2 noviembre, 2010Oppression of the 30,000 technical and professional employees of PEMEX, Mexico's state-owned petroleum company, continued on October 22 when the General Secretary of Local 1 of the National Union of Technical and Professional Petroleum Workers (UNTyPP) was given "forced retirement."

23 noviembre, 2010On November 20, members of IMF affiliate IF Metall from local trade unions in Kiruna, Umea, Eskilstuna, Trollhättan, Gothenburg and Malmö showed their strength together by lifting cars.

22 noviembre, 2010Unions in Chile and Colombia explore building and unifying strong unions across industrial sectors during IMF evaluation and planning workshops in November.

18 noviembre, 2010The new issue of Metal World, No. 2 2010, examines challenges of building a strong trade union in Mozambique and creating unity in Chile, discusses the future of the international labour movement in an interview with ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow and profiles Jairo Del Rio, Colombian trade unionist and member of the Tenaris Workers' World Council.

18 octubre, 2010IMF calls for the release of imprisoned trade union leaders and workers, withdrawal of fabricated criminal cases and is writing to Foxconn and Nokia CEO's calling on them to respect workers' rights at a Foxconn plant located in a Special Economic Zone in Chennai, India.

8 noviembre, 2010Workers began a strike over pay at the world's third largest copper mine Collahuasi in Chile on November 5, after five days of government mediated talks failed.

8 noviembre, 2010IMF affiliates from South-East Europe commit themselves to working on setting new paths for capacity building for the defense of workers' rights.

29 julio, 2010In the lead-up to the next World Summit on Climate Change, FES releases international policy paper exploring three fundamental approaches to financing green and sustainable energy.

27 mayo, 2010IMF calls on affiliates to provide solidarity support by urging Johnson Controls to stop its repression of workers at its plants in Mexico.

27 mayo, 2010On May 18 the police conducted a search of the REPAM office in Brest, Belarus, and seized a notebook computer and computer cases. Following the search the office was sealed. The IMF calls on affiliates to send letters of protest to the Presidential Administration and the General Procurator's Office of the Republic of Belarus.