20 October, 2010"Our first objective is to survive; if we stop fighting we will disappear," says Jorge Robles of UNT union when speaking on the situation for Mexican independent unions during the International Metalworkers' Federation's Strategic Meeting on Union Building held in Mexico City on October 13-14, 2010.
18 October, 2010IMF calls for the release of imprisoned trade union leaders and workers, withdrawal of fabricated criminal cases and is writing to Foxconn and Nokia CEO's calling on them to respect workers' rights at a Foxconn plant located in a Special Economic Zone in Chennai, India.
15 October, 2010Global and European trade union representatives in the steel sector call for a sustainable industry based on long-term investment, job security, environmental modernization, trade policy for workers and active routes for worker participation.
30 April, 2010Global Unions, the voice of the global labour movement, today issued a joint statement to mark May 1st 2010.
30 April, 2010Workers of the Alexandrinskaya Ore Mining Company in Chelyabinsk held a picket line in front of the company's representation in Ural.
29 April, 2010IMF gives support to touch screen manufacturing workers fighting for basic rights at Young Fast Optoelectronics in Taiwan, a company that supplies to Samsung, LG, HTC and Google.
27 April, 2010IMF joins affiliates in the call for proper consultation on and assessment of the impact of a Canada-EU comprehensive economic trade agreement.
6 May, 2010The International Metalworkers' Federation denounces attacks on former workers and now organizers of workers at Johnson Controls International in Puebla, Mexico.
5 May, 2010The Southern African Sub-Regional Meeting in Johannesburg discussed climate change issues and their impact on Africa. It was recognised that Africa will be most severely impacted by fossil based capitalist accumulation induced climate change in terms of impact but also from the limited capacity that the impoverished continent has to adapt to irreversible changes that are already underway. Trade unions need to be at the forefront of demanding appropriate measures that integrate industrial development with adaptation and mitigation strategies on climate change, realising that climate and economic issues are fundamentally linked. It was clear that a global and regional response is necessary and delegates began creating a discussion framework document to facilitate further discussions towards an Africa focused position and action plan.
18 May, 2010Green manufacturing, job creation, clean energy, and environmental and occupational health and safety issues were subjects for debate at the BlueGreen Alliance's Good Jobs, Green Jobs national conference in the U.S. in May
