23 January, 2008IBM workers launch online petition against IBM management's decision to outsource 5,000 workers to AT&T. Support the workers and sign today at: http://www.petitiononline.com/IBM1/petition.html
23 January, 2008Thousands of people marched on January 22 protesting against the announced closure of a Nokia mobile phone production plant in Bochum, Germany.
16 January, 2008Featuring a report on how a gold rush in Mongolia is leading to an epidemic of mercury poisoning affecting gold diggers, local people and the environment, the latest issue of IMF's journal Metal World is available now on the IMF website.
16 January, 2008Globalisation is the number one challenge Stefan Löfvén, a welder who is now president of the Swedish union, IF Metall, heads a union facing major challenges, both at home and abroad.
15 January, 2008A gold rush in Mongolia is leading to an epidemic of mercury poisoning affecting gold diggers, local people and the environment.
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.
17 May, 2008The ZCTU's President and General Secretary are charged with inciting people to rise up against the government following speeches they made during May Day celebrations. ZCTU council member, Raymond Majongwe, was apprehended at their bail hearing.
16 May, 2008Dispute at Bosal auto parts producer in Turkey resolved and the six dismissed workers reinstated.
