14 December, 2010At the ITUC conference in Moscow, IMF affiliates joined the Newly Independent States (NIS) in their demands that the government and employers respect fundamental rights guaranteed by ILO Conventions.
26 October, 2010IMF finalizes draft guidelines on trade union networks in transnational corporations (TNCs) and looks in more detail at how these networks can lead to organizing and promoting international solidarity.
25 January, 2011More than seventy unionists attend three IMF-ILO ACTRAV workshops on EPZ organising in Indonesia.
25 January, 2011The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the AFL-CIO sue republican governor of South Carolina over her pledge to use state resources to deprive South Carolina citizens of the right to join a union.
17 January, 2011A worker at the Toquepala opencast mine has died after a landslip from an area that has experienced repeated rock falls. The IMF calls for those responsible to be brought to justice.
19 August, 2009At the sub regional meeting that took place in Durban, South Africa in June 2008, the IMF Region and affiliates gave detailed reports on progress and development in each country. Discussion followed on what the way forward should be in IMF work in these countries. Willingness to work towards sustainable unionism is key to how IMF engages affiliates in the region. Thus it is also central to reporting on the progress of IMF affiliates in the region and discussions on future engagement between IMF and the affiliate.
