20 octubre, 2011At the ILO Global Dialogue Forum on private employment agencies, unions put on record their experiences of employment through agencies being used to drive down wages and prevent agency workers from joining a union and bargaining collectively.

2 noviembre, 2011ICEM, IMF and CEP-Canada side with USO members at Campo Rubiales trying to negotiate a bargaining agreement with Canadian oil multinational Pacific Rubiales.

26 octubre, 2011The World Day for Decent Work, organized on October 7 every year since 2008 by the ITUC this year inspired 706 actions in 97 countries in the world.

26 octubre, 2011More than ten thousand workers gathered on October 7 in the busy streets of Bangkok to demand workers' rights and decent work.

26 octubre, 2011In a statement the on October 17 the Global Unions urge the government of Bahrain to respect fundamental human and trade union rights, and demand that workers wrongfully dismissed are unconditionally reinstated, criminal charges dropped and legal reforms repealed.

9 octubre, 2011Unions from around the world join local Swiss trade unions in mobilizing to defend trade union rights and decent work on the occasion of the World Day of Decent Work (WDDW) on October 7.

6 octubre, 2011Three days after attending the IMF workshop on union building and organizing two Thai metalworkers' unions agreed to forge closer cooperation and build a stronger metalworkers union movement in Thailand with an estimated hundred thousand membership.

24 marzo, 2011Bridgestone South Africa locks out workers at two production sites in Brits and Port Elizabeth. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) believe this is a declaration of war by Bridgestone in response to wage increases achieved by workers in September 2010.

16 marzo, 2011Under the umbrella of JTUC-RENGO, IMF-JC and other trade unions in Japan have set up a special account to receive donations for trade union members who have lost so much as a result of the 2011 Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami.

5 abril, 2011The United Nations released its much-anticipated Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, seeking to provide an authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse human rights impacts linked to business activities.