14 mayo, 2010IMF mourns the death of the Iranian trade unionist, Farzad Kamangar, who together with another four people was secretly executed in Iran on May 9.

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.

3 junio, 2010ILO Director-General in his annual report at the International Labour Conference warns that pressure from financial markets can jeopardize recovery: domestic workers, HIV/AIDS, employment and rights at work all on the Conference agenda.

20 julio, 2010Participants in a four country seminar organized by the International Metalworkers' Federation agree on three golden rules for future trade union sustainability in the South East Asia region.

20 julio, 2010During a two week campaign, Croatian labour unions collected over 800,000 signatures for a referendum on labour law amendments due to the governments' unilateral proposal for changes in the Labour Code which would allow for easier cancellation of collective agreements.

15 julio, 2010With the highest incidence of asbestos-related diseases in the world, unions and asbestos support groups in Australia call for the removal of all asbestos from public and private buildings by 2030. Elsewhere, Mercosur Health Ministers call for a ban on asbestos mining and use.

14 julio, 2010The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply to a Masters in Labour and Globalization at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. The programme has a special focus on labour and development and the deadline for submission is July 31, 2010

25 mayo, 2010Shop stewards from SONASID/ArcelorMittal demand respect of labour law and of the Global Agreement on Health & Safety at Moroccan sites.

25 mayo, 2010IMF video in Arabic on organising workers in Export Processing Zones launched at Seminar held at Berrchid, Morocco, on workers' rights.

25 mayo, 2010Mario García Ortiz, a trade union leader, was detained and then the victim of a brutal assault. A delegation of union leaders that sought an explanation for the detention were beaten and threatened by police. Workers stopped production at ArcelorMittal and marched in repudiation of this attack on Section 271 of the mining union.