2 февраля, 2011United Steelworkers win bitter 18-month battle in Canada. Unionized workers at Voisey's Bay nickel mine in Labrador, Canada vote 88 per cent for approval of the tentative five year agreement with the Brazilian transnational giant Vale.

8 февраля, 2011IMF joins with other GUFs in a demonstration outside the Egyptian mission in Geneva as part of the ITUC's Global Day of Action in support of democracy in Egypt.

7 февраля, 2011More than 10,000 Indonesian workers marched in the streets of Jakarta demanding social security reforms and abolishment of precarious work on February 6, 2011.

4 февраля, 2011In an agreement reached between Telco Workers' Union, affiliate of Indian National Metalworkers' Federation (INMF), and TATA Motors, 280 workers had been upgraded as regular employees at Jamshedpur Plant in India.

15 февраля, 2011Unions from IMF, ICEM, ITF, UNI and ITUC kick off rallies and embassy visits in some 30 countries as part of the Global Days of Action campaign.

14 февраля, 2011IMF German affiliate IG Metall reaches an agreement on a wage increase for Volkswagen workers, bolstering their participation in the fair share of profit.

17 января, 2011A worker at the Toquepala opencast mine has died after a landslip from an area that has experienced repeated rock falls. The IMF calls for those responsible to be brought to justice.

25 января, 2011More than seventy unionists attend three IMF-ILO ACTRAV workshops on EPZ organising in Indonesia.

25 января, 2011The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the AFL-CIO sue republican governor of South Carolina over her pledge to use state resources to deprive South Carolina citizens of the right to join a union.

16 февраля, 2010Rights groups protest as millions of Burmese migrants face deportation from Thailand on March 1, 2010.