6 августа, 2009Following the tentative agreement reached this morning between the KMWU and Ssangyong Motor, police are interrogating and jailing sit-in strikers rather than transporting them to local hospitals.
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.
30 июля, 2009Within the framework of the IMF project to strengthen its trade union affiliates in Chile, a week of workshops focused on collective bargaining and the current labour and trade union situation of the country's workers.
29 июля, 2009IMF calls on affiliates to send letters of solidarity to striking Steelworkers at Vale Inco in Canada.
6 августа, 2009Workers demonstrate in Turkey's Taksim Square denouncing the decision of the court arguing, "Justice delayed is Justice denied!"
29 сентября, 2006Delegates to the IFA World Conference in Germany prepare a list of recommendations to be presented to the Executive Committee in November on how to improve IFAs and use them as a tool for building national unions and international solidarity.
23 марта, 2007A new cancer prevention guide, reveals that over 600,000 deaths a year -- one death every 52 seconds -- are caused by occupational cancer, making up almost one-third of all work-related deaths.
20 марта, 2007Occupational cancer is the single largest cause of work-related deaths, but the risks have been down-played by governments, health and safety enforcement agencies and employers. Addressing the workplace cancer issue takes a combination of awareness raising and action in the workplace and company-wide.
