12 December, 2008At least nine FSPMI members were injured and three detained by the police during a demonstration for increase of minimum wages.
10 December, 2008After completing the age of 62 brother Dyvadheenam, former IMF representative for South Asia, passed away in India.
5 December, 2008Juan Linares Montufar and Carlos Pavon Campos have been arrested but no reason has been given for their arrest.
5 December, 2008In the Fifth March of the Working Class, the country's trade union centrals brought together 35,000 workers and presented their proposals to combat the financial crisis to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Brazilian Congress.
3 December, 2008Police raid homes, abduct, arrest and beat union leaders and workers protesting the government's refusal to allow workers to withdraw their full paychecks from the banks.
19 November, 2008Executive Committee adopts concrete proposals to address global financial crisis and its impact on metalworkers and their families.
29 October, 2008IMF and Norwegian affiliate Fellesforbundet sign International Framework Agreement with Aker ASA.
29 October, 2008As the Second Global Forum on Migration and Development (GMFD) meets in Manila this week, trade unions representatives speak out for migrant workers.
28 October, 2008European unions carry out protests against plans announced by the HP- EDS group to massively reduce its workforce.
