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.

25 mayo, 2010Belgian unions demand from their politicians not to ratify the bilateral agreement between EU and Colombia considering numerous violations of trade union and human rights as well as recent exposure of espionage activities of Colombian intelligence service DAS in Belgium.

31 mayo, 2010After three days of strike and local and international solidarity action, workers at a Johnson Controls plant (Resureccion) in Puebla, Mexico won recognition of freedom of association and agreement on an improved profit sharing payment.

6 mayo, 2010The International Metalworkers' Federation denounces attacks on former workers and now organizers of workers at Johnson Controls International in Puebla, Mexico.

5 mayo, 2010The Southern African Sub-Regional Meeting in Johannesburg discussed climate change issues and their impact on Africa. It was recognised that Africa will be most severely impacted by fossil based capitalist accumulation induced climate change in terms of impact but also from the limited capacity that the impoverished continent has to adapt to irreversible changes that are already underway. Trade unions need to be at the forefront of demanding appropriate measures that integrate industrial development with adaptation and mitigation strategies on climate change, realising that climate and economic issues are fundamentally linked. It was clear that a global and regional response is necessary and delegates began creating a discussion framework document to facilitate further discussions towards an Africa focused position and action plan.

17 mayo, 2010The union organising workers at Acepar, where workers have been on strike since April 23, has denounced the company's use of intimidation and violence against the union, the illegal recruitment of personnel to replace striking workers and the detention of Hugo Gonzalez Chirico.

17 mayo, 2010Global Trade Union Sustainability Conference in Toronto fast approaching.

20 mayo, 2010ITUA members in Tver, Russia keep fighting in courts. On April 27-28 a court hearing on the reinstatement of two union activists took place. The judge decided in favour of the company. However, on May 18 another court hearing ended in a significant victory for the union.

18 mayo, 2010IMF working group debates guidelines for establishing trade union networks in transnational corporations.

18 mayo, 2010At an OECD Steel Committee meeting in Paris in May, IMF highlights abuses by giant mining companies and calls for a sustainable future.