14 April, 2010Miners locked out of Rio Tinto's site in Boron, California make their demands for a fair contract to shareholders attending the company's AGM in London on April 15.
1 April, 2010American Axle and Manufacturing Inc. violated the job security clause in its agreement with the UAW and must compensate the workers affected by its 2009 decision to outsource work to Mexico, an arbitrator has ruled.
1 April, 2010To put a stop to the underpayment of women in Germany, IG Metall calls on the federal government to introduce laws on equal pay.
30 March, 2010International Metalworkers' Federation continues to call for an end to the use of protection contracts in Mexico, which are in violation of the fundamental right to freedom of association.
30 March, 2010ILO considers Mexican government violated freedom of association convention by interfering in Mexican Miners' Union's autonomy and calls on Mexican government to resolve its dispute with the union.
17 March, 2010On March 15 a district court in Russia ruled illegal the dismissal of Evgeny Ivanov and ordered General Motors pay him three and a half months' wages in arrears and compensate moral harm.
15 March, 2010A second complaint regarding the use of protection contracts in Mexico was lodged in February 2010 with the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association following an earlier, similar complaint lodged by the International Metalworkers' Federation.
11 March, 2010Union activists gathered for two days in Tunis to discuss creation of union communication networks within the growing number of TNCs operating in the country.
23 April, 2010Affiliates analysed the current situation with reference to the IMF's main actions: progress towards unity with other Global Union Federations (GUFs); the impact of the crisis on the metalworking sector; and the activities and projects of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Office.
