6 octubre, 2011Mary Pais Da Silva is a 33 year old lawyer, working as coordinator for the Swaziland Democracy Campaign. Currently in Geneva, Switzerland, together with a delegation of six persons from different movements in Swaziland, she wants to set the human rights record straight.

6 octubre, 2011For the first time the Finnish IMF affiliates presented their national collective bargaining demands together. On October 4, after negotiations broke down, they declared an overtime ban in the metal industry. The Metalworkers' Union and Pro have given notice for a strike beginning October 21.

26 septiembre, 2010IMF affiliates from African and European countries and the EMF analyze the impact of the EU trade policy on development and assess the future of industrialization in Africa.

23 septiembre, 2010A joint task force set up by the decision-making bodies of IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF meets in Germany to explore a process to unify the world's industrial workers into one global union federation.

23 septiembre, 2010Workers protest, hold minute of silence in Spain, Colombia, Canada, Chile and Brazil after a worker died on September 5 at a Gerdau plant in Spain.

22 septiembre, 2010Metalicy holds traditional sports games on September 1 to 5, 2010 under the motto "Mobilizing globally against precarious work".

22 septiembre, 2010PRO-GE to demand wage increases and reductions in working time in the forthcoming round of collective bargaining for 165,000 workers in the metal sector.

22 septiembre, 201085,000 German steel workers and members of IMF affiliate IG Metall start warning strikes in support of their collective bargaining demands for a six per cent wage increase and equal treatment of agency workers.

22 septiembre, 2010Prominent global network of legal experts calls on Mexican Supreme Court to respect mineworkers' union autonomy.

4 octubre, 2010Shop stewards from two production sites of SONASID-ArcelorMittal in Morocco meet with European Works Council members and health and safety specialists from UGT of Spain, FGMM and FTM of France, FIOM of Italy and FGME of Tunisia at a meeting of the International Metalworkers' Federation.