1 December, 2010Calling for trade union rights in Mexico, the international trade union movement is holding various actions including rallies, meetings with Mexican ambassadors, and letter and mass email communication in at least 30 countries around the world from February 14 to 19, 2011.

1 December, 2010Some 670,000 German metal and electronics workers to get 2011 pay rises early, reports IG Metall.

17 January, 2011A worker at the Toquepala opencast mine has died after a landslip from an area that has experienced repeated rock falls. The IMF calls for those responsible to be brought to justice.

13 January, 2011Mexican Miners' Union reiterates support of its current industrial and political direction at its national assembly on January 10 to11, as the union prepares itself for the global days of action from February 14 to 19 calling for trade union rights in Mexico.

13 January, 2011South Korean GM Daewoo workers engage in a high-altitude sit-in protest for over one month. For more than three years precarious workers at GM Daewoo have continuously faced dismissals and union repression. The IMF joins with the Korean Metal Workers' Union in calls for international support.

13 January, 2011Voting in the Public Eye Award 2011 for the most evil company of the year has started: Good Electronics and the IMF urge you to vote for Foxconn! Call upon your friends, colleagues and constituencies to spread the word!

13 January, 2011Following the 3rd international meeting of the Tenaris Workers' World Council in Brazil last November, the union in Argentina negotiates a new permanent profit sharing system at the Campana plant; in Colombia Jairo del Rio seeks government intervention in the bargaining process; and, USW in Canada requests a meeting with Tenaris CEO Paolo Rocca.

10 November, 2009IMF affiliates take action outside a Deutsche Bank metals conference where executives representing global mining giant Vale S.A. were presenting.

9 November, 2009Leaflets issued by IMF affiliate ITUA were included in the 'Federal List of Extremist Materials' in Russia.

19 November, 2009Union communicators from all parts of the world met in Frankfurt to discuss union campaigns, innovative communication strategies and new media techniques at the first joint IMF-EMF Communicators' Forum.