10 февраля, 2011Joint IMF-ICEM-ITGLWF task force meets in Japan to examine the process to unify the world's industrial workers into one global union federation.
10 февраля, 2011Indian trade unionists called on the Quebec Assistant Deputy Minister of Economic Development to stop serving the asbestos industry and ban exports of asbestos to Asia as asbestos is deadly and it is a myth that it can be safely used.
10 февраля, 2011Swedish affiliate IF Metall has signed an International Framework Agreement with Swedish appliance manufacturer Electrolux on behalf of the IMF.
28 февраля, 2011One week after unions from some 40 countries around the world took action in defense of labour rights in Mexico, SNTMMSRM union leader Juan Linares, who has been illegally imprisoned for more than two years, is released from prison.
25 февраля, 2011Over 210,000 workers protest against precarious work in Germany this February. The nationwide protests are organized by IG Metall and are directed against the growing threat of precarious employment.
24 февраля, 2011Mexican and foreign political leaders and Ambassadors took notice as unions from every part of the globe turned out at Mexican Embassies, national parliaments and congressional halls to voice their concern about the Mexican government's increasingly violent attitude towards independent trade unions.
3 февраля, 2011The IMF received an urgent appeal from ITUC asking for solidarity with Egypt and Tunisia and encourages all affiliates to take actions.
3 февраля, 2011GM Daewoo signs agreement reinstating 15 members of the precarious workers chapter of the Korean Metal Workers' Union (KMWU). The struggle for direct employment and the regularization of in-house subcontracted workers will continue, but this agreement represents an important victory for the workers.
2 февраля, 201150,000 people marched in the streets of Mexico City on January 31 demanding economic and political changes that better protect the rights and needs of Mexican people. The struggle for workers' rights in Mexico will continue with Global Days of Action from February 14 to 19.
1 февраля, 2011The Mumbai Port Trust Dock and General Employees Union (MPTDGEU) release a new film "Into the Graveyard". The 20 minute documentary on shipbreaking has been submitted to the EMF "Unions in Motion" film festival in Germany in June this year.
