ArcelorMittal fatality rate unacceptably high1 February, 2010Zero fatalities remain top priority for joint global health and safety committee.
Turkish metalworkers fired for union organizing3 February, 2010The IMF and EMF are calling on auto components and sports equipment maker Ekoendustri to reinstate the workers immediately and respect ILO conventions 87 and 98 to which Turkey is a signatory.
Strike at Automotive Lighting in Reutlingen5 February, 2010IMF sends letter of solidarity to striking workers at Automotive Lighting, an auto supply company in Reutlingen , Germany.
ICEM, IMF Urge Restraint by Mexico at Cananea Copper Mine15 February, 2010The caution to Mexican authorities follows a court decision on February 11 to end the 31-month strike by the Mexican Miners' Union and terminate its collective agreement with Grupo México.
IG Metall secures jobs23 February, 2010Agreement in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany provides for jobs security and wage rises to combat the effects of the financial crisis.
Tenaris workers in solidarity in Colombia24 February, 2010International delegation of Tenaris unionists will travel to Colombia to show solidarity with workers and their union at the Tenaris plant in Cartagena.
Women demand equality this IWD8 March, 2010On March 8 and throughout this week, women around the world call for an end to discrimination and demand their rights at work in commemoration of International Women's Day.
IMF engages in developing union networks11 March, 2010Representatives of IMF affiliates from different countries will gather within an IMF Working Group to discuss a concept and guidelines for trade union networks in transnational companies.
Minimum wages in metal sector rise in Slovenia22 March, 2010Wage agreement for the metal and electronics sector in Slovenia reached after trade unions refused to accept subsistence wages.
International award for union rights is announced14 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.
