14 June, 2007The IMF regional office in Africa works closely with affiliates to build international solidarity, strengthen trade unions and improve the lives of workers. As described in this report, the challenges are enormous requiring a strategic focus on building sustainable unions as can be seen in Tanzania and Swaziland.
13 June, 2007While the Zimbabwean economy is in free fall, workers' wages are worth less and less each day. The cost of transport to and from work now surpasses the average worker's daily wage. What happens when a workforce must pay to work? And what are the implications for union organizing?
7 June, 2007The President of the Taubaté Metalworkers Union has received a death threat after a bomb exploded at the union office on Tuesday night.
16 July, 2007NUMSA and five other metal unions in South Africa sign new collective agreement with engineering employers' federation, including a wage rise of 9 per cent for lowest paid workers.
3 July, 2007IMF and affiliate AMWU signs an International Framework Agreement with Brunel, a global recruitment and service provider.
27 April, 2007A global "zero cancer" campaign aimed at tackling the number one workplace killer was launched today, one day prior to April 28 Workers' International Memorial Day.
2 July, 2007KMWU conducts strikes and protests against the Korea U.S. Free Trade Agreement, which was signed on June 30.
