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Codelco workers mobilise against privatisation and dismissals in Chile

13 juillet, 2011Copper miners hold a national 24-hour strike in protest at Codelco's privatisation plans.

OECD working party favours Green Growth in shipbuilding

12 juillet, 2011Best "Green Growth" practices are widely discussed to address environmental, climate change and sustainable development issues in shipbuilding including related industries such as maritime equipment, shipping operation, and ship recycling/breaking.

Report exposes exploitation in Chinese electronics industry

13 juillet, 2011A recent China Labour Watch (CLW) report exposes appalling working conditions in ten Chinese electronics factories that supply products to multinational electronics companies such as Dell, Salcomp, IBM, Ericsson, Philips, Microsoft, Apple, HP, and Nokia.

Swedwood workers in Virginia vote to unionize

28 juillet, 2011In a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, an agency of the United States Federal Government, workers at Swedwood's operation in Danville Virginia voted to be represented by IMF and Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) affiliate, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW).

Worker empowerment holds key to lower fatalities

27 avril, 2011This April 28 the International Metalworkers' Federation calls for greater empowerment of union safety representatives as they are the best means to a safer and healthier workplace.

Liberian unions work towards a merger

30 avril, 2011On the 18 April 2011 sixteen union leaders from the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM)affiliate United Workers Union of Liberia (UWUL) and International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) affiliate Metal, Mechanical Electrical Communications and Allied Workers Union (MMECAWU) met in Monrovia to discuss the possibility of a merger and to develop a program of cooperation.

IMF shows solidarity with Mexican miners on May day

2 mai, 2011IMF delegates from Latin America and the Caribbean took part in the march to commemorate Workers' Day in Mexico, in solidarity with Mexican miners and the country's independent trade union movement.

IMF Latin America Regional Conference

5 mai, 2011Gender, trade union networks, solidarity, trade, employment and development issues and also focused on the mission, objectives and structure of the new international trade union federation were on the agenda at this conference.

Foxconn and Apple fail to fulfill promises

13 mai, 2011A new report finds that Foxconn is failing to improve conditions of work at its electronics manufacturing factories in China following the series of worker suicides in 2010.

110 workers fired for union membership in Turkey

18 mai, 2011Birlesik Metal-IS members protest the firings by marching from the factory gates to the company headquarters, a week-long, 219 km march from Duzce to Istanbul.