11 febrero, 2011The continued violations of the right to freedom of association by the Mexican government must stop. The IMF, ICEM, ITF and UNI are calling on affiliates to take action from 14 to 19 February, 2011.

10 febrero, 2011Joint IMF-ICEM-ITGLWF task force meets in Japan to examine the process to unify the world's industrial workers into one global union federation.

10 febrero, 2011Indian trade unionists called on the Quebec Assistant Deputy Minister of Economic Development to stop serving the asbestos industry and ban exports of asbestos to Asia as asbestos is deadly and it is a myth that it can be safely used.

28 febrero, 2011One week after unions from some 40 countries around the world took action in defense of labour rights in Mexico, SNTMMSRM union leader Juan Linares, who has been illegally imprisoned for more than two years, is released from prison.

25 febrero, 2011Over 210,000 workers protest against precarious work in Germany this February. The nationwide protests are organized by IG Metall and are directed against the growing threat of precarious employment.

24 febrero, 2011Mexican and foreign political leaders and Ambassadors took notice as unions from every part of the globe turned out at Mexican Embassies, national parliaments and congressional halls to voice their concern about the Mexican government's increasingly violent attitude towards independent trade unions.

1 febrero, 2011The Mumbai Port Trust Dock and General Employees Union (MPTDGEU) release a new film "Into the Graveyard". The 20 minute documentary on shipbreaking has been submitted to the EMF "Unions in Motion" film festival in Germany in June this year.

1 noviembre, 2010Volkswagen's world works council discusses the implementation of the group's labour relations charter. For the first time, worker and management representatives from the plants in China attend the meeting.

29 octubre, 2010Workers and trade unions in France stage unprecedented series of protest actions against French President Sarkozy's move to increase the retirement age.

25 octubre, 2010