20 июля, 2010Participants in a four country seminar organized by the International Metalworkers' Federation agree on three golden rules for future trade union sustainability in the South East Asia region.
20 июля, 2010During a two week campaign, Croatian labour unions collected over 800,000 signatures for a referendum on labour law amendments due to the governments' unilateral proposal for changes in the Labour Code which would allow for easier cancellation of collective agreements.
17 июня, 2010The UAW Convention opened with messages of optimism and despair in the face of harsh times. Newly elected president Bob King uses his acceptance speech to accuse Toyota of shifting jobs to a location where it can pay lower non union wages.
17 июня, 2010The fourth Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival showed stories of workers and their unions leading a hard fight for workers' rights and dignity.
16 июня, 2010South African unions representing workers in the main industrial sectors of the country announced a National Day of Action in solidarity with workers and trade unions of Mexico
15 июня, 2010Global Unions issued a set of principles on temporary agency work aimed to address the exploitation and abuse of workers provided by temporary work agencies as well as the damage to regular employment relationships caused by the misuse of these agencies.
7 июля, 2010The world push for piracy action launched in May by trade unions, ship-owners, associations and insurers is a petition for their campaign to persuade governments to make the necessary resources available to end the problem of Somalia based piracy. The goal is to deliver half a million signatures by September 23, 2010 for the IMO World Maritime Day.
6 июля, 2010IF Metall's International Secretary and the President of the Electrolux Union in Sweden joined the IMF's regional representative and IMF Thai affiliate TEAM on a mission to assist in organising the Electrolux plants in Rayong, Thailand.
5 июля, 2010The United Steelworkers reach a tentative five year agreement with Brazilian mining giant Vale in Canada. The union has scheduled ratification votes in Sudbury and Port Colborne.
2 июля, 2010IF Metall and IMF visit Electrolux management in Thailand, opening the door for union organizing at the two plants.
