13 septembre, 2011Organizing new workers is never easy but in the United States it's tougher than most places. Participants at an Alcoa Global Unions meeting got to experience first- hand the challenges facing the US unions. The attendees from unions in Australia, Canada, Iceland, Brazil, Suriname, and United Kingdom, took part in an organizing drive assisting the United Steelworkers (USW) as part of their activities. The target company Traco is a subsidiary of Alcoa and employs around 450 workers. Incidentally "Here we go again" was the title of union busting materials Alcoa used in one of its plants and seems apt to use during this organizing drive.

8 octobre, 2010In November 2010 the Korean government is hosting the G20. If Korea wants to take a seat alongside leading nations to discuss international governance, it must honour its commitments to respect internationally recognised labour standards.

8 octobre, 2010The IMF Aerospace Conference held in Seattle on October 6-7 brought together unions representing aerospace workers in 13 countries to find ways to work together as a global counterpart to the globalised companies that dominate the industry.

8 octobre, 2010The second trade union coordination meeting of workers' representatives from the Leoni production sites in Morocco and Tunisia was organized by the IMF in Casablanca on October 4-7, 2010, to monitor the implementation of the International Framework Agreement.

5 octobre, 2010On October 7, trade unions across the globe stand up for their rights to decent work and a decent life.

5 octobre, 2010Following a national IMF workshop on building sustainable union structures in the Philippines, a small delegation of IMF representatives took the opportunity to raise human and trade union rights violations with the new Aquino administration.

30 septembre, 2010Participants of the IMF Sub-Regional Committee meeting for CIS countries took a firm stand against precarious work and trade union rights violations. The region still suffers from the devastating effects of the economic crisis; however the unions struggle for a sustainable future for workers.

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18 octobre, 2010Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Rome on October 16, demanding workers' rights, democracy and jobs.

15 octobre, 2010Global unions launch major global campaign to promote quality public services at the Quality Public Services--Action Now! Conference held from October 12 to 14.