10 июня, 2011In a joint letter to the European Commission, ITUC and ETUC call for a European Union investigation of anti-union laws in Georgia. The investigation should be conducted under the EU's system of trade preferences granted to Georgia.
13 июля, 2011Some 10,000 people participated on July 9-10 in the "Hope Bus" march to the Hanjin shipyard in Korea to protest against dismissals in breach of their union contract. Riot police blocked and sprayed marchers with teargas fluid in spite of the fact that they had a permit and had informed the police of the march.
12 июля, 2011Building a sustainable financial scheme for a Just Transition will be the key for the 17th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) in December in Durban. Promoting a Financial Transaction Tax would be a solution.
24 июня, 2011Union representatives in the newly merged Fiat and Chrysler auto company and Fiat Industrial met in Turin, Italy, to create a global union network in the car giant and push for an International Framework Agreement.
28 июня, 2011The management of Altynken LLC, a company exploiting the third largest gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, responded to the creation of a union by dismissing its newly elected president and creating an alternative structure, controlled by the management. The IMF has sent letters of protest to the executive director of Altynken and Kyrgyz authorities.
27 июня, 2011Members of the Caterpillar European Works Council express their support for the development of the IMF Caterpillar union network in the area of health and training.
27 июня, 2011Metalworkers from Asia and the Pacific countries met in Seoul to discuss the IMF-ICEM-ITGLWF merger, share their experience on building union networks as well as organizing drive as the main priority for the unions of the region.
8 декабря, 2010Despite promising to respect human rights, Colombian President Santos' failure to stop the killings and the continuing violence in Colombia were the subject of a hearing held in Brussels on December 7, reinforcing the demands of unionists that the EU not sign a free trade agreement with Colombia.
2 декабря, 2010The IMF Executive Committee decides to continue process to create new international and commits to holding days of action from February 14 to 19, 2011 in support of democratic and independent Mexican unions.
