24 January, 2011Four workers were killed in a fatal explosion at Mak Corporation shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh. IMF calls on the government of Bangladesh to ensure that those responsible be brought to justice.

21 January, 2011Leaders of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund tell union leaders that "Jobs are central to recovery" during a series of meetings in Washington D.C.

19 January, 2011Following the successful strike at BHP Billiton in South Africa late last year, NUMSA has triumphed in meeting worker demands. Amongst the gains has been an important step forward in the battle to ban labour brokers.

18 January, 2011The International Metalworkers' Federation joins with a network of solidarity organizations in calling on its affiliates to immediately write to the Mexican authorities demanding protection of the life and integrity of labour rights advocates under threat in Mexico.

18 January, 2011On January 14, 2011, six representatives of the KGB turned up at the headquarters of REP, an IMF affiliate in Belarus. Having removed mobile phones of employees during the five hour search the authorities also confiscated computers, hard drives and other electronic storage media owned by the union, almost completely paralyzing the union's work.

18 February, 2011A new agreement reached with Tenaris in Brazil sees a reduction of working time with no loss of wages, however at the Calgary plant in the U.S. the company has been uncooperative and is imposing lay-offs and mandatory shutdowns.

18 February, 2011IMF affiliates with other unions and GUFs representatives in India held demonstrations in solidarity with Mexican workers in New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkota. A trade union delegation met the Mexican Ambassador at New Delhi

17 February, 2011After another successful ruling in the courts in South Korea, KMWU is demanding that Hyundai bring all its subcontracted workers into direct employment.

16 February, 2011While workers at a Gerdau facility in Duitama have secured jobs after an 18 month struggle, in Cali the struggle to keep a Gerdau plant open continues.

10 February, 2011Swedish affiliate IF Metall has signed an International Framework Agreement with Swedish appliance manufacturer Electrolux on behalf of the IMF.