26 ноября, 2008After more than two months of negotiations and several weeks of strikes and demonstrations in support of improved conditions, the Uruguayan Metalworkers Union (UNTMRA) has signed a new collective agreement.
20 ноября, 2008A worldwide total of 91 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers' rights while serious and systematic harassment and intimidation was reported in 63 countries.
14 ноября, 2008Management illegally terminated strikers' labour contracts and attempted to break the strike by hiring replacement workers.
3 декабря, 2008On the night of Thursday November 13th 2008 Alexei Etmanov, the leader of the Ford-Vsevelozhsk trade union and co-chairman of Interregional Trade Union of Autoworkers (ITUA), an affiliate of IMF, was assaulted once again.
24 октября, 2008New Canadian research finds a link between "precarious employment" and poor mental health.
10 сентября, 2008Unions around the world pledge solidarity with the 27,000 aerospace workers who walked off the job and onto the picket line at U.S. facilities in Kansas, Oregon and Washington.
8 сентября, 2008The latest issue of Metal World features a look at organising precarious workers in Indonesia's Export Processing Zones, a report on leveraged buyouts in the metal sector and an interview with Solidarność's Stefan Przybyszewski.
8 сентября, 2008The technical officer who produced the post-explosion report on the Pasta de Conchos mine tells a Mexican press conference it is possible to reopen the mine to recover the bodies of the 63 miners who died on 19 February 2006.
4 сентября, 2008As a long standing member of Solidarność, Stefan Przybyszewski is no stranger to trade union struggles. These days he is focused on the fight for equal rights for all workers, whether permanently or temporarily employed.