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.

18 mai, 2011Wheels India workers at Ranjangaon, Pune in Maharastra are on strike demanding increased wages, regularization and equal remuneration for contract workers engaged in work of a perennial nature. International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) extends its solidarity to the struggling workers and calls upon the management to negotiate with the workers.

18 mai, 2011IMF and affiliates evaluate organizing efforts in the mining sector in Peru and set out strategic plan for the forthcoming year.

16 mai, 2011Metalworkers at Volkswagen have been on strike for more than a week for a bigger share of company profits. The strike is affecting 20,000 workers.

16 mai, 2011European labour federations show solidarity to locked out Honeywell workers in the U.S. and send letter to the company CEO demanding a return to work and a full agreement with United Steelworkers.

2 mai, 2011Nokia announces plans to cut 4,000 jobs over the next two years, mostly in Denmark, Finland and the UK, and move a further 3,000 jobs when outsourcing its Symbian software operations.

1 mai, 2011This May Day the International Metalworkers' Federation joins with the international trade union movement in calling for justice, equality, humanity and sustainability in a joint statement.

30 avril, 2011In mid-April, more than 100 trade union delegates attended Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Organisation (SSARO) Conference of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) to elect regional leadership and discuss issues affected workers in the region. In keeping with the spirit of the proposed merger between ICEM, the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF), and the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF), regional representatives of IMF and ITGLWF attended the conference in Accra, Ghana

29 avril, 2011The International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF) releases report on working conditions in Asian sportswear supply chains. The report highlights how factories supplying multinational sports and garment brands are routinely violating labour rights.

27 avril, 2011The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) welcomed the decision of the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) to issue a complaint against the Boeing company. The company was charged with illegal retaliation against Boeing employees in the Puget Sound area in Washington after their decision to relocate production to South Carolina.