18 January, 2011The International Metalworkers' Federation joins with a network of solidarity organizations in calling on its affiliates to immediately write to the Mexican authorities demanding protection of the life and integrity of labour rights advocates under threat in Mexico.
18 January, 2011On January 14, 2011, six representatives of the KGB turned up at the headquarters of REP, an IMF affiliate in Belarus. Having removed mobile phones of employees during the five hour search the authorities also confiscated computers, hard drives and other electronic storage media owned by the union, almost completely paralyzing the union's work.
28 February, 2011One week after unions from some 40 countries around the world took action in defense of labour rights in Mexico, SNTMMSRM union leader Juan Linares, who has been illegally imprisoned for more than two years, is released from prison.
25 February, 2011Over 210,000 workers protest against precarious work in Germany this February. The nationwide protests are organized by IG Metall and are directed against the growing threat of precarious employment.
9 February, 2011In response to pressure from Jura Corp Russia, ITUA activists held a picket and called for solidarity. The management received numerous faxes from unions and other organizations including the IMF. The company was warned by the District Attorney. As a result, Jura announced it was ready to engage in talks with the union.
8 February, 2011The Ontario Ministry of Labour will investigate the cause of the explosion which resulted in closure of one of the furnaces.
8 February, 2011UGT and CC.OO signed a social and economic tripartite agreement with the Spanish Government and employers' organizations CEOE-CEPYME. Thanks to the unions' efforts the Government revised its original approach based on EU imposed drastic adjustments plans foreseeing revision among others of the existing system of pensions and collective bargaining.
24 February, 2011Mexican and foreign political leaders and Ambassadors took notice as unions from every part of the globe turned out at Mexican Embassies, national parliaments and congressional halls to voice their concern about the Mexican government's increasingly violent attitude towards independent trade unions.
23 February, 2011Mexican Miners' Union achieves new two year collective agreement with Gammon Gold, ending a eight month long strike at the El Cubo mine.
18 February, 2011A new agreement reached with Tenaris in Brazil sees a reduction of working time with no loss of wages, however at the Calgary plant in the U.S. the company has been uncooperative and is imposing lay-offs and mandatory shutdowns.
