25 July, 20002.730 mine workers in China have been killed so far only this year.

20 July, 2000A high profile campaign is underway in Australia to save the National OHS Commission from decimation by the conservative government.

17 July, 2000IMF regional representative for Southeast Asia, P. Arunasalam, wonders whether the trade unions have sidelined the issue of child labour.

13 July, 2000Job discrimination against women must be eliminated says Pakistan union.

29 October, 2008IMF and Norwegian affiliate Fellesforbundet sign International Framework Agreement with Aker ASA.

29 October, 2008As the Second Global Forum on Migration and Development (GMFD) meets in Manila this week, trade unions representatives speak out for migrant workers.

28 October, 2008European unions carry out protests against plans announced by the HP- EDS group to massively reduce its workforce.

20 March, 2009At Zlatoust Steel Plant ZSP in Russia steelworkers renew their hunger strike. Workers demand to return normal length of working day and level of wages and do not trust their management who violated own obligations. The trade union is looking for the ways to solve the conflict.

19 March, 2009Two sisters face up to six years imprisonment after their company targeted them for trying to organize precarious workers.

16 March, 2009Bulgarian union Metallicy restarted a series of protests seeking to save Bulgaria's largest steel plant Kremikovtzi and demanded from the government to develop restructuring and compensation programs.