25 November, 2010Sixteen active members of the newly formed Electronics Industry Employees Union (Southern Region) in Malaysia attended a two days IMF workshop on organizing and union building.

24 November, 2010Hyundai Motor precarious workers in Ulsan, Korea continue strike after demanding the company employ in-house subcontracted workers directly.

23 November, 2010On November 20, members of IMF affiliate IF Metall from local trade unions in Kiruna, Umea, Eskilstuna, Trollhättan, Gothenburg and Malmö showed their strength together by lifting cars.

22 November, 2010Unions in Chile and Colombia explore building and unifying strong unions across industrial sectors during IMF evaluation and planning workshops in November.

29 November, 2010On December 7, 2010, IMF and ICEM will appear at COP16-WoW to promote a "fair, just, and binding" international agreement for a sustainable "Greener" future.

11 June, 2012Addressing the plenary of the International Labour Conference, Said Iqbal, the leader of IMF affiliate FSPMI, proposed that the ILC take action to improve wages and reduce precarious work.

5 June, 2012At the latest meeting of the OECD Steel Committee workers' representatives voiced concerns over the sustainability of the steel industry when major suppliers such as Rio Tinto continue to abuse workers' rights and ignore public warnings.

8 March, 2012A new report from ITUC reveals that the average gender pay gap of 18 per cent remains unchanged for 10 years, with women workers in manufacturing facing, on average, the fourth largest gender pay gap.

8 March, 2012More than 200,000 workers dressed in yellow and red took to the streets in 32 city centres in South Africa in an extraordinary show of worker power against labour brokers.

8 March, 2012Affiliates of the IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF call for a global campaign to address Rio Tinto's systemic attack on workers and unions around the world.