19 марта, 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 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.
7 марта, 2008On the occasion of International Women's Day, two new reports show that despite women gaining greater access to employment and education they remain disadvantaged in the workplace both in terms of access to paid employment and pay equity.
28 июня, 2007Cristina Auerbach, a lawyer for the Mexican Pastoral for Workers, has been assaulted outside her home. The attackers stole documents relating to the death of the Pasta de Conchos miners.
26 июня, 2007The workers, who are demanding the same employment conditions as other Codelco workers, instigated the most violent day in Codelco's history.
25 июня, 2007Unions in South Korea and the U.S. take action against Korea-US free trade agreement, including strike action by KMWU.
22 июня, 2007Mobilizing workers against precarious work and communicating with trade union films and journals were just some of the topics discussed by delegates at the recent IMF Communicators' Forum.
4 марта, 2007Workers at Australian Tristar factory fight potential loss of redundancy benefits, which could be lost due to new industrial relations laws.
