5 July, 2010The United Steelworkers reach a tentative five year agreement with Brazilian mining giant Vale in Canada. The union has scheduled ratification votes in Sudbury and Port Colborne.
2 July, 2010IF Metall and IMF visit Electrolux management in Thailand, opening the door for union organizing at the two plants.
29 July, 2010The Mexican Miners' Union and the Mexican Electrical Workers' Union agree to form a strong trade union front in Mexico, starting with sending a solidarity caravan to Cananea to coincide with the third anniversary of the mine workers' strike that began on July 30, 2007.
27 July, 2010A "Justice for Colombia" delegation, including IMF general secretary Jyrki Raina, visit Colombia to maintain international pressure on newly-elected Colombian government for improved human and trade union rights.
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.
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.
