19 mayo, 2010

19 mayo, 2010National trade union organizations, workers, non-governmental organizations and international trade union federations like the IMF are all fighting for trade unions that genuinely represent Mexican workers: unions that negotiate collective agreements, promote freedom of association and protect workers' interests.

5 febrero, 2009Protection contracts violate ILO Convention 87, says new complaint against Mexico submitted by IMF.

4 febrero, 2009ArcelorMittal workers have declared February 10 a day of action across Europe ahead of the company's expected declaration of shareholder profits.

22 diciembre, 2008New Metal World reports about recent U.S. elections and hope for change inspired by Barack Obama, gives a special report about mechanical engineering, and profiles Gab-Deuk Jung, KMWU president, and his union fight for workers' rights.

19 diciembre, 2008Arrest and imprisonment has not deterred Gab-Deuk Jung, president of the KMWU, from fighting for industry-wide collective bargaining and protecting the rights of workers to form unions.

19 diciembre, 2008Mechanical engineering is of central importance to most other manufacturing sectors and yet, until now, its organizing potential and strategic role has been frequently overlooked by trade unions.

19 diciembre, 2008Barack Obama's decisive victory as the next president of the United States inspired hope among working people both in America and abroad. In battleground states, such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, more than 100,000 trade union volunteers took time off work to help convince Americans to vote for change.

20 marzo, 2009At Zlatoust Steel Plant ZSP in Russia steelworkers renew their hunger strike. Workers demand to return normal length of working day and level of wages and do not trust their management who violated own obligations. The trade union is looking for the ways to solve the conflict.

19 marzo, 2009Two sisters face up to six years imprisonment after their company targeted them for trying to organize precarious workers.