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

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.

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.

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.

14 enero, 2009Around 3,000 miners have been sacked. The unions have been organising their response and demanding a solution to the situation.

20 febrero, 2009Executive Committee members adopt a resolution in solidarity with workers at General Motors and across the sector.

11 febrero, 2009An Indonesian union has won a historic case against a company manager found guilty of violating local and international labour regulations.

27 enero, 2009KMWU's "one union, one worksite" initiative to organise the precariously employed proves positive for migrant workers threatened with job dismissals.