26 October, 2009A new publication reports on the global electronics sector's failure to be socially responsible and calls for greater involvement of trade unions and civil society organisations in the regulation and control of the industry.
21 October, 2009The Colombian trade union leader Albeiro Martinez has died from a heart attack at the age of 49. He lived his last five years in Chile in order to protect his life and that of his family after receiving death threats because of his trade union work in Colombia.
20 October, 2009After a trade union delegation was refused entry to Gerdau's Aza factory, the Gerdau Global Workers' Committee protested outside the plant and handed in a letter to management repudiating the company's stance.
22 May, 2009Executive Committee members met in Gothenburg to discuss future cooperation with Global Union Federations and put forward candidates to be elected by the IMF Congress delegates on Monday.
10 June, 2009The third annual Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival features fourteen films from around the world produced by, for, and about unions and working people.
26 May, 2009The new IMF General Secretary, Jyrki Raina, states that the International Metalworkers' Federation will have one policy - the IMF Action Programme for 2009 to 2013.
11 May, 2009At a roundtable meeting in Amsterdam with many of the world's major brand name electronics manufacturers, IMF joined with NGOs in calling on the companies to drop their hostility to trade unions and respect the rights of their workers to freedom of association.
9 May, 2009The International Metalworkers´ Federation is calling on the Korean government to end labour rights abuses in Korea and bring the country´s labour laws in line with core labour standards so that all workers enjoy the rights to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.
