23 April, 2008IMF White Paper and documentary exposing deadly rights violations and corruption on the part of the Mexican Government and mining giant, Grupo México, has metalworkers mobilized.
29 September, 2006Delegates to the IFA World Conference in Germany prepare a list of recommendations to be presented to the Executive Committee in November on how to improve IFAs and use them as a tool for building national unions and international solidarity.
26 June, 2006Meeting in Oslo, the IMF Executive Committee vowed to support Napoleon Gomez Urrutia and the Mexican miners' union in their fight against government interference in union affairs.
14 June, 2006International Framework Agreements concluded between Transnational Companies and Global Union Federations (GUF)
25 July, 2006Italian metalworker unions wrote to trade minister calling for an effective round of trade negotiations for development.
29 June, 2006In a coordinated campaign Toyota workers around the world call for the reinstatement of 136 illegally fired Toyota Philippines workers.
21 September, 2007Some of the workers at Australian Tristar factory have secured redundancy packages, but the fight for others continues.
18 September, 2007Unions from more than 20 countries commit to advancing worker rights at steel giant.