26 November, 2008After more than two months of negotiations and several weeks of strikes and demonstrations in support of improved conditions, the Uruguayan Metalworkers Union (UNTMRA) has signed a new collective agreement.
20 November, 2008A worldwide total of 91 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers' rights while serious and systematic harassment and intimidation was reported in 63 countries.
3 December, 2008On the night of Thursday November 13th 2008 Alexei Etmanov, the leader of the Ford-Vsevelozhsk trade union and co-chairman of Interregional Trade Union of Autoworkers (ITUA), an affiliate of IMF, was assaulted once again.
14 November, 2008Management illegally terminated strikers' labour contracts and attempted to break the strike by hiring replacement workers.
16 January, 2008A global conference of worker representatives heard that while BHP Billiton's approach to unions varies from particular sites and across nations, the company seeks to undermine collective worker arrangements.
9 January, 2008Entschliessung des Zentralkomitees des Internationalen Metallgewerkschaftsbunds zur Unterstützung der Ford-Arbeitnehmer in Vsevolojsk, Russland
8 January, 2008Responding to the spread of contract work requires the strengthening of metalworking union organizing and unity among workers.
28 November, 2007IMF delegates gathered in the former capital of Brazil, Salvador, to discuss crucial IMF issues.
