15 марта, 2012On March 12-15, the International Metalworkers' Federation held the first in a series of workshops within the framework of the project on Training the Trainers for the Metallurgical and Mining Industry Workers' Union of Ukraine (MMIWU).
13 марта, 2012The Mexican federal police have arrested 12 trade union leaders participating in a sit-in and also arrested José Luis Solorio, General Secretary of the Honda workers' union reflecting a hardening of the Mexican government's anti-trade union policies.
10 марта, 2012Following the renewal of the global framework agreement (GFA) between the IMF and the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) and Umicore in September 2011, the Monitoring Committee conducted a visit at the company's operation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, March 6 and 7, 2012.
9 марта, 2012In a partial victory for trade unions, the legalization of labour contractors in Malaysia is to be limited to the plantation sector, with the government announcing an exemption for all other sectors from the recent amendment to the labour laws.
30 марта, 2012Bosch worker representatives from around the world were able to address international management directly and build solidarity for freedom of association and collective bargaining at all Bosch sites globally.
2 апреля, 2012On April 3, 2012, Dorje Khatri, central committee member of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) will leave Kathmandu on a journey to put the flag of IndustriALL Global Union on Mount Everest.
27 марта, 2012The National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union, which represents workers at the plant, says the plant closure is "really an attack on independent and democratic trade unionism".
21 апреля, 2011April 12 marks the day that Swaziland declared a state of emergency in 1973, which is still ongoing 38 years later, making it one of the world's longest running state of emergencies. It has been used to suspend the human rights and political freedom of the Swazi people and includes a ban on political parties. April 12, 2011 was chosen by pro-democracy campaigners for mass protests. Yet the protests planned for three days from the April 12 faced brutal crackdown by Swaziland security forces on anti-government protestors.
21 апреля, 2011The international labour movement marked the 5th anniversary of the deaths of Mario Alberto Castillo Rodríguez and Héctor Álvarez Gómez with a march in Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico and the submission of new evidence to the ILO highlighting the issue of violence against members of the SNTMMSRM. The murders of Rodríguez and Gómez, named in the ILO complaint (no. 2478), remain unsolved.
20 апреля, 2011To assist the two unions organizing metalworkers in Angola and strengthen their closer cooperation and mutual support, the IMF held a workshop in Luanda in April 2011, that was attended by union leadership and shop stewards drawn from 12 companies in the metal, chemical, electricity, energy and light industries.
