5 May, 2009Cochlear Ltd., a world leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art hearing devices, is using Australia's anti-union industrial relations laws to deny 260 workers at its Sydney manufacturing plant the right to be represented by their union, the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union.
5 May, 2009A coalition of 11 global unions together representing over 300 million members in more than 150 countries are campaigning for "zero cancer", tackling the number one workplace killer. Over 600,000 deaths a year - one death every 52 seconds -are caused by occupational cancer, making up almost one-third of all work-related deaths.
26 May, 2009On Tuesday morning the newly elected IMF President Berthold Huber addressed the delegates to the 32nd IMF World Congress and thanked them for their confidence in him. He also made it clear that what was needed now was to unite forces to meet the challenges confronting unions.
