16 June, 2008Three Italian metalworker unions to hold one hour strike on June 17 in support of implementing a new law on health and safety at work.
10 June, 2008Workers and unions were shocked on January 15 when Nokia management announced it would close its plant in Bochum, Germany by the end of June. Nokia had received nearly 100 million euros in government subsidies for the plant and was bound by law to guarantee jobs until December 31, 2007. Fourteen days later, despite it turning a sizable profit, Nokia declared the plant would close.
10 June, 2008Korean Metal Workers' Union expresses alarm at high level of fatalities in shipbuilding. IMF Shipbuilding Action Group to raise issue at the XVIII ILO World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.
9 June, 2008The latest issue of Metal World features a report on the impact of the closure of the Nokia plant in Bochum, Germany. An analysis of how unions united to change Australia's labour laws is also presented and Anne Lewis, activist filmmaker, discusses the art of storytelling and effective labour films.
10 September, 2008Unions around the world pledge solidarity with the 27,000 aerospace workers who walked off the job and onto the picket line at U.S. facilities in Kansas, Oregon and Washington.
8 September, 2008The latest issue of Metal World features a look at organising precarious workers in Indonesia's Export Processing Zones, a report on leveraged buyouts in the metal sector and an interview with Solidarność's Stefan Przybyszewski.
8 September, 2008The technical officer who produced the post-explosion report on the Pasta de Conchos mine tells a Mexican press conference it is possible to reopen the mine to recover the bodies of the 63 miners who died on 19 February 2006.
23 April, 2010Consolidating union strength, dealing with the challenges of precarious work, climate change and industrialization in Africa was the focus of IMF affiliated metal unions in Southern Africa during their sub-regional meeting in April.
23 April, 2010Corporate-led globalization has resulted in a serious deterioration of rights, income, working conditions and power for working people, posing an enormous challenge for trade unions.
