3 December, 2009Industrial workers' trade union federations call for a binding international agreement that will provide a framework for combating global warming, while at the same time safeguarding employment and workers' rights.
2 December, 2009Union activists arrested for collecting signatures in support of «BelAZ» worker Yuri Loban, who was dismissed after his short-term contract expired.
25 November, 2009AMWU publishes an Australia version of the global Occupational Cancer Zero Cancer booklet, a union guide to prevent exposure to cancer causing risks in the workplace.
20 November, 2009Implementation of the Leoni Declaration on Social Rights was the focus of the meeting. Shop stewards reported that up to 70 per cent of workers are precariously employed, a lack of health and safety and frequent intimidation of union representatives.
19 November, 2009Metal unions from across Europe decided in Madrid to pursue a set of demands on precarious work in all European countries.
15 January, 2010IAM and partners launch Ur Union of Unemployed - nicknamed UCubed - to assist the more than 31 million jobless Americans, see: <a href="http://www.unionofunemployed.com">www.unionofunemployed.com</a>
14 January, 2010USW files bad-faith bargaining complaint against Vale, unions around the globe call for a Fair Deal NOW.
14 January, 2010Thousands of Saab workers demonstrate outside plant in Trollhättan, Sweden in protest of GM's moves to close the plant.
