31 March, 2008The IMF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean has moved to Montevideo and opened on Monday 31 March.

27 March, 2008Workers at Renault-owned Dacia are striking for improved wages and benefits.

18 March, 2008250 workers reverse employers' attempt to reduce wages at Alang Shipbreaking yard.

15 March, 2008Colombian workers at the nickel mine continue their strike in support of a pay rise and open-ended employment contracts for temporary workers.

13 March, 2008IMF hosts May Day labour film fest in Geneva.

6 December, 2005After more than 6 months of illegal lockout, Gerdau Ameristeel has decided to call workers at their Beaumont mill in Texas, USA, back to work.

30 November, 2005Trade unions and civil society organisations call for WTO negotiations to stop and a full public assessment of the impact of trade on employment and development.

19 October, 2009AMWU bargaining campaign at Cochlear gets boost from new labour laws.

13 October, 2009On September 25, VW works council together with IG Metall held a seminar for the unions at Kaluga plant in Russia and signed an Agreement on Cooperation.

12 October, 2009250,000 Italian metalworkers strike for decent jobs, employment and a national collective agreement.