30 июня, 2011Dramatic developments take place in Korea at Hanjin Heavy Industries shipyard and Yuseong Piston Ring. Private security forces and riot police forced out protesters from the shipyard and the police issued arrest warrants for Yuseong Piston Ring union leaders who in sign of protest have started a hunger strike in the Buddhist Jogye Temple in Seoul.
18 июля, 2011The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has reached an agreement with employers ending the two week strike in the metal and engineering sector involving 170, 000 workers, the vast majority of whom are NUMSA members.
23 июня, 2011Participants at an IMF regional communicators' forum for Asia Pacific, held in Seoul, welcome plans for a new regional journal and contribute to strengthening IMF and union communication in the region.
22 июня, 2011Workers at Vale Coal Colombia, an affiliate of the Brazilian mining giant, met with persecution after organizing in the Sintramienergética union. IMF has sent a formal letter of protest to Vale Colombia.
21 июня, 2011Indian trade unions work at the local level to protect the interests of the country's poorest in the face of industrial development and prepare to meet with Government on national climate change and environment policies.
21 июня, 2011On June 23, UN Public Services Day, the Council of Global Unions launches its Quality Public Services--Action Now! campaign. The aim is to advance quality public services for all people through unprecedented coordinated solidarity action across borders.
6 июля, 2011Unions representing 170 000 members started a nationwide strike in the engineering sector on Monday, July 4 after wage negotiations with the steel and engineering employers broke down. Rallies were carried out in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town.
5 июля, 2011Industrial unions called for recovery of the bodies of 29 miners killed inside Pike River Coal Ltd.'s colliery. The unions want the miners' remains returned to families before the mine is sold and reopened.
13 июля, 2011Some 10,000 people participated on July 9-10 in the "Hope Bus" march to the Hanjin shipyard in Korea to protest against dismissals in breach of their union contract. Riot police blocked and sprayed marchers with teargas fluid in spite of the fact that they had a permit and had informed the police of the march.
