14 October, 2008KMWU President Gab-Deuk Jung was arrested and charged with "obstruction of business" following a series of strikes demanding industry-wide collective bargaining and protesting U.S. beef imports.
10 October, 2008Global committee working to improve the health and safety at ArcelorMittal operations in Kazakhstan and around the world.
9 October, 2008Trade unions from North and South America release joint statement on the international financial crisis and the WTO.
19 November, 2008Executive Committee adopts concrete proposals to address global financial crisis and its impact on metalworkers and their families.
12 November, 2008IMF affiliates lead fight for international solutions to climate change in the steel industry.
11 November, 2008Workers of the ailing Kremikovtzi steel plant have not been paid for three months and are calling on the government to intervene.
13 November, 2008IMF calls for an immediate and transparent investigation into the recent assaults and threats against ITUA leaders and activists.
29 July, 2010In the lead-up to the next World Summit on Climate Change, FES releases international policy paper exploring three fundamental approaches to financing green and sustainable energy.
11 January, 2010Respect of the right to collective bargaining and of the national labour law was the focus of the meeting. Shop stewards were saddened at the news that one more worker, the sixth since the beginning of this year, died at an ArcelorMittal production site in Spain.
