30 April, 2010Trade unionists from around the world agreed to strengthen their cooperation and create a trade union network at Caterpillar, the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment.
28 April, 2010Global Unions commemorate Workers' Memorial Day with delegation visit to the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations calling on Canada to halt promotion of asbestos exports to the developing world.
26 April, 2010In Mexico, an IMF delegation attended a tribute to miners who died at Lázaro Cárdenas, a press conference that focused on IMF complaints to the ILO and a protest outside the offices of Grupo Mexico.
14 April, 2010In commemoration of its former president Arthur Svensson the Norwegian trade union Industri Energi announces an international award for promoters of trade unions rights.
6 April, 2010Bosch workers in India gain wage rises in renewed four year agreements after go-slow protest disrupts the auto industry dependent on critical parts from the plants.
6 April, 2010Negotiations between IMF-affiliated ITUA union and Ford Motor management in Vsevolozhsk, Russia, failed to settle all their differences. However, persistence on the side of the workers allowed them to prevail.
26 March, 2010Lesotho provides a haven for companies wishing to keep workers in slave like employment by escaping the enforcement of worker rights including the right to earn a decent wage. High unemployment together with fragmented and weak organised labour in Lesotho leaves workers vulnerable to exploitation through poor working conditions and poverty wages.
25 March, 2010Global trade union movement releases statement on "Beating the Jobs Crisis" in advance of the G20 Employment and Labour Ministers' Meeting in Washington on April 20 and 21, 2010.
25 March, 2010IMF-JC secures wage rises from major Japanese manufacturers at a critical moment in its 2010 Spring Offensive.
25 March, 2010ITUC launches a three step youth oriented campaign Change The World aimed at attracting young people to join trade unions.
