8 December, 2009Some 200 trade unionists from Canada and the USA held rolling protest actions in New York City calling on mining giant Vale to negotiate with the USW who represents 3,500 workers on strike since July.
7 December, 2009The delegates of the IMF Spanish affiliate MCA-UGT paid special attention to strengthening union representation among non-manual workers at their 25th Congress in November 2009.
15 January, 2010IAM and partners launch Ur Union of Unemployed - nicknamed UCubed - to assist the more than 31 million jobless Americans, see: <a href="http://www.unionofunemployed.com">www.unionofunemployed.com</a>
14 January, 2010USW files bad-faith bargaining complaint against Vale, unions around the globe call for a Fair Deal NOW.
14 January, 2010Thousands of Saab workers demonstrate outside plant in Trollhättan, Sweden in protest of GM's moves to close the plant.
21 January, 2010Canadian miners are protesting the Swiss mining company's plans to close its copper and zinc operations, calling on government to intervene.
19 January, 2010Chinese battery producer Gold Peak Industrial Holding Ltd under fire by Chinese and international labour groups for failing to be a decent employer.
29 April, 2009After years of strong criticism by trade unions, the World Bank has finally instructed its staff to stop using the labour indicators of its "Doing Business" flagship publication that gives higher rating to countries with the lowest workers' protection.
