2 abril, 2001The IMF's Paraguayan affiliate reports that the state of health of its president has considerably weakened.

2 abril, 2001For the first time in ten years, trade union membership registered an increase in 2000.

1 abril, 2001To underline their demands for job protection and back wages, Sintel workers have set up tents in the Spanish capital's financial district.

22 diciembre, 2008New Metal World reports about recent U.S. elections and hope for change inspired by Barack Obama, gives a special report about mechanical engineering, and profiles Gab-Deuk Jung, KMWU president, and his union fight for workers' rights.

19 diciembre, 2008Arrest and imprisonment has not deterred Gab-Deuk Jung, president of the KMWU, from fighting for industry-wide collective bargaining and protecting the rights of workers to form unions.

19 diciembre, 2008Mechanical engineering is of central importance to most other manufacturing sectors and yet, until now, its organizing potential and strategic role has been frequently overlooked by trade unions.

19 diciembre, 2008Barack Obama's decisive victory as the next president of the United States inspired hope among working people both in America and abroad. In battleground states, such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, more than 100,000 trade union volunteers took time off work to help convince Americans to vote for change.

8 febrero, 2008IMF updates its <i>Survey on Purchasing Power of Working Time</i> and calls on affiliates to complete the purchasing power questionnaire today.

4 febrero, 2008Talks at the WTO on the Doha trade agreement reach a critical stage and trade unions remain extremely concerned about the repercussions an agreement will have on sustainable development and employment.

1 diciembre, 2008Six executives from the Italian unit of German steel maker ThyssenKrupp were indicted on charges ranging from manslaughter to murder for their involvement in the December 2007 steel plant fire that killed seven workers.