14 January, 2009No satisfactory solution has yet been found to the situation of the Siderperu workers sacked at the end of last year, despite the efforts of the union, the IMF's Gerdau Group Global Committee and other sister organisations.
14 January, 2009Around 3,000 miners have been sacked. The unions have been organising their response and demanding a solution to the situation.
12 December, 2008At least nine FSPMI members were injured and three detained by the police during a demonstration for increase of minimum wages.
10 December, 2008After completing the age of 62 brother Dyvadheenam, former IMF representative for South Asia, passed away in India.
5 December, 2008Juan Linares Montufar and Carlos Pavon Campos have been arrested but no reason has been given for their arrest.
5 December, 2008In the Fifth March of the Working Class, the country's trade union centrals brought together 35,000 workers and presented their proposals to combat the financial crisis to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Brazilian Congress.
29 September, 2006Delegates to the IFA World Conference in Germany prepare a list of recommendations to be presented to the Executive Committee in November on how to improve IFAs and use them as a tool for building national unions and international solidarity.
14 June, 2006International Framework Agreements concluded between Transnational Companies and Global Union Federations (GUF)
25 July, 2006Italian metalworker unions wrote to trade minister calling for an effective round of trade negotiations for development.
