20 March, 2009At Zlatoust Steel Plant ZSP in Russia steelworkers renew their hunger strike. Workers demand to return normal length of working day and level of wages and do not trust their management who violated own obligations. The trade union is looking for the ways to solve the conflict.
19 March, 2009Two sisters face up to six years imprisonment after their company targeted them for trying to organize precarious workers.
16 March, 2009Bulgarian union Metallicy restarted a series of protests seeking to save Bulgaria's largest steel plant Kremikovtzi and demanded from the government to develop restructuring and compensation programs.
27 January, 2009KMWU's "one union, one worksite" initiative to organise the precariously employed proves positive for migrant workers threatened with job dismissals.
22 January, 2009Labour leaders meet with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to urge immediate action in wake of increasing violence and repression against miners' union in Mexico.
14 January, 2009The International Metalworkers' Federation welcomes the Resolution of the UN Security Council calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza
14 January, 2009No satisfactory solution has yet been found to the situation of the Siderperu workers sacked at the end of last year, despite the efforts of the union, the IMF's Gerdau Group Global Committee and other sister organisations.
14 January, 2009Around 3,000 miners have been sacked. The unions have been organising their response and demanding a solution to the situation.
