15 mai, 2008Three Finnish IMF affiliates believe Nokia should be the first Finnish company to sign an International Framework Agreement to secure basic rights for Nokia's employees around the globe.

13 mai, 2008Unions hold 24-hour strike to protest company's move to increase hours of work.

3 octobre, 2008Workers at major auto industry plants in Brazil went on strike during September in support of their demands for improved pay.

29 septembre, 2008Metalworkers around the world stand up and call for an end to precarious work.

13 juin, 2008

10 juin, 2008Workers and unions were shocked on January 15 when Nokia management announced it would close its plant in Bochum, Germany by the end of June. Nokia had received nearly 100 million euros in government subsidies for the plant and was bound by law to guarantee jobs until December 31, 2007. Fourteen days later, despite it turning a sizable profit, Nokia declared the plant would close.

10 juin, 2008Korean Metal Workers' Union expresses alarm at high level of fatalities in shipbuilding. IMF Shipbuilding Action Group to raise issue at the XVIII ILO World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.

9 juin, 2008The latest issue of Metal World features a report on the impact of the closure of the Nokia plant in Bochum, Germany. An analysis of how unions united to change Australia's labour laws is also presented and Anne Lewis, activist filmmaker, discusses the art of storytelling and effective labour films.

3 juin, 2008The world's largest steel company, ArcelorMittal, and trade unions representing its employees worldwide sign a new and groundbreaking agreement to improve health and standards throughout the company.

10 septembre, 2008Unions around the world pledge solidarity with the 27,000 aerospace workers who walked off the job and onto the picket line at U.S. facilities in Kansas, Oregon and Washington.