4 agosto, 2010The IMF holds meeting with the newly formed Regional Electronics Employees' Unions in Malaysia to discuss strategies to organise more than 250,000 unorganized electronics workers.

4 agosto, 2010Two shipbreaking workers in Gadani, Pakistan die following an industrial accident on July 30, six are left with severe burns. The Shipbreaking Democratic Workers' Union held a demonstration on August 1 attended by a large number of workers from the different Gadani Yards.

17 noviembre, 2009International court monitor called the hearing's outcome "outrageous".

19 noviembre, 2009Spanish affiliates of the IMF and ICEM confronted Vale S.A.'s CFO during a high-level investment conference two days after a joint Canadian/Brazilian delegation held a ceremonial head-shaving protest in front of Vale offices in downtown Seoul.

19 noviembre, 2009Union communicators from all parts of the world met in Frankfurt to discuss union campaigns, innovative communication strategies and new media techniques at the first joint IMF-EMF Communicators' Forum.

9 noviembre, 2009Leaflets issued by IMF affiliate ITUA were included in the 'Federal List of Extremist Materials' in Russia.

4 noviembre, 2009From Sweden to Korea, New Caledonia to Indonesia and Mozambique, IMF and ICEM affiliates around the world are calling on Vale to make a Fair Deal NOW and respect basic labour rights at all of its operations around the world.

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25 noviembre, 2009ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association blasts Korean government for its inaction regarding alleged acts of anti-union repression carried out against subcontracted workers and calls on Korea to reform its labour laws immediately, specifically penal code 314.

24 noviembre, 2009Workers from unions represented by the Gerdau Global Workers' Committee distributed leaflets at Gerdau Group plants, organised meetings and held marches and demonstrations throughout the world on its international day of struggle on November 18.