11 мая, 2012Who are precarious workers? What are their living and working conditions? What is their future? A new project recently launched in Italy is aimed to answer these questions though listening to the stories of young people.

7 мая, 2012Bringing together Alcoa's global union network the day before the company's annual shareholders' meeting paid dividends for workers. Alcoa's Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld met with union leaders and committed to improving dialogue with unions including the global network.

23 мая, 2012Workers at Volvo's plant in Curitiba, have ended their strike after winning the country's highest pay rise. Workers at PK Cables also won a benefits package.

22 мая, 2012During tripartite negotiations the management of ArcelorMittal Temirtau (Kazakhstan) refused to implement a 30 per cent wage rise. On May 19 the workers took to the streets in an action which gathered over 3,000 people.

17 мая, 2012Three federations merge to become IndustriAll European trade union, demanding industrial growth and more jobs.

16 мая, 2012The workers were shocked to find there are separate canteens for direct employees and contract workers at the company's Monlevade plant.

16 мая, 2012After pay talks with Volvo stalled, the Greater Curitiba Metalworkers' Union has called a strike for an indefinite period.

30 апреля, 2012Please support the latest LabourStart campaign to free Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, a trade unionist, activist and journalist in Thailand that has been in jail since April 2011.

30 апреля, 2012At a conference organized by ICEM, IMF and ITGLWF, affiliates of all three global unions debated how unions should respond to the increase in precarious work in Turkey.

18 апреля, 2012Brothers On The Line, came to a successful close in February and the film is now building buzz on the festival circuit. The film follows the Reuther brothers from their rise as shop-floor organizers to leaders in collective bargaining, civil rights, and international labour solidarity. The New York premiere of the film is coming soon at the Workers Unite Film Festival.