14 января, 2009No satisfactory solution has yet been found to the situation of the Siderperu workers sacked at the end of last year, despite the efforts of the union, the IMF's Gerdau Group Global Committee and other sister organisations.

14 января, 2009Around 3,000 miners have been sacked. The unions have been organising their response and demanding a solution to the situation.

1 декабря, 2008Six executives from the Italian unit of German steel maker ThyssenKrupp were indicted on charges ranging from manslaughter to murder for their involvement in the December 2007 steel plant fire that killed seven workers.

12 декабря, 2008At least nine FSPMI members were injured and three detained by the police during a demonstration for increase of minimum wages.

10 декабря, 2008After completing the age of 62 brother Dyvadheenam, former IMF representative for South Asia, passed away in India.

22 января, 2009Labour leaders meet with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to urge immediate action in wake of increasing violence and repression against miners' union in Mexico.

14 января, 2009The International Metalworkers' Federation welcomes the Resolution of the UN Security Council calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza

27 января, 2009KMWU's "one union, one worksite" initiative to organise the precariously employed proves positive for migrant workers threatened with job dismissals.

22 декабря, 2008New Metal World reports about recent U.S. elections and hope for change inspired by Barack Obama, gives a special report about mechanical engineering, and profiles Gab-Deuk Jung, KMWU president, and his union fight for workers' rights.

19 декабря, 2008Arrest and imprisonment has not deterred Gab-Deuk Jung, president of the KMWU, from fighting for industry-wide collective bargaining and protecting the rights of workers to form unions.