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.

18 enero, 2010Union leaders shocked by safety standards in Indian steel plant as IMF project to organise 20,000 steel workers in India commences.

18 enero, 2010The boundary between work and private life is getting more and more blurred.

16 enero, 2010Union workshop tackles perpetuating problems for women workers in Mozambique.

14 enero, 2010IMF's work in the steel sector will focus on organising, networks, precarious work and climate change in 2010.

14 enero, 2010IMF set to continue working with affiliates on climate change after a flimsy non-binding agreement was reached in Copenhagen last year.

21 enero, 2010International labour news audiocasts start on the internet in February 2010.

20 enero, 2010Tenaris workers reach favourable agreement in Italy, but take strike action in Argentina following the sacking of 23 workers, reports the Tenaris Workers' World Council.

20 enero, 2010Participants of the REPAM-SPM joint seminar in Belarus examined both the external and internal threats to union development, discussed lack of protection and networking methods in union activities.