1 diciembre, 2008Six executives from the Italian unit of German steel maker ThyssenKrupp were indicted on charges ranging from manslaughter to murder for their involvement in the December 2007 steel plant fire that killed seven workers.

19 noviembre, 2008Executive Committee adopts concrete proposals to address global financial crisis and its impact on metalworkers and their families.

11 noviembre, 2008Workers of the ailing Kremikovtzi steel plant have not been paid for three months and are calling on the government to intervene.

3 noviembre, 2008After 57 days of strike action, 27,000 IAM members in the U.S. return to work.

14 octubre, 2008Metalworkers and their trade unions take united action against precarious work around the world.

14 octubre, 2008KMWU President Gab-Deuk Jung was arrested and charged with "obstruction of business" following a series of strikes demanding industry-wide collective bargaining and protesting U.S. beef imports.

10 octubre, 2008Global committee working to improve the health and safety at ArcelorMittal operations in Kazakhstan and around the world.

9 octubre, 2008Trade unions from North and South America release joint statement on the international financial crisis and the WTO.

6 octubre, 2008Speech to GUF/ACTRAV forum at the ILO on "Towards Social Justice: applying labour standards to precarious workers"

13 noviembre, 2008Nation-wide strikes are averted as German metalworkers win 4.2 per cent pay rise.