18 September, 2007Unions from more than 20 countries commit to advancing worker rights at steel giant.

17 September, 2007Steel giant and unions commit to innovative global health and safety program.

13 September, 2007Unionists call on an end to the persecution of the Mexican Miners' and Metalworkers' Union.

16 July, 2007NUMSA and five other metal unions in South Africa sign new collective agreement with engineering employers' federation, including a wage rise of 9 per cent for lowest paid workers.

3 July, 2007IMF and affiliate AMWU signs an International Framework Agreement with Brunel, a global recruitment and service provider.

9 August, 2007Strikers undeterred by company harassment and intimidation.

3 August, 2007Court rules general strike at Mittal Steel Zenica illegal.

2 July, 2007KMWU conducts strikes and protests against the Korea U.S. Free Trade Agreement, which was signed on June 30.

22 May, 2008At the Peoples' Summit, the National Women Miners' Central of Peru (CNMM) and the National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union Of Mexico (SNTMMSRM) publicised the repression and persecution of Mexican miners. The documentary film "An Injury to One" was shown and copies of the IMF White Paper, were distributed.

20 May, 2008IMF joins Numsa and others in call for end to xenophobic violence in South Africa.