10 June, 2008Workers and unions were shocked on January 15 when Nokia management announced it would close its plant in Bochum, Germany by the end of June. Nokia had received nearly 100 million euros in government subsidies for the plant and was bound by law to guarantee jobs until December 31, 2007. Fourteen days later, despite it turning a sizable profit, Nokia declared the plant would close.
10 June, 2008Korean Metal Workers' Union expresses alarm at high level of fatalities in shipbuilding. IMF Shipbuilding Action Group to raise issue at the XVIII ILO World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.
23 June, 2008The EU adopts new rules on return of irregular migrants including tough clauses on detention and re-entry.
18 January, 2010Union leaders shocked by safety standards in Indian steel plant as IMF project to organise 20,000 steel workers in India commences.
14 January, 2010IMF's work in the steel sector will focus on organising, networks, precarious work and climate change in 2010.
14 January, 2010IMF set to continue working with affiliates on climate change after a flimsy non-binding agreement was reached in Copenhagen last year.
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