6 October, 2010Brazilian trade union leader Augusto Lima was killed by a security guard on October 1. The special homicide and kidnapping unit carries out preliminary investigations.
5 October, 2010Global Unions, representing more than 176 million working people worldwide, presents "Quality Public Services - Action Now!" a conference from October 12 to 14 in Geneva.
5 October, 2010ACV-CSC METEA protests against the carmaker who announced that the potential buyers do not meet the requirements to take over the Antwerp plant.
5 October, 2010IMF Regional Representative, Steve Nhlapo was amongst the hundred delegates from around the globe that met in Harare at the end of September 2010 to discuss the future of the labour movement in the country and receive the report of the ILO Commission of Inquiry on Zimbabwe.
2 November, 2010BYD Electronics, a Nokia supplier-company based in Chennai, India, on November 1 terminated workers en masse, ordered 437 others to sign a letter of apology to keep their jobs and announced an illegal lockout in response to the workers' demands for union recognition and improved conditions. IMF joins with LabourStart in calling on the Tamil Nadu government to ensure these workers' rights are respected.
2 November, 2010After 12 imprisoned Foxconn workers and union leaders are released in Chennai, India, IMF joins with LabourStart in maintaining the pressure on the Tamil Nadu government and Foxconn by demanding all criminal charges be dropped, the reinstatement of 24 suspended workers and recognition of the FITS union.
2 November, 2010Fellesforbundet, IMF, and Aker ASA will continue to work together for building, developing and managing networking in the company to secure the implementation of the International Framework Agreement, which is extended for another two years.
2 November, 2010Over a hundred auto parts workplaces participated in protest actions organized by IMF Canadian affiliate CAW on October 27. Auto workers protested against pressure for wage cuts and pension reduction imposed on them both by employers and the government.
2 November, 2010Oppression of the 30,000 technical and professional employees of PEMEX, Mexico's state-owned petroleum company, continued on October 22 when the General Secretary of Local 1 of the National Union of Technical and Professional Petroleum Workers (UNTyPP) was given "forced retirement."
1 November, 2010Volkswagen's world works council discusses the implementation of the group's labour relations charter. For the first time, worker and management representatives from the plants in China attend the meeting.
