2 February, 2009Membership will decide on whether to build one strong industrial union out of the merging of six.

30 January, 2009Metalworkers strike for job security, fair wages, and secure pensions amidst global financial crisis.

28 January, 2009"The measured success of the policies adopted today will be in actions that will generate stable employment and encourage redistribution of wealth rather than a return to the volatility of markets and short-term profit-taking," argues IMF general secretary Marcello Malentacchi in his latest opinion column.

20 February, 2009Leaders from IMF affiliates around the world met in Geneva, Switzerland on February 19 for an extraordinary meeting of the IMF Executive Committee to prepare for the 32nd IMF World Congress.

15 December, 2008New 2008 edition of the IMF comparison of working time capacity in different countries.

9 January, 2009Films about unions and working people takes center stage at this year's film festival hosted by the IMF, ITUC and Global Union Federations.

9 January, 2009IMF calls on Sinter Metal to end violations of trade union rights and reinstate all 350 unfairly dismissed workers.

19 December, 2008Korean union leader Yoon Hae-Mo is convicted of criminal obstruction of business and sentenced to one year imprisonment

26 November, 2008After more than two months of negotiations and several weeks of strikes and demonstrations in support of improved conditions, the Uruguayan Metalworkers Union (UNTMRA) has signed a new collective agreement.

20 November, 2008A worldwide total of 91 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers' rights while serious and systematic harassment and intimidation was reported in 63 countries.