IG Metall demands improved conditions for precarious workers17 February, 2012IG Metall puts rights of precarious workers at centre of its collective bargaining this year, along with demands for a 6.5 per cent wage increase in the metal and electrical engineering sector and permanent contracts for young people completing apprenticeships.
ICEM holds Middle East-North Africa conference19 March, 2012ICEM affiliates and new independent unions debate Arab Spring and union rights at a regional conference in Beirut.
Industrial Relations Act 2012 passed in Pakistan National Assembly19 March, 2012On March 14, 2012 the National Assembly of Pakistan unanimously passed Industrial Relations Act (IRA) 2012.
American workers fight for pensions and wages3 May, 2012US Machinists strike at Caterpillar Plant in Illinois and Lockheed Aeronautics in Texas.
Estonian unions14 June, 2000The changeover in Estonia, from a Soviet-controlled communist planned economy to a capitalistic market economy, has been hard on the trade unions in this small country. Industries have shrunk and trade union membership has decreased.
U.S. unions begin to recover22 September, 2000We are turning the corner, but we are not at our destination yet, says the AFL-CIO president, John J. Sweeney.
Stigmatise<br>bad employers 14 June, 2001The IMF should investigate the behaviour of the multinational companies worldwide and publish the results in a yearly white paper, suggests Giorgio Caprioli, the general secretary of the FIM, one of three IMF affiliates in Italy.
The American dream<br>is still alive 9 December, 2001Chris Duplancich is a metalworker in the USA and a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
