6 mayo, 2009Workers on strike for recognition of their collective bargaining agreement face police attacks and mass terminations.

5 mayo, 2009Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation, the target of a global campaign, is refusing to reinstate 136 illegally dismissed workers, despite Supreme Court and International Labour Organisation (ILO) rulings in the workers' favour.

5 mayo, 2009"Precarious Work Affects Us All" is a global union campaign to stop the rise in precarious employment and regain power and justice for working people. On this campaign page you will find links to campaign materials, background information and details on what trade unions around the world are doing to mobilise against precarious work.

21 agosto, 2009Workers at ArcelorMittal are on strike after negotiations on adjustments to the collective agreement ended in deadlock. Steelworkers in the United States and Canada have offered their support for the action taken by the miners' union.

20 agosto, 2009A trade union representing shipbreaking workers calls on authorities to enforce health and safety after six workers die in Alang on August 4, 2009.

19 agosto, 2009

19 agosto, 2009Precarious work has come to be identified as a major problem undermining the gains of the working class and eroding trade union organisation. The IMF has started a global campaign to tackle the issue of precarious work and much of IMF action programme and implementation strategy aims at addressing this issue at various levels and through different methods. What we need to keep in mind though is that conditions are not the same the world over and as affiliates in Africa there is a need to think about and identify issues on precarious work that are most critical to this region and how these issues should be addressed in the broader IMF action programme and implementation strategy. In this article we focus in on some of the key issues that make the experience of precarious work in Africa different from other parts of the world particularly the more industrialised and so called developed nations.

19 agosto, 2009

19 agosto, 2009

19 agosto, 2009