4 March, 2011EMF and IMF representatives meet with Cortes Lastra, Member of European Parliament and chair of the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee, seeking support for improved labour rights in Mexico.
24 February, 2011Los Mineros (SNTMMSRM) and the Mexican Electrical Workers (SME) announce historic alliance to strengthen and expand democratic labour movement in Mexico.
24 February, 2011The International Metalworkers' Federation calls on its affiliates for submissions to the Global Union Labour Film Shorts 2011, a one hour line-up of the best short films from around the world focused on unions fighting back against austerity cuts. The line-up will be released in June online and in DVD. Submission deadline is 1 April 2011.
14 March, 2011IMF sends message of condolence and solidarity to its Japanese affiliate, union members and their families, following the massive earthquake and tsunamis that caused untold devastation and damage to the eastern part of Japan.
25 March, 2011ArcelorMittal workers have taken an important step forward by creating a Latin American regional trade union network that will overcome the barriers between plants at the local, national and global levels.
25 March, 2011Former IMF general secretary Marcello Malentacchi became a life member of IF Metall. This March at an IF Metall local branch meeting in Stockholm seven local trade union representatives were granted honourable membership for dedication and commitment to their union work.
24 March, 2011The IMF joins the independent labour movement of Mexico in urging unions and their members to call on government leaders and Mexican Ambassadors to stop these reforms NOW!
4 March, 2011Participants from all major GM/Opel sites meet in Rüsselsheim, Germany to discuss the revival of the GM Network, the need for an IFA and demand the expansion of the European Works Council (EWC) to a World Employee committee (WEC)
3 March, 2011According to the European Metalworkers' Federation, the Netherlands is Belarus' second biggest trade partner after Russia. Its share in total Belarus exports is 11.1 per cent. EMF calls for the introduction of economic sanctions against Belarus. Stopping the oil transit to the Netherlands would be the most effective form of pressure on the regime.
31 May, 2012New report of SACOM makes evident that nothing changed in the bitter situation with violations of workers' rights at Foxconn, major supplier of Apple Inc.
