17 November, 2011ICEM, IMF and ITGLWF will hold the joint event "Cutting emissions - transforming jobs" at the UN climate change conference in Durban (COP17) to discuss a sustainable foundation for Just Transition and develop a common industrial strategy for the future of industrial workers.

17 November, 2011Three shipbreaking workers suffer severe burns in a fire accident at Mumbai shipbreaking yard on November 14, 2011

17 November, 2011The Global Labour University now accepts applications to its Engage programme on labour policies and globalisation. Trade unionists are invited to apply by November 30.

16 November, 2011IG Metall is carrying out two hour warning strikes in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen, and demands raises of seven percent for the 75,000 steelworkers in the German states.

5 December, 2011Indonesian union leaders explained how cooperation and targeted organizing led to growth at the IMF Indonesian Project Meeting in Indonesia. The meeting was part of a 3-month project supported by SASK.

2 December, 2011International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation started campaign in support of six trade union leaders sentenced in Pakistan.

1 December, 2011UNI Global Union has released a video in support of the workers at Atento Mexico fighting for their right to have a democratic and independent trade union.

3 November, 2011Thousands of workers led by the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) picketed across the nation to protest against the amendment to the labour laws.

2 November, 2011After a more than year-long bitter struggle, the Indonesian labour movement won the fight to reform the social security system, under the banner of the Social Security Action Committee (KAJS).

1 December, 2011IMF delegation discusses trade union strategies on globalization with All-China Federation of Trade Unions in Shanghai.