25 marzo, 2008Feature article examines the challenges confronted by workers in Belarus, special report looks at gender equality and participation of women in trade union work in Latin America, and IMF profiles Annie Labaj, director of the CAW international department.

19 marzo, 2008Whether developing women activists, building international solidarity or fighting for fair trade, education is key to making real changes, believes Annie Labaj of the CAW.

19 marzo, 2008Improving gender equality for women at work and increasing their participation in trade unions remains a big challenge, particularly in Latin America. In countries like Brazil and the Dominican Republic, there have been important cultural changes in trade union thinking that have opened the way for women to take on leadership positions. However, this has yet to take place in the rest of the continent.

19 marzo, 2008Precarious work, the topic of the IMF Central Committee meeting in Brazil, represents a problem for a growing number of workers in many countries. In Belarus, IMF affiliate REPAM is confronted with a multitude of problems, one of which is precarious employment in the form of universal short-term contracts.

1 febrero, 2008... Concluded trade unionists at a European Metalworkers' Federation trade union coordination meeting, following the announced closure of the Nokia plant in Bochum, Germany.

31 enero, 2008Global conference on Occupational and Environmental Cancer Prevention - Friday 25 April, 2008 at the University of Stirling, Scotland.

21 febrero, 2008Union says the situation of approximately 2,500 contract workers must be resolved. Their poor working conditions would improve substantially if the company employed them directly.

22 enero, 2008From January 22 to January 26 millions of people, organisations, networks and trade unions from around the world will participate in a World Social Forum global day of action and mobilization to show that another world is possible.

22 enero, 2008A tentative national collective agreement for metalworkers, reached on January 19, will now be voted on by all metalworkers in Italy.

16 enero, 2008Police and military attack striking Cananea workers fighting for better wages and health and safety improvements.