12 October, 2010Unions participating in a global trade union network meeting repeat demand for improved health and safety at Gerdau after hearing reports on the company's policy to hide accidents through the return of workers even before they are able to do their jobs.
8 November, 2010Workers began a strike over pay at the world's third largest copper mine Collahuasi in Chile on November 5, after five days of government mediated talks failed.
8 November, 2010IMF affiliates from South-East Europe commit themselves to working on setting new paths for capacity building for the defense of workers' rights.
3 November, 2010The European Parliament adopts a series of recommendations on how to redress the disadvantage precarious women workers face.
2 November, 2010BYD Electronics, a Nokia supplier-company based in Chennai, India, on November 1 terminated workers en masse, ordered 437 others to sign a letter of apology to keep their jobs and announced an illegal lockout in response to the workers' demands for union recognition and improved conditions. IMF joins with LabourStart in calling on the Tamil Nadu government to ensure these workers' rights are respected.
14 June, 2012IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF call on affiliates to cast their votes for Rio Tinto in the Greenwash Gold awards, being held to shine a light on companies sponsoring the Olympics 2012 while at the same time damaging the environment and communities.
14 June, 2012G20 leaders must urgently rethink policies and back job-centred growth, demands unions, after a new poll commissioned by the ITUC shows that only one in ten in G20 countries believe austerity will work.
13 June, 2012Panel discussion on Protection Contracts and Freedom of Association in Mexico packs a full house at the International Labour Organization. Union representatives call for union building, solidarity, and direct action against the government and employers.
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.
30 May, 2012Some 6,000 delegates representing workers, employers and governments come to the International Labour Organization each year to debate international labour standards, the application of ILO Recommendations and Conventions and discuss how the tripartite body can improve workers' rights around the world.
