26 May, 2011The principles for creating a new global union federation that unites industrial and manufacturing workers around the world were adopted by a joint executive meeting of IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF on May 25, 2011.

25 May, 2011OECD Guidelines for Multinational Companies are updated and improved to be extended to suppliers and for better protection of precarious workers.

14 September, 2010Thousands of auto workers take action in support of their demand for a nine per cent wage increase.

29 September, 2010Foxconn India workers in Chennai are struggling for union rights, better wages and reinstatement of 23 union members.

29 September, 2010Union communicators meet and take steps to increase the visibility of trade unions and the International Metalworkers' Federation in the CIS countries.

26 September, 2010IMF affiliates from African and European countries and the EMF analyze the impact of the EU trade policy on development and assess the future of industrialization in Africa.

23 September, 2010A joint task force set up by the decision-making bodies of IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF meets in Germany to explore a process to unify the world's industrial workers into one global union federation.

23 September, 2010Workers protest, hold minute of silence in Spain, Colombia, Canada, Chile and Brazil after a worker died on September 5 at a Gerdau plant in Spain.

22 September, 2010Metalicy holds traditional sports games on September 1 to 5, 2010 under the motto "Mobilizing globally against precarious work".

22 September, 2010PRO-GE to demand wage increases and reductions in working time in the forthcoming round of collective bargaining for 165,000 workers in the metal sector.