9 marzo, 2010The strike at Vale in Canada continues after mediated talks broke down on March 7, despite USW attempts to reach a settlement. IMF and ICEM will again show support at a rally in Sudbury on March 22.

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

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.

22 marzo, 2010The trade union at the Mining Company Los Quenuales filed a criminal complaint for tax evasion against the mining company, which is a subsidiary of the multinational Glencore.

26 marzo, 2010Lesotho provides a haven for companies wishing to keep workers in slave like employment by escaping the enforcement of worker rights including the right to earn a decent wage. High unemployment together with fragmented and weak organised labour in Lesotho leaves workers vulnerable to exploitation through poor working conditions and poverty wages.

25 marzo, 2010Global trade union movement releases statement on "Beating the Jobs Crisis" in advance of the G20 Employment and Labour Ministers' Meeting in Washington on April 20 and 21, 2010.

25 marzo, 2010IMF-JC secures wage rises from major Japanese manufacturers at a critical moment in its 2010 Spring Offensive.