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.
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.
15 июля, 2010With the highest incidence of asbestos-related diseases in the world, unions and asbestos support groups in Australia call for the removal of all asbestos from public and private buildings by 2030. Elsewhere, Mercosur Health Ministers call for a ban on asbestos mining and use.
14 июля, 2010The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply to a Masters in Labour and Globalization at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. The programme has a special focus on labour and development and the deadline for submission is July 31, 2010
24 июня, 2010Workers at a Coca-Cola plant in Pakistan face violence, corruption, sleaze and increasingly criminal approaches by the plant management trying to undermine and disband the union. The management uses new tactics making jobs precarious by creating a bogus employer
23 июня, 2010Approved and executed in Toronto, June 20, the joint declaration was signed by the Mexican Miners' Union (SNTMMSRM) and the United Steelworkers (USW) for a bilateral commission to be formed in order to define the process of unification of two unions.
21 июня, 2010Ford India Employees' Union at Ford in Chennai, India is seeking recognition from the company after officially registering on May 18, 2010.
