5 diciembre, 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.

3 diciembre, 2008Police raid homes, abduct, arrest and beat union leaders and workers protesting the government's refusal to allow workers to withdraw their full paychecks from the banks.

1 diciembre, 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.

19 noviembre, 2008Executive Committee adopts concrete proposals to address global financial crisis and its impact on metalworkers and their families.

12 diciembre, 2008At least nine FSPMI members were injured and three detained by the police during a demonstration for increase of minimum wages.

10 diciembre, 2008After completing the age of 62 brother Dyvadheenam, former IMF representative for South Asia, passed away in India.

5 diciembre, 2008Juan Linares Montufar and Carlos Pavon Campos have been arrested but no reason has been given for their arrest.

22 enero, 2009Labour leaders meet with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to urge immediate action in wake of increasing violence and repression against miners' union in Mexico.

14 enero, 2009The International Metalworkers' Federation welcomes the Resolution of the UN Security Council calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza

14 enero, 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.