3 July, 2007Five shots were fired at the porter's lodge at the union offices. Fortunately, nobody was hit.

14 August, 200720 SNTMMSRM members wounded, 15 detained, 1 dead

16 November, 2007In honour of the upcoming IMF Central Committee meeting to be held in Brazil on November 28 and 29, Metal World's latest issue featuring metalworking in Brazil, has been printed in <a href="http://www.imfmetal.org/main/files/07111615174379/MW_portugues.pdf">Portuguese</a>.

14 June, 2007Issue focuses on Zimbabwean workers and building sustainable unions in Africa.

10 June, 2007IUF publishes trade union guide on private equity buyouts -- what it is, the dangers it represents to workers and possible strategies to tackle the issue.

5 June, 2007IMF urges Indonesian president to intervene on workers' behalf.

4 October, 2007The new Swedish union will represent 500,000 members making it the largest union in the private sector.

27 July, 2007As many as 600 workers will be out of work at one of the oldest Ford facilities in Australia by 2010, further 3,500 other jobs will also be lost.

10 August, 2005The IMF seeks a satisfactory resolution for the workers and their union at a Toyota plant in the Philippines whose trade union rights have been violated by the company in an ongoing dispute.

13 October, 1999The biggest union in Ghana has been forced to postpone an important conference.