IMF and EMF call for financial solidarity for Turkish metalworkers3 ноября, 2009Metalworkers around the world are called on to donate funds in support of 350 struggling Sinter Metal workers, fighting for reinstatement since December 2008.<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"> <input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="9372587"><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/CH/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"><img alt="" order="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"></form>
Labour photo of the year3 ноября, 2009Child labourer in the Bangladeshi shipbuilding industry the subject of the labour photo of the year.
Global Labour Charter signed with VW4 ноября, 2009VW Group Board of Management, International Metalworkers' Federation and VW Global Group Works Council sign Global Charter on Labour Relations.
Bosch and Brembo workers in India make gains4 ноября, 2009Strike ends at Bosch and Brembo plants in India, as regular workers and trainees make gains, however the re-employment of contract workers continues to be the subject of a legal struggle.
Unions commit to action for migrant workers' rights14 ноября, 2009IMF Affiliates from Asia, Europe and Latin America, meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, find commonalities in the experiences of migrant workers in the different continents and agree on strategies to organize migrant workers and protect their rights.
Unions shame Vale CFO in Madrid and protest in Seoul19 ноября, 2009Spanish affiliates of the IMF and ICEM confronted Vale S.A.'s CFO during a high-level investment conference two days after a joint Canadian/Brazilian delegation held a ceremonial head-shaving protest in front of Vale offices in downtown Seoul.
Leoni shop stewards from Morocco and Tunisia hold coordination meeting20 ноября, 2009Implementation of the Leoni Declaration on Social Rights was the focus of the meeting. Shop stewards reported that up to 70 per cent of workers are precariously employed, a lack of health and safety and frequent intimidation of union representatives.
International day of struggle: Gerdau workers unite24 ноября, 2009Workers from unions represented by the Gerdau Global Workers' Committee distributed leaflets at Gerdau Group plants, organised meetings and held marches and demonstrations throughout the world on its international day of struggle on November 18.
Agreement reached, Ssangyong Motor sit-in strikers jailed6 августа, 2009Following the tentative agreement reached this morning between the KMWU and Ssangyong Motor, police are interrogating and jailing sit-in strikers rather than transporting them to local hospitals.
