18 October, 2010IMF calls for the release of imprisoned trade union leaders and workers, withdrawal of fabricated criminal cases and is writing to Foxconn and Nokia CEO's calling on them to respect workers' rights at a Foxconn plant located in a Special Economic Zone in Chennai, India.

15 October, 2010Global and European trade union representatives in the steel sector call for a sustainable industry based on long-term investment, job security, environmental modernization, trade policy for workers and active routes for worker participation.

8 November, 2010Workers began a strike over pay at the world's third largest copper mine Collahuasi in Chile on November 5, after five days of government mediated talks failed.

8 November, 2010IMF affiliates from South-East Europe commit themselves to working on setting new paths for capacity building for the defense of workers' rights.

3 November, 2010The European Parliament adopts a series of recommendations on how to redress the disadvantage precarious women workers face.

23 November, 2010On November 20, members of IMF affiliate IF Metall from local trade unions in Kiruna, Umea, Eskilstuna, Trollhättan, Gothenburg and Malmö showed their strength together by lifting cars.

22 November, 2010Unions in Chile and Colombia explore building and unifying strong unions across industrial sectors during IMF evaluation and planning workshops in November.

30 April, 2010Workers of the Alexandrinskaya Ore Mining Company in Chelyabinsk held a picket line in front of the company's representation in Ural.

29 April, 2010IMF gives support to touch screen manufacturing workers fighting for basic rights at Young Fast Optoelectronics in Taiwan, a company that supplies to Samsung, LG, HTC and Google.

27 April, 2010IMF joins affiliates in the call for proper consultation on and assessment of the impact of a Canada-EU comprehensive economic trade agreement.