14 junio, 2012G20 leaders must urgently rethink policies and back job-centred growth, demands unions, after a new poll commissioned by the ITUC shows that only one in ten in G20 countries believe austerity will work.

13 junio, 2012Panel discussion on Protection Contracts and Freedom of Association in Mexico packs a full house at the International Labour Organization. Union representatives call for union building, solidarity, and direct action against the government and employers.

3 noviembre, 2011Thousands of workers led by the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) picketed across the nation to protest against the amendment to the labour laws.

2 noviembre, 2011After a more than year-long bitter struggle, the Indonesian labour movement won the fight to reform the social security system, under the banner of the Social Security Action Committee (KAJS).

17 noviembre, 2011Three shipbreaking workers suffer severe burns in a fire accident at Mumbai shipbreaking yard on November 14, 2011

17 noviembre, 2011The Global Labour University now accepts applications to its Engage programme on labour policies and globalisation. Trade unionists are invited to apply by November 30.

16 noviembre, 2011IG Metall is carrying out two hour warning strikes in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen, and demands raises of seven percent for the 75,000 steelworkers in the German states.

16 noviembre, 2011APEC leaders meeting in Hawaii said nothing about establishing a fairer trading system, investing in decent jobs or strengthening social protection. Unions were particularly concerned at the statement on a Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPPTA) announced at the APEC summit on November 12, 2011.

11 noviembre, 2011After 11 months of stalemate KMWU and the management of Hanjin Heavy Industries agreed on November 9 on an end to the dispute about mass dismissals at the Korean shipyard.

5 diciembre, 2011Indonesian union leaders explained how cooperation and targeted organizing led to growth at the IMF Indonesian Project Meeting in Indonesia. The meeting was part of a 3-month project supported by SASK.