26 octubre, 2010IMF finalizes draft guidelines on trade union networks in transnational corporations (TNCs) and looks in more detail at how these networks can lead to organizing and promoting international solidarity.

18 noviembre, 2010Italian metalworker union FIM-CISL issues preliminary analysis of the working conditions at Italian transnational companies operating in Guangdong, China.

16 noviembre, 2010Jairo del Río is a member of the Tenaris Workers' World Council and is grateful for its action to protect his own life after receiving death threats.

16 noviembre, 2010The presence of more than one trade union in the same company; trade union statutes that do not prioritize a collective approach; different collective agreements within the same company; and above all, the lack of trade union unity all reflect the atomization of trade unions and the weakness of the movement in Chile that some would like to change.

16 noviembre, 2010Unemployment and low wages are a major challenge for Sintime, IMF's affiliate in Mozambique. Through a renewed focus on organizing and collective bargaining the union is getting stronger and is gaining higher wages for its members.

2 noviembre, 2010Immediately following a 99.9 per cent contract rejection and intent-to-strike vote on 27 October, the union representing copper miners at Chile's Doña Ines de Collahuasi and management called for a five-day government mediation period. If unsuccessful, a strike by 1,550 permanent workers at Collahuasi in northern Chile's Region I could begin late this week.

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18 septiembre, 2009The European Metalworkers' Federation calls for solidarity and invites unions to participate in a demonstration at the Opel Plant in Antwerp on September 23, 2009.

2 septiembre, 2009Unions around the world are mobilizing and preparing for the global week of action from October 3 to 10 in the campaign against precarious work. Posters and leaflets in support of these actions are now available on the IMF website.

1 septiembre, 2009IMF Tata World Steel Group Meeting resolves to establish a global network of unions committed to supporting one another in day-to-day union work and collective bargaining.