13 March, 2009Workers around the world are pushing Tenaris to negotiate an International Framework Agreement.
24 October, 2008New Canadian research finds a link between "precarious employment" and poor mental health.
26 November, 2008After more than two months of negotiations and several weeks of strikes and demonstrations in support of improved conditions, the Uruguayan Metalworkers Union (UNTMRA) has signed a new collective agreement.
3 October, 2008Workers at major auto industry plants in Brazil went on strike during September in support of their demands for improved pay.
24 September, 2008Members of Unite and USW were "Workers Uniting" outside Potosh Corporation's analyst's meeting in an effort to press the company to return to the bargaining table and reach settlement.
23 September, 2008Following a wave of strikes, the South Korean government has unleashed a massive attack against the Korean Metal Workers' Union targeting more than 75 of the union's key leaders for arrest or investigation.
2 February, 2009Membership will decide on whether to build one strong industrial union out of the merging of six.
30 January, 2009Metalworkers strike for job security, fair wages, and secure pensions amidst global financial crisis.
28 January, 2009"The measured success of the policies adopted today will be in actions that will generate stable employment and encourage redistribution of wealth rather than a return to the volatility of markets and short-term profit-taking," argues IMF general secretary Marcello Malentacchi in his latest opinion column.
