19 November, 2001ABC Metalworkers' union have reached an agreement with VW to end the strike at Volkswagen's plant in Sao Bernardo in Brazil. The agreement will prevent layoffs, but will also lead to reduction in salaries.

13 November, 2001800 delegates from 100 countries adopt a statement on the struggle against terrorism.

12 November, 2001Management has refused to reverse its decision to lay off 11 per cent of its Brazilian workforce.

5 November, 2001Workers in Australia will be forming links with co-workers from Electrolux in Sweden to protect jobs and workers' rights in Australia and around the world.

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.

6 February, 2009Unions call for immediate investigations into assaults and threats against ITUA leaders and activists.

2 February, 2009Membership will decide on whether to build one strong industrial union out of the merging of six.

30 January, 2009Metalworkers strike for job security, fair wages, and secure pensions amidst global financial crisis.

28 January, 2009"The measured success of the policies adopted today will be in actions that will generate stable employment and encourage redistribution of wealth rather than a return to the volatility of markets and short-term profit-taking," argues IMF general secretary Marcello Malentacchi in his latest opinion column.

30 May, 2008Unions in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and the U.S. take action in support of Mexican Miners' Unions' struggle for union independence.