4 августа, 2009Inside the plant, some 700 autoworkers sit in total darkness cut off from the outside world as the last cell phone battery dies. For the past two weeks, police have blockaded food, water and medical care and attacked workers with taser guns and concentrated tear gas dropped from helicopters.
3 августа, 2009The workshop on Free Trade Agreements analysed the consequences and impact of free trade on employment and labour rights. The IMF also organised workshops on this issue in Argentina and Brazil.
6 июля, 2009The latest issue of Metal World, published online July 6, reports on highlights of the 32nd IMF World Congress in Gothenburg, provides an overview of the global crisis and restructuring in the automotive industry and profiles Jyrki Raina, the new IMF General Secretary.
6 июля, 2009Unions agree that ensuring job security and reducing precarious employment both during and after the financial crisis is the first priority for metalworkers in the Asia-Pacific region.
3 июля, 2009IG Metall & IGBCE in Germany issue joint demand for a Sustainable Industrial Policy in response to the financial crisis.
3 июля, 2009Metalworkers around the world are called on to donate funds to support 700 striking workers and members of FSPMI as the industrial dispute at Toshiba Consumer Products Indonesia intensifies.
2 июля, 2009Jyrki Tapio Raina (49) was elected as the new IMF General Secretary at the 32nd IMF World Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden in May 2009. During the next four years he will lead one of the oldest Global Union Federations uniting metalworkers all over the world.
