28 June, 2007Cristina Auerbach, a lawyer for the Mexican Pastoral for Workers, has been assaulted outside her home. The attackers stole documents relating to the death of the Pasta de Conchos miners.
26 June, 2007The workers, who are demanding the same employment conditions as other Codelco workers, instigated the most violent day in Codelco's history.
4 September, 2007Sporting a new modern look and featuring metalworking in Brazil, the latest edition of IMF's journal Metal World is available now on the IMF website.
3 September, 2007Participants at the IMF Central Committee, to be held in Brazil later this year, will find a very strong trade union movement particularly in the metalworking sector.
3 September, 2007In 1991 Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay began a process of establishing a Common Market, known as Mercosul. This report examines the challenges trade unions face in influencing the direction of the Mercosul, a market in which the auto and metalworking sectors play a significant role.
3 September, 2007Temporary, casual, insecure and contingent work is on the rise in the metal working sector, according to a recent IMF survey.