15 сентября, 2011On August 27-28 the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) and the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW) held a workshop in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, for union activists from an array of plants in the region.
14 сентября, 2011A first-of-a-kind collective agreement took root in Germany's solar energy manufacturing industry on 1 September. It was then that a labour contract took effect between IG Metall and three subsidiaries of Bosch in the state of Thuringia, making it the first collective agreement in Germany's solar power industry.
13 сентября, 2011TVT is a television channel run by the ABC Metalworkers Union, affiliated to the CNM/CUT. TVT is the first trade union television channel in Brazil.
13 сентября, 2011Organizing new workers is never easy but in the United States it's tougher than most places. Participants at an Alcoa Global Unions meeting got to experience first- hand the challenges facing the US unions. The attendees from unions in Australia, Canada, Iceland, Brazil, Suriname, and United Kingdom, took part in an organizing drive assisting the United Steelworkers (USW) as part of their activities. The target company Traco is a subsidiary of Alcoa and employs around 450 workers. Incidentally "Here we go again" was the title of union busting materials Alcoa used in one of its plants and seems apt to use during this organizing drive.
8 декабря, 2010Despite promising to respect human rights, Colombian President Santos' failure to stop the killings and the continuing violence in Colombia were the subject of a hearing held in Brussels on December 7, reinforcing the demands of unionists that the EU not sign a free trade agreement with Colombia.
2 декабря, 2010The IMF Executive Committee decides to continue process to create new international and commits to holding days of action from February 14 to 19, 2011 in support of democratic and independent Mexican unions.
2 декабря, 2010Numsa demands improvements in wages and working conditions from BHP Billiton and warns of strike action after three months of stalled negotiations.
2 декабря, 2010Unions representing workers across Siemens plants have formed the Siemens Employees' Federation to represent the interests of Siemens workers throughout India
18 ноября, 2010Italian metalworker union FIM-CISL issues preliminary analysis of the working conditions at Italian transnational companies operating in Guangdong, China.
16 ноября, 2010Jairo del Río is a member of the Tenaris Workers' World Council and is grateful for its action to protect his own life after receiving death threats.
