25 noviembre, 2009CEREAL releases report on worsening labour conditions in Mexico's electronics industry. Thousands have lost their jobs and the right to stable employment has been weakened as a result of the financial crisis.

25 noviembre, 2009AMWU publishes an Australia version of the global Occupational Cancer Zero Cancer booklet, a union guide to prevent exposure to cancer causing risks in the workplace.

20 noviembre, 2009Implementation of the Leoni Declaration on Social Rights was the focus of the meeting. Shop stewards reported that up to 70 per cent of workers are precariously employed, a lack of health and safety and frequent intimidation of union representatives.

19 noviembre, 2009IMF mourns the loss of an indefatigable champion of workers' rights.

19 noviembre, 2009Metal unions from across Europe decided in Madrid to pursue a set of demands on precarious work in all European countries.

4 noviembre, 2009Strike ends at Bosch and Brembo plants in India, as regular workers and trainees make gains, however the re-employment of contract workers continues to be the subject of a legal struggle.

4 noviembre, 2009VW Group Board of Management, International Metalworkers' Federation and VW Global Group Works Council sign Global Charter on Labour Relations.

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3 noviembre, 2009Child labourer in the Bangladeshi shipbuilding industry the subject of the labour photo of the year.

3 noviembre, 2009Italian metalworkers divided over the signing of a national agreement.