19 April, 2010Affiliates representing workers in the ICT, Electrical and Electronics industries at IMF's conference on 'Organizing, Trade Union Rights and Sustainability' give the highest priority to organizing as the best means of safeguarding workers' rights
28 April, 2010Global Unions commemorate Workers' Memorial Day with delegation visit to the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations calling on Canada to halt promotion of asbestos exports to the developing world.
26 April, 2010In Mexico, an IMF delegation attended a tribute to miners who died at Lázaro Cárdenas, a press conference that focused on IMF complaints to the ILO and a protest outside the offices of Grupo Mexico.
23 April, 2010Consolidating union strength, dealing with the challenges of precarious work, climate change and industrialization in Africa was the focus of IMF affiliated metal unions in Southern Africa during their sub-regional meeting in April.
23 April, 2010Corporate-led globalization has resulted in a serious deterioration of rights, income, working conditions and power for working people, posing an enormous challenge for trade unions.
16 April, 2010European industrial workers call for EU action on electricity and raw materials prices: EMF and EMCEF to hold European Action Day on April 22.
14 April, 2010In commemoration of its former president Arthur Svensson the Norwegian trade union Industri Energi announces an international award for promoters of trade unions rights.
6 April, 2010Bosch workers in India gain wage rises in renewed four year agreements after go-slow protest disrupts the auto industry dependent on critical parts from the plants.
6 April, 2010Negotiations between IMF-affiliated ITUA union and Ford Motor management in Vsevolozhsk, Russia, failed to settle all their differences. However, persistence on the side of the workers allowed them to prevail.
26 March, 2010Lesotho provides a haven for companies wishing to keep workers in slave like employment by escaping the enforcement of worker rights including the right to earn a decent wage. High unemployment together with fragmented and weak organised labour in Lesotho leaves workers vulnerable to exploitation through poor working conditions and poverty wages.
