23 December, 2011German trade unionists picket GEA headquarters demanding justice for 62 GEA workers in Turkey locked-out since July. It is the 4th action in recent months to demand respect for labour norms by the multinational.

21 December, 2011Although no legally-binding agreement could be reached at COP17, countries officially met one of the industrial workers' demands, the creation of a Green Climate Fund. The workers now need to influence the design of the fund.

30 January, 2012Stefan Löfven, president of the 355,000 member IF Metall, was elected the Swedish Social Democratic Party acting president after Håkan Juholt resigned on January 21.

25 January, 2012On January 1, 2012, Rio Tinto's aluminium subsidiary Alcan locked out 780 members of United Steelworkers at its smelter and refinery in Alma, Québec. The company refuses to negotiate limits on contract work.

24 January, 2012Despite an improved performance in 2011 the Joint Global Health and Safety Committee (JGHSC) in ArcelorMittal plans to increase its efforts in 2012.

20 January, 2012Unilever workers stage ten-day strike actions at food and cleaning products company Unilever UK sites January 18-28 to protest against planned pension cuts. A strike fund has been launched.

20 January, 2012The complaint of the Mexican Electrical Workers' Union (SME) against their government will be considered in both Canada and the United States under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) side agreement on labour cooperation.

14 May, 2011Strengthening independent and democratic trade unions in Mexico was the focus of a four day IMF planning workshop held in Mexico City from May 10 to 13, 2011.

13 May, 2011A global network meeting of unions representing workers at Volvo trucks held in Sweden in May enables unions from around the world to resolve local workplace problems.

13 May, 2011A new report finds that Foxconn is failing to improve conditions of work at its electronics manufacturing factories in China following the series of worker suicides in 2010.