5 July, 2010The United Steelworkers reach a tentative five year agreement with Brazilian mining giant Vale in Canada. The union has scheduled ratification votes in Sudbury and Port Colborne.

2 July, 2010IF Metall and IMF visit Electrolux management in Thailand, opening the door for union organizing at the two plants.

13 January, 2009A rock fall in the Charcas San Luis de Potosí mine has left one worker dead and another seriously injured. The National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union of Mexico (SNTMMSRM) calls on the government and companies to accept responsibility for workers' safety.

27 January, 2009Brazil's trade unions are worried about the effects of the financial crisis and growing unemployment and are taking action to protect workers' interests.

3 March, 2009Global union fact-finding mission finds labour rights violations in Korea worsening since the lifting of the OECD monitoring process in 2007, unions call on government to implement key ILO recommendations.

28 February, 2009Tired of lies and humiliation from their employers workers occupy one of Ukraine's biggest and oldest agricultural factories in a bid to keep it open.

25 February, 2009The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union renewed the IMF's campaign for a global ban on asbestos at the opening of a new Asbestos Disease and Research Institute.

13 March, 2009Workers around the world are pushing Tenaris to negotiate an International Framework Agreement.

6 February, 2009Unions call for immediate investigations into assaults and threats against ITUA leaders and activists.

2 February, 2009Membership will decide on whether to build one strong industrial union out of the merging of six.