Internationalen Metallgewerkschaftsbunds zur Unterstützung der Ford-Arbeitnehmer in Vsevolojsk, Russland
8 January, 2008Responding to the spread of contract work requires the strengthening of metalworking union organizing and unity among workers.
25 March, 2008Up-to-date metalworker news from around the world delivered via fax or email is now available in four languages.
