14 January, 2010IMF's work in the steel sector will focus on organising, networks, precarious work and climate change in 2010.

14 January, 2010IMF set to continue working with affiliates on climate change after a flimsy non-binding agreement was reached in Copenhagen last year.

18 December, 2009IMF and the leadership of Tanzania evaluated results of a joint TUICO-IMF-IF Metall project.

17 December, 2009Programme of activities 2010 and ways out of the crisis were on the focus as IMF's Executive Committee met in Geneva.

14 December, 2009European trade unions highlight atrocities committed against Colombian trade unionists and discuss negative impacts of a potential EU-Colombia trade deal.

11 December, 2009Two new fatalities happened at Tuzla shipyards in Turkey. Limter İş is calling the deaths occupational murder and is demanding employers and the Turkish Ministry of Labour take adequate measures.

10 December, 2009Announcing a labour approach to tackling Climate Change, the Global Unions have produced a joint publication, "Green Growth for jobs and social justice"

9 December, 2009At the Regional Planning Seminar on Mining, held in Santiago, Chile, affiliates from Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru agreed a programme of action on employment and trade union conditions in the mining sector.

25 November, 2009ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association blasts Korean government for its inaction regarding alleged acts of anti-union repression carried out against subcontracted workers and calls on Korea to reform its labour laws immediately, specifically penal code 314.

24 November, 2009Workers from unions represented by the Gerdau Global Workers' Committee distributed leaflets at Gerdau Group plants, organised meetings and held marches and demonstrations throughout the world on its international day of struggle on November 18.