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.
16 November, 2011APEC leaders meeting in Hawaii said nothing about establishing a fairer trading system, investing in decent jobs or strengthening social protection. Unions were particularly concerned at the statement on a Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPPTA) announced at the APEC summit on November 12, 2011.
12 July, 2011Best "Green Growth" practices are widely discussed to address environmental, climate change and sustainable development issues in shipbuilding including related industries such as maritime equipment, shipping operation, and ship recycling/breaking.
12 July, 2011Affiliates from 16 African countries met in Johannesburg, South Africa on 6th and 7th July 2011 to discuss progress of the women's programme, the implementation of the IMF action programme and the creation of the new global union federation.
7 July, 2011Mineworker Roberto Arellano was killed June 30 at the mine of La Cienega, in Durango, Mexico. The IMF and ICEM join their Mexican affiliate Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Metalúrgicos y Similares de la República Mexicana (SNTMMSRM) and demand adoption of laws to penalize employers who demonstrate criminal negligence.
6 July, 2011The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade union and labour activists to apply for a Masters programme on Labour and Globalization at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. The deadline for applications for the Witwatersrand programme is July 31, 2011.
6 July, 2011At a court hearing in Turin the public prosecutor demanded a 20 year jail sentence for the owners and top management of the multinational Eternit Group for wilfully and maliciously causing an ecological disaster that resulted in numerous deaths from asbestos.
4 October, 2011Under the slogan "loud and strong" 20,000 young people participated on October 1 in Cologne, Germany in the IG Metall Youth Action Day.
