8 June, 2011As the dispute between the state mining company and contract workers continues, members of FTC affiliates have gone on strike because the company is unable to guarantee their safety and physical integrity.
2 November, 2010Fellesforbundet, IMF, and Aker ASA will continue to work together for building, developing and managing networking in the company to secure the implementation of the International Framework Agreement, which is extended for another two years.
2 November, 2010Over a hundred auto parts workplaces participated in protest actions organized by IMF Canadian affiliate CAW on October 27. Auto workers protested against pressure for wage cuts and pension reduction imposed on them both by employers and the government.
2 November, 2010Oppression of the 30,000 technical and professional employees of PEMEX, Mexico's state-owned petroleum company, continued on October 22 when the General Secretary of Local 1 of the National Union of Technical and Professional Petroleum Workers (UNTyPP) was given "forced retirement."
1 November, 2010Volkswagen's world works council discusses the implementation of the group's labour relations charter. For the first time, worker and management representatives from the plants in China attend the meeting.
29 October, 2010Workers and trade unions in France stage unprecedented series of protest actions against French President Sarkozy's move to increase the retirement age.
15 October, 2010Global and European trade union representatives in the steel sector call for a sustainable industry based on long-term investment, job security, environmental modernization, trade policy for workers and active routes for worker participation.
15 October, 2010As the world celebrates the rescue of the 33 trapped miners in Chile, IMF calls on Chile to ratify ILO mine safety convention 176 and expresses concern for the futures of the 365 miners (including the 33 freed miners) who are out of work.
