22 января, 2008A tentative national collective agreement for metalworkers, reached on January 19, will now be voted on by all metalworkers in Italy.

16 января, 2008Police and military attack striking Cananea workers fighting for better wages and health and safety improvements.

14 февраля, 2008Workers vote for AMWU representation for a fourth time yet the company still refuses workers the right to bargain collectively.

6 мая, 2010Mexican Miners' Union Convention decides to continue the four-year old struggle for trade union autonomy and an end to Grupo Mexico and Mexican government abuse.

6 мая, 2010A Tribunal resolution repudiates government violations of human and trade union rights and calls for compliance with ILO Conventions 87 and 98 on the Freedom of Association and the Right to Organise.

6 мая, 2010Fellesforbundet secures an estimated three per cent rise for metal workers in its new two year sector collective agreement with Norsk Industri.

5 мая, 2010Africa: The political economy of Africa has taken another dark turn staggering under the three crises of economy, food and climate. These three crises are interdependent and find their origin in the current system of accumulation and plundering of resources by large transnational corporations. Developing a response to any of these crises can not be done in isolation to the others and hoping to be rescued by the Global North is a strategy that has historically delivered little more than empty promises. Industrialisation, decent work and strong trade unions ensuring fair production and fair trade are prerequisites to addressing poverty in Africa and averting a deepening humanitarian disaster.

18 декабря, 2009IMF and the leadership of Tanzania evaluated results of a joint TUICO-IMF-IF Metall project.

17 декабря, 2009Programme of activities 2010 and ways out of the crisis were on the focus as IMF's Executive Committee met in Geneva.

15 декабря, 2009Governments, employers and trade unions discussed the impact of the global economic and job crisis within the automotive industry in the Asia-Pacific.