28 marzo, 2011ICEM affiliate Petrol-İş seeks to pre-empt an auto-parts rubber manufacturer from challenging a majority of workers in their right to collective bargaining. Standard Profil, a maker of rubber weather-sealing devices, met a public campaign last week by the union in the northern Anatolian city of Düzce, where the company operates its biggest factory.

25 marzo, 2011ArcelorMittal workers have taken an important step forward by creating a Latin American regional trade union network that will overcome the barriers between plants at the local, national and global levels.

25 marzo, 2011Former IMF general secretary Marcello Malentacchi became a life member of IF Metall. This March at an IF Metall local branch meeting in Stockholm seven local trade union representatives were granted honourable membership for dedication and commitment to their union work.

24 marzo, 2011The IMF joins the independent labour movement of Mexico in urging unions and their members to call on government leaders and Mexican Ambassadors to stop these reforms NOW!

14 marzo, 2011IMF sends message of condolence and solidarity to its Japanese affiliate, union members and their families, following the massive earthquake and tsunamis that caused untold devastation and damage to the eastern part of Japan.

9 marzo, 2011UAW members approved a new six year agreement with Caterpillar Inc.

4 junio, 2010In a time of crisis, tensions over the harmonization of status between manual and non-manual workers are increasing.

3 junio, 2010Tenaris Workers' World Council got a minute of silence onto the company's June 2 AGM agenda, in remembrance of the death of Argentinean worker Rodrigo Lopez Amarilla, while also demanding a separate meeting with management to discuss Tenaris' global health and safety policy.

3 junio, 2010British unions and Oxfam launch contest for short films as part of the Robin Hood Tax campaign, as interest builds in the fourth annual Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival taking place on June 15.

3 junio, 2010Workers at a Honda auto parts factory in China have returned to work with a 24 per cent wage increase, after taking strike action that shut down Honda assembly plants to protest low wages.