13 октября, 2009On September 25, VW works council together with IG Metall held a seminar for the unions at Kaluga plant in Russia and signed an Agreement on Cooperation.
12 октября, 2009250,000 Italian metalworkers strike for decent jobs, employment and a national collective agreement.
5 октября, 2009The management reached an agreement with the union - 27,600 AvtoVAZ workers will lose their jobs before the end of the year. Management's original plan was to cut 36,000 jobs.
21 октября, 2009The Colombian trade union leader Albeiro Martinez has died from a heart attack at the age of 49. He lived his last five years in Chile in order to protect his life and that of his family after receiving death threats because of his trade union work in Colombia.
20 октября, 2009After a trade union delegation was refused entry to Gerdau's Aza factory, the Gerdau Global Workers' Committee protested outside the plant and handed in a letter to management repudiating the company's stance.
20 октября, 2009Lakshmi Mittal, owner of ArcelorMittal, praises flexible role of unions in responding to the global financial crisis.
