14 October, 2010Representatives of works councils at Ford plants in Europe visited the factory in Vsevolozhsk, Russia and agreed on future forms of joint work and cooperation.
2 November, 2010Oppression of the 30,000 technical and professional employees of PEMEX, Mexico's state-owned petroleum company, continued on October 22 when the General Secretary of Local 1 of the National Union of Technical and Professional Petroleum Workers (UNTyPP) was given "forced retirement."
16 November, 2010The future of the world of work, the dignity of labour and the rights base that workers should enjoy is only going to be driven by us," says Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary.
12 November, 2010Australian metalworkers are blaming the high Australian dollar for a decision by the mining truck maker Caterpillar to shift manufacturing overseas.
8 November, 2010Workers began a strike over pay at the world's third largest copper mine Collahuasi in Chile on November 5, after five days of government mediated talks failed.
1 November, 2010Volkswagen's world works council discusses the implementation of the group's labour relations charter. For the first time, worker and management representatives from the plants in China attend the meeting.
29 October, 2010Workers and trade unions in France stage unprecedented series of protest actions against French President Sarkozy's move to increase the retirement age.
22 October, 2010Trade union leaders remain in jail for the 14th day. Outraged trade unionists, common people and opposition political parties staged a massive demonstration in support of Foxconn workers at Chennai.
22 October, 2010Amalgamated Union of Kenya Metal Workers (AUKMW) has successfully concluded negotiations with the Kenya Motor Trade and Allied Employers Association. The two year collective bargaining agreement secures gains of 11% wage increase in the first year and 10% wage increase in the second year.
