12 March, 2010Sign a petition calling on G20 to introduce a tax on financial transactions to generate funds for public good.
11 March, 2010Representatives of IMF affiliates from different countries will gather within an IMF Working Group to discuss a concept and guidelines for trade union networks in transnational companies.
11 March, 2010Pre-existing inequalities exacerbates effects of the financial crisis on women, concludes a meeting of metalworker unions held in commemoration of International Women's Day.
26 March, 2010Lesotho provides a haven for companies wishing to keep workers in slave like employment by escaping the enforcement of worker rights including the right to earn a decent wage. High unemployment together with fragmented and weak organised labour in Lesotho leaves workers vulnerable to exploitation through poor working conditions and poverty wages.
25 March, 2010Global trade union movement releases statement on "Beating the Jobs Crisis" in advance of the G20 Employment and Labour Ministers' Meeting in Washington on April 20 and 21, 2010.
25 February, 2010The International Metalworkers' Federation's Working Party on Trade, Employment and Development discusses the social and economic impacts of Free Trade Agreements and their potential challenge to solidarity.
24 February, 2010Following the loss of 900 jobs at the closed Cardiff Bosch plant, metalworkers across Europe unite in action to defend jobs.
19 April, 2010Affiliates representing workers in the ICT, Electrical and Electronics industries at IMF's conference on 'Organizing, Trade Union Rights and Sustainability' give the highest priority to organizing as the best means of safeguarding workers' rights
16 April, 2010European industrial workers call for EU action on electricity and raw materials prices: EMF and EMCEF to hold European Action Day on April 22.
14 April, 2010In commemoration of its former president Arthur Svensson the Norwegian trade union Industri Energi announces an international award for promoters of trade unions rights.
