24 August, 2009ArcelorMittal committee resolves to establish union safety communications network and to focus on preventing fatalities and increasing skills and awareness training across the company globally.
8 July, 2009Trade union and parliamentary leaders visit Mexico to support the Mexican miner workers' union.
21 August, 2009IG Metall calls on government to ensure a return to secure employment practices and an end to the misuse of agency labour.
21 August, 2009Workers at ArcelorMittal are on strike after negotiations on adjustments to the collective agreement ended in deadlock. Steelworkers in the United States and Canada have offered their support for the action taken by the miners' union.
20 August, 2009A trade union representing shipbreaking workers calls on authorities to enforce health and safety after six workers die in Alang on August 4, 2009.
