19 agosto, 2010

18 agosto, 2010IMF expresses alarm and calls for urgent letters of condemnation in response to violent attacks on August 16 against union leaders and members at the Johnson Controls Interiors plant in Puebla, Mexico.

6 agosto, 2010The IMF attends the Congress of the International Transport Workers' Federation and brings the situation of the Mexican Miner's Union to the attention of delegates.

29 julio, 2010Thousands of Indonesian workers demonstrated in front of Parliament House demanding better social security protection and health insurance.

29 julio, 2010KMWU seeks a special round of collective bargaining for illegal dispatch workers at Hyundai and at other automotive and manufacturing companies after a Supreme Court ruling on an unfair dismissal of an irregular worker.

29 julio, 2010The Mexican Miners' Union and the Mexican Electrical Workers' Union agree to form a strong trade union front in Mexico, starting with sending a solidarity caravan to Cananea to coincide with the third anniversary of the mine workers' strike that began on July 30, 2007.

27 julio, 2010A "Justice for Colombia" delegation, including IMF general secretary Jyrki Raina, visit Colombia to maintain international pressure on newly-elected Colombian government for improved human and trade union rights.

13 enero, 2011Following the 3rd international meeting of the Tenaris Workers' World Council in Brazil last November, the union in Argentina negotiates a new permanent profit sharing system at the Campana plant; in Colombia Jairo del Rio seeks government intervention in the bargaining process; and, USW in Canada requests a meeting with Tenaris CEO Paolo Rocca.

7 enero, 2011The IMF Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean highlighted the impact of job insecurity and employers' refusal to recognise the freedom of association. He also requested greater ILO cooperation in strengthening national and international collective bargaining at the sector level.

5 enero, 2011IMF's South Asian affiliates deliberated upon a regional focus in IMF's work for the South Asia to intensify organising workers in shipbreaking industry, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), establishing sustainable union structures, strong national unions and effective utilisation of IMF's communication and trade union networks to build international solidarity