3 junio, 2010Stating that the Colombia-EU trade agreement will harm domestic production and cause unemployment, the three trade union centers in Colombia add that the agreement does not take account of the economic imbalances between the economies.

3 junio, 2010ICEM with IMF & UNI hold Mexico 'Teach-In' on June 20 in Toronto, Canada to raise solidarity with and understanding of the struggle by democratic trade unions in Mexico.

2 junio, 2010A representative from a Brazilian missionary group and shareholder of Vale SA, expressed his concerns at the Vale shareholder meeting in Rio de Janeiro on 19 May. Vale's executives not only discarded his concerns they also refused to have them documented in the meeting's minutes.

1 junio, 2010Work pressures at Foxconn, the world's biggest manufacturer of electronics components and the main supplier to Apple, have driven workers to commit suicide. The company, instead of improving working conditions, forces workers to give promises not to harm themselves.

17 junio, 2010Two Global Union Federations (GUFs) representing a combined 45 million workers will conduct a two-day conference on economic, environment, and social dimensions of sustainability in Toronto beginning tomorrow, aimed at forging a worldwide workers' and communities' declaration for the upcoming G8 and G20 summits.

17 junio, 2010At a workshop on communications and networking, metalworking trade unions in India examine how to strengthen communication capacity in the country.

28 junio, 2010Delegates from around the world gathered at the second World Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) to promote peace, non-violence and gender equality around the globe. At the conclusion of the Congress delegates elected their first female General Secretary, Sharan Burrow.

28 junio, 2010Unions in North America unite in a strategy to build solidarity with trade unions struggling for autonomy in Mexico.

21 junio, 2010Meeting in Toronto on 19 June, 270 national trade union leaders from 50 countries put forward a stern Declaration to the G8 and G20 that a radically changed global social order must occur, one prioritizing security of employment and preservation of the environment. The Declaration, pointed at the G8 and G20 summits this week in Toronto, came from a "Triple Crisis of Sustainability" forum, a meeting of union leaders representing 55 million workers from industrial and manufacturing sectors.

21 junio, 2010Union members at the Hyundai plant in Chennai, India continue their struggle for recognition by management and for the reinstatement of workers that were dismissed following the establishment of the Hyundai Motor India Employees' Union in early 2007.