23 March, 2007A new cancer prevention guide, reveals that 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.
20 March, 2007Occupational cancer is the single largest cause of work-related deaths, but the risks have been down-played by governments, health and safety enforcement agencies and employers. Addressing the workplace cancer issue takes a combination of awareness raising and action in the workplace and company-wide.
29 June, 2006In a coordinated campaign Toyota workers around the world call for the reinstatement of 136 illegally fired Toyota Philippines workers.
26 June, 2006Meeting in Oslo, the IMF Executive Committee vowed to support Napoleon Gomez Urrutia and the Mexican miners' union in their fight against government interference in union affairs.
14 June, 2006International Framework Agreements concluded between Transnational Companies and Global Union Federations (GUF)
18 January, 2007Discussion on quality employment will be held on January 23 at the World Social Forum in Nairobi.
25 July, 2006Italian metalworker unions wrote to trade minister calling for an effective round of trade negotiations for development.
1 December, 2008Six executives from the Italian unit of German steel maker ThyssenKrupp were indicted on charges ranging from manslaughter to murder for their involvement in the December 2007 steel plant fire that killed seven workers.
16 September, 2008Labour laws adopted without consultation will reduce conditions and workers' rights in Macedonia.
