16 January, 2008Police and military attack striking Cananea workers fighting for better wages and health and safety improvements.

16 January, 2008A global conference of worker representatives heard that while BHP Billiton's approach to unions varies from particular sites and across nations, the company seeks to undermine collective worker arrangements.

16 May, 2008Napoleón Gómez was re-elected as the union's General Secretary for the period 2008-2014 at the 35th ordinary general assembly of the Mexican miners' union.

15 May, 2008Three Finnish IMF affiliates believe Nokia should be the first Finnish company to sign an International Framework Agreement to secure basic rights for Nokia's employees around the globe.

13 May, 2008Unions hold 24-hour strike to protest company's move to increase hours of work.

7 May, 2008Film makers and labour activists turnout for 2nd annual Night of Labour Films Shorts

5 May, 2008Unions challenge government's use of "state terror" and vow to raise issues of labour and human rights abuses with ILO and ECHR.

13 December, 2007

10 December, 2007Unions ask questions at AGM about BHP Billiton's policies on industrial relations and climate change.

7 December, 2007Two workers died and another eight were hospitalised after a fire broke out.