1 июня, 2010Work pressures at Foxconn, the world's biggest manufacturer of electronics components and the main supplier to Apple, have driven workers to commit suicide. The company, instead of improving working conditions, forces workers to give promises not to harm themselves.
31 мая, 2010After three days of strike and local and international solidarity action, workers at a Johnson Controls plant (Resureccion) in Puebla, Mexico won recognition of freedom of association and agreement on an improved profit sharing payment.
27 мая, 2010International Metalworkers' Federation carries out active work in the region of Asia and the Pacific with its 41 affiliates in 17 countries.
27 мая, 2010IMF calls on affiliates to provide solidarity support by urging Johnson Controls to stop its repression of workers at its plants in Mexico.
27 мая, 2010On May 18 the police conducted a search of the REPAM office in Brest, Belarus, and seized a notebook computer and computer cases. Following the search the office was sealed. The IMF calls on affiliates to send letters of protest to the Presidential Administration and the General Procurator's Office of the Republic of Belarus.
25 мая, 2010Belgian unions demand from their politicians not to ratify the bilateral agreement between EU and Colombia considering numerous violations of trade union and human rights as well as recent exposure of espionage activities of Colombian intelligence service DAS in Belgium.
4 июня, 2010Workers have agreed to concessions in return for job security and a future at Opel after months of negotiations.
3 июня, 2010Stating that the Colombia-EU trade agreement will harm domestic production and cause unemployment, the three trade union centers in Colombia add that the agreement does not take account of the economic imbalances between the economies.
24 августа, 2009ArcelorMittal committee resolves to establish union safety communications network and to focus on preventing fatalities and increasing skills and awareness training across the company globally.
21 августа, 2009IG Metall calls on government to ensure a return to secure employment practices and an end to the misuse of agency labour.
