29 September, 2010A new unlimited agreement providing for job security and greater consultation rights of workers was reached at Siemens now covering all 128,000 employees in Germany.
27 September, 2010IMF to renew its focus on building global trade union strength in Mechanical Engineering sector through building union networks in relevant TNCs and in three sub-sectors.
23 September, 2010Dismissed Hyundai workers in Chennai await decision on reinstatement again. Earlier a global meeting of Hyundai/Kia trade union representatives met to strengthen the global trade union network.
21 September, 201040,000 metalworkers in the São Paulo region working for Ford, Scania, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz secure biggest wage increase in history. Elsewhere, Renault, Volvo and Ford workers make significant gains and other Volkswagen workers continue action to support their demands.
4 March, 2010130 jobs secured at Automotive Lighting in Reutlingen, Germany after a three week strike.
2 March, 2010International Metalworkers' Federation CIS regional office together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foundation organized a seminar in Almaty on consolidation and tackling problems of the trade union movement in Kazakhstan in response to the financial crisis.
25 February, 2010The International Metalworkers' Federation's Working Party on Trade, Employment and Development discusses the social and economic impacts of Free Trade Agreements and their potential challenge to solidarity.
16 February, 2010Rights groups protest as millions of Burmese migrants face deportation from Thailand on March 1, 2010.
15 February, 2010The caution to Mexican authorities follows a court decision on February 11 to end the 31-month strike by the Mexican Miners' Union and terminate its collective agreement with Grupo México.
