23 апреля, 2008Workers in South Africa forced a Chinese ship carrying arms destined for Zimbabwe to leave the South African port of Durban after failing to unload.

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.

19 декабря, 2008Mechanical engineering is of central importance to most other manufacturing sectors and yet, until now, its organizing potential and strategic role has been frequently overlooked by trade unions.

19 декабря, 2008Barack Obama's decisive victory as the next president of the United States inspired hope among working people both in America and abroad. In battleground states, such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, more than 100,000 trade union volunteers took time off work to help convince Americans to vote for change.

16 января, 2008Featuring a report on how a gold rush in Mongolia is leading to an epidemic of mercury poisoning affecting gold diggers, local people and the environment, the latest issue of IMF's journal Metal World is available now on the IMF website.

16 января, 2008Globalisation is the number one challenge Stefan Löfvén, a welder who is now president of the Swedish union, IF Metall, heads a union facing major challenges, both at home and abroad.

15 января, 2008A gold rush in Mongolia is leading to an epidemic of mercury poisoning affecting gold diggers, local people and the environment.

5 февраля, 2009Protection contracts violate ILO Convention 87, says new complaint against Mexico submitted by IMF.

4 февраля, 2009ArcelorMittal workers have declared February 10 a day of action across Europe ahead of the company's expected declaration of shareholder profits.