14 October, 2010Representatives of works councils at Ford plants in Europe visited the factory in Vsevolozhsk, Russia and agreed on future forms of joint work and cooperation.
13 October, 2010As the G20 gathers in Seoul on November 11 and 12, the International Metalworkers' Federation and its affiliates are calling on the Korean government to honour its international commitments and respect workers' rights.
20 February, 2012Job security and job creation was the foundation behind a new two-year national labour agreement between social partners in Denmark. That came together in marathon bargaining over the weekend, February 11-12, in framework talks for 240,000 Danish manufacturing workers and 6,000 enterprises, the latter represented by Dansk Industri.
20 February, 2012The Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) and the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) reject changes to labour law in Spain and start continuous mobilization. On February 19, hundreds of thousands of people went to the streets in 57 cities in their first major show of anger over the reforms.
17 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.
16 February, 2012IMF U.S. affiliate United Auto Workers (UAW) announced that General Motors Corp. (GM) workers will receive approximately US$ 7,000 in profit-sharing based on results of 2011 earnings. European Metalworkers Federation (EMF) insists GM should develop a long term sustainable business plan for the GM owned Opel/Vauxhall in Europe.
13 July, 2011A recent China Labour Watch (CLW) report exposes appalling working conditions in ten Chinese electronics factories that supply products to multinational electronics companies such as Dell, Salcomp, IBM, Ericsson, Philips, Microsoft, Apple, HP, and Nokia.
13 July, 2011Copper miners hold a national 24-hour strike in protest at Codelco's privatisation plans.
12 July, 2011Best "Green Growth" practices are widely discussed to address environmental, climate change and sustainable development issues in shipbuilding including related industries such as maritime equipment, shipping operation, and ship recycling/breaking.
12 July, 2011Affiliates from 16 African countries met in Johannesburg, South Africa on 6th and 7th July 2011 to discuss progress of the women's programme, the implementation of the IMF action programme and the creation of the new global union federation.
