27 April, 2010IMF joins affiliates in the call for proper consultation on and assessment of the impact of a Canada-EU comprehensive economic trade agreement.

23 April, 2010Affiliates analysed the current situation with reference to the IMF's main actions: progress towards unity with other Global Union Federations (GUFs); the impact of the crisis on the metalworking sector; and the activities and projects of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Office.

10 February, 2010IMF calls for film submissions from affiliates for the 4th Annual Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival, taking place on June 15, 2010.

9 February, 2010On January 28 local court ordered Leoni to reinstate unjustly dismissed union leader at Leoni Wiring Systems plant in Lviv area, Ukraine.

26 January, 2010A campaign to discredit the Mexican miners' union has been launched in order to discourage workers from joining the union.

22 January, 2010Workers take action to try and secure jobs after GM announces closure of Opel plant in Antwerp, Belgium

3 February, 2010The IMF and EMF are calling on auto components and sports equipment maker Ekoendustri to reinstate the workers immediately and respect ILO conventions 87 and 98 to which Turkey is a signatory.

1 February, 2010Building strong national trade unions is crucial. The strong unions which are in a permanent democratic relationship with workers, are capable of achieving real gains through collective bargaining, by organizing the unorganized, striving for trade union unity at the national level and building unions through training, education and effective exchange of information.

28 January, 2010European GM workers show solidarity to Antwerp Opel workers and Saab finds a new owner in Sweden.

27 January, 2010A jobless recovery is the scenario that appears from the just released ILO "Global Employment Trends 2010 Report".