10 August, 2010Unions led by IMF affiliate TEAM meet Thai Foreign Minister within the framework of the union campaign for ratification of two core ILO conventions 87 and 98 in Thailand.
29 July, 2010In the lead-up to the next World Summit on Climate Change, FES releases international policy paper exploring three fundamental approaches to financing green and sustainable energy.
25 August, 2010Following an appeal from the IMF affiliated KMWU the Seoul High Court released 21 union activists, three other union leaders are still in jail.
24 August, 2010IMF affiliate National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) ended their eight day strike after the Automobile Manufacturers Employers' Organization (AMEO) agreed to raise workers pay by 10 per cent in 2010.
24 August, 2010IMF affiliates in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico have formulated an action plan on International Framework Agreements (IFAs). An IG Metall colleague will help them build trade union networks.
24 August, 2010The ABC Metalworkers' Union, affiliate to CNM-CUT, launches new workers' TV channel in Brazil under the slogan "a TV que te vê" or "the TV that sees you", creating a new democratic space for public debate on social issues.
3 September, 2010A comprehensive agreement ends the long and bitter conflict at Coca-Cola Pakistan. After the long struggle, 187 workers at the Coke bottling plant in Multan, Pakistan won recognition of their union and precarious jobs were converted into permanent ones.
26 August, 2010OS KOVO calls for letters of solidarity as 1,400 employees will lose their jobs following the announced closure of a Delphi plant by May 2011 in Česká Lípa, Czech Republic.
3 September, 2010In response to labour reforms that open the way to unfair dismissal, unions in Spain call for a general strike on September 29, to coincide with the Europe-wide day of action.
22 July, 2009The situation for some 700 workers on strike at Toshiba Indonesia grows worse each day, but together we can win this fight for basic labour rights and working conditions at Toshiba locations worldwide. The International Metalworkers' Federation and the 25 million metalworkers we represent joins Toshiba Indonesia workers on strike in demanding that the company negotiate in good faith with FSPMI, pay all wages owed workers since April, restore health care coverage for workers on strike and reinstate all fired workers without sanction.
