Turkish unions confront precarious work30 April, 2012At a conference organized by ICEM, IMF and ITGLWF, affiliates of all three global unions debated how unions should respond to the increase in precarious work in Turkey.
Thailand: Free Somyot30 April, 2012Please support the latest LabourStart campaign to free Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, a trade unionist, activist and journalist in Thailand that has been in jail since April 2011.
OS KOVO concludes new agreement with Skoda2 May, 2012IMF Czech affiliate Metalworkers' Federation OS KOVO successfully concluded a new agreement for Skoda workers. The agreement provides for wage increases and is valid through the end of March 2013.
ILO states joblessness and social unrest will persist in 201230 April, 2012In the International Labour Organization's annual report on global labour conditions released March 30, the UN agency predicts that European social unrest will heighten this year as governments continue to forge ahead with ill-advised austerity policies. It also forecasts that over 202 million people worldwide will be unemployed in 2012.
Workers stage warning strikes in Germany3 May, 2012Over 30,000 manufacturing workers warned employers with strikes across Germany after the negotiations between IG Metall and the employers' association, Gesamtmetall, came to a deadlock at the end of April.
A global celebration on May Day 20123 May, 2012May Day was a day of global mobilization and a resonant call on governments to focus on creating decent, sustainable jobs to protect workers' rights. May Day brought out hundreds of thousands of workers all over the globe.
Only one in ten in G20 countries believe austerity will work14 June, 2012G20 leaders must urgently rethink policies and back job-centred growth, demands unions, after a new poll commissioned by the ITUC shows that only one in ten in G20 countries believe austerity will work.
Vote to condemn Rio Tinto as Olympics medals provider14 June, 2012IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF call on affiliates to cast their votes for Rio Tinto in the Greenwash Gold awards, being held to shine a light on companies sponsoring the Olympics 2012 while at the same time damaging the environment and communities.
ArcelorMittal Brazilian workers' network meeting16 May, 2012The workers were shocked to find there are separate canteens for direct employees and contract workers at the company's Monlevade plant.
CAT member kidnapped, beaten and threatened with death in Puebla17 May, 2012The Workers' Support Centre (Centro de Apoyo al Trabajador, CAT), an NGO that defends labour rights in Mexico, has been subjected to harassment since 2008. The IMF and human rights organisations are calling for the authorities to guarantee the lives of CAT members.
