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Clemenceau returns, but health and safety blight remains

16 febrero, 2006The decision on February 15 by French President Jacques Chirac to recall the toxic warship Clemenceau back to France underlines the depth of the crisis in the global ship-breaking industry, says the IMF and other Global Unions partners.

Technological sweatshops

8 marzo, 2006

Toyota workers unite

21 marzo, 2006Trade unions unite for the reinstatement of 124 sacked Toyota workers in the Philippines.

International fact-finding mission visits Mexico

26 junio, 2006Team to investigate illegal government takeover of Mexican metalworkers' union

BELARUS: A NATION ON A CONTRACTUAL LEASH

19 marzo, 2008Precarious work, the topic of the IMF Central Committee meeting in Brazil, represents a problem for a growing number of workers in many countries. In Belarus, IMF affiliate REPAM is confronted with a multitude of problems, one of which is precarious employment in the form of universal short-term contracts.

Uruguay is the new location of the IMF Regional Office

31 marzo, 2008The IMF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean has moved to Montevideo and opened on Monday 31 March.

IMF Regional Office for the CIS countries

13 junio, 2008

Unions protests for better working conditions

27 junio, 20088,500 workers participate in protest calling for minimum wage and amendments to privatization laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Rights abuses against Ugandan metalworkers escalate

11 julio, 2008IMF calls on management at Kasese Cobalt to resume contract negotiations and reinstate 116 workers unfairly dismissed for demonstrating outside of administration offices.

Zimbabwean metalworkers face grim future

14 julio, 2008NEWU regional offices forced to close while membership drops dramatically as companies shut down operations amidst Zimbabwe's economic collapse.

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