PhD Scholarships at International Centre for Development and Decent Work3 November, 2009November 15, 2009 is the deadline to apply for a PhD scholarship at the ICDD.
Italian unions divided over agreement3 November, 2009Italian metalworkers divided over the signing of a national agreement.
Global campaign against Vale gaining momentum4 November, 2009From Sweden to Korea, New Caledonia to Indonesia and Mozambique, IMF and ICEM affiliates around the world are calling on Vale to make a Fair Deal NOW and respect basic labour rights at all of its operations around the world.
Independent unions discuss joint strategies in Belarus20 January, 2010Participants of the REPAM-SPM joint seminar in Belarus examined both the external and internal threats to union development, discussed lack of protection and networking methods in union activities.
Workers at Johnson Controls in Puebla want to join miners' union26 January, 2010A campaign to discredit the Mexican miners' union has been launched in order to discourage workers from joining the union.
Union building1 February, 2010Building strong national trade unions is crucial. The strong unions which are in a permanent democratic relationship with workers, are capable of achieving real gains through collective bargaining, by organizing the unorganized, striving for trade union unity at the national level and building unions through training, education and effective exchange of information.
Give Haiti debt relief3 February, 2010International Metalworkers' Federation affiliates make donations to the recovery effort in Haiti as calls for debt relief intensify.
Court orders Leoni to reinstate union leader in Ukraine9 February, 2010On January 28 local court ordered Leoni to reinstate unjustly dismissed union leader at Leoni Wiring Systems plant in Lviv area, Ukraine.
ICEM/IMF survey shows precarious work still growing10 February, 2010Precarious work on the rise suggesting many companies who have begun hiring again are doing so with fixed-term or temporary workers.
Unionists discuss communication in Tunisia11 March, 2010Union activists gathered for two days in Tunis to discuss creation of union communication networks within the growing number of TNCs operating in the country.
