8 septiembre, 2010IMF Africa Office strongly condemns the arrest of political and labour activists in Swaziland as well as the detention and deportation of foreign activists ahead of a planned week of global action calling for democracy in Swaziland dubbed Operation eSwaziland Siyaya: We are going to Swaziland no matter what!

8 septiembre, 2010In August 2010 about 20 shopstewards and union official from Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa met in Johannesburg to discuss the formation of an International Nampak Shop Stewards Council. The two day meeting was organised to encourage networking amongst affiliates engaging with South African multinational Nampak, which has an established presence in several African countries and across Europe.

8 marzo, 2010On March 8 and throughout this week, women around the world call for an end to discrimination and demand their rights at work in commemoration of International Women's Day.

4 marzo, 2010130 jobs secured at Automotive Lighting in Reutlingen, Germany after a three week strike.

6 mayo, 2010Fellesforbundet secures an estimated three per cent rise for metal workers in its new two year sector collective agreement with Norsk Industri.

5 mayo, 2010Africa: The political economy of Africa has taken another dark turn staggering under the three crises of economy, food and climate. These three crises are interdependent and find their origin in the current system of accumulation and plundering of resources by large transnational corporations. Developing a response to any of these crises can not be done in isolation to the others and hoping to be rescued by the Global North is a strategy that has historically delivered little more than empty promises. Industrialisation, decent work and strong trade unions ensuring fair production and fair trade are prerequisites to addressing poverty in Africa and averting a deepening humanitarian disaster.

2 marzo, 2010International Metalworkers' Federation CIS regional office together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foundation organized a seminar in Almaty on consolidation and tackling problems of the trade union movement in Kazakhstan in response to the financial crisis.

1 marzo, 2010IG Metall stresses the strategic importance of organising non-manual workers.

25 febrero, 2010The International Metalworkers' Federation's Working Party on Trade, Employment and Development discusses the social and economic impacts of Free Trade Agreements and their potential challenge to solidarity.

24 febrero, 2010Following the loss of 900 jobs at the closed Cardiff Bosch plant, metalworkers across Europe unite in action to defend jobs.