2 мая, 2012IMF Czech affiliate Metalworkers' Federation OS KOVO successfully concluded a new agreement for Skoda workers. The agreement provides for wage increases and is valid through the end of March 2013.

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.

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.

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

15 мая, 2012The Argentinean metalworkers' union organises a 24 hour strike in support of its demands for a pay rise.

14 мая, 2012Supporters are gearing up for a massive march and rally in Chicago on May 18, 2012 for the Robin Hood tax and against government austerity measures. Registered nurses, labour, community, and Occupy Wall Street activists will gather in a major rally in Chicago to kick off protests on the eve of the G8 and NATO summits.

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.

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.