International fact-finding mission visits Mexico26 июня, 2006Team to investigate illegal government takeover of Mexican metalworkers' union
BELARUS: A NATION ON A CONTRACTUAL LEASH19 марта, 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.
Uruguay is the new location of the IMF Regional Office31 марта, 2008The IMF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean has moved to Montevideo and opened on Monday 31 March.
Unions protests for better working conditions27 июня, 20088,500 workers participate in protest calling for minimum wage and amendments to privatization laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Rights abuses against Ugandan metalworkers escalate11 июля, 2008IMF calls on management at Kasese Cobalt to resume contract negotiations and reinstate 116 workers unfairly dismissed for demonstrating outside of administration offices.
Zimbabwean metalworkers face grim future14 июля, 2008NEWU regional offices forced to close while membership drops dramatically as companies shut down operations amidst Zimbabwe's economic collapse.
Mercosur unions seek quality employment18 июля, 2008Metalworker unions from Mercosur countries examine the impact of trade liberalisation on industrial production and development and the need for advancing labour and social provisions in trade agreements at a seminar this week.
IMF contributes to NAMA and GATS workshop17 октября, 2006Understanding the impact of trade agreements on development, employment and decent work and developing trade union capacity to influence the outcome of trade negotiations was the subject of the workshop.
Bomb explodes at Brazilian metalworkers union office and death threat made to union leader7 июня, 2007The President of the Taubaté Metalworkers Union has received a death threat after a bomb exploded at the union office on Tuesday night.
