2 décembre, 2010Numsa demands improvements in wages and working conditions from BHP Billiton and warns of strike action after three months of stalled negotiations.

2 décembre, 2010Unions representing workers across Siemens plants have formed the Siemens Employees' Federation to represent the interests of Siemens workers throughout India

1 décembre, 2010Calling for trade union rights in Mexico, the international trade union movement is holding various actions including rallies, meetings with Mexican ambassadors, and letter and mass email communication in at least 30 countries around the world from February 14 to 19, 2011.

1 décembre, 2010Some 670,000 German metal and electronics workers to get 2011 pay rises early, reports IG Metall.

18 novembre, 2010Italian metalworker union FIM-CISL issues preliminary analysis of the working conditions at Italian transnational companies operating in Guangdong, China.

16 novembre, 2010Jairo del Río is a member of the Tenaris Workers' World Council and is grateful for its action to protect his own life after receiving death threats.

16 novembre, 2010The presence of more than one trade union in the same company; trade union statutes that do not prioritize a collective approach; different collective agreements within the same company; and above all, the lack of trade union unity all reflect the atomization of trade unions and the weakness of the movement in Chile that some would like to change.

16 novembre, 2010Unemployment and low wages are a major challenge for Sintime, IMF's affiliate in Mozambique. Through a renewed focus on organizing and collective bargaining the union is getting stronger and is gaining higher wages for its members.

23 décembre, 2010In the evening of December 19, mass demonstrations were staged in Minsk. Four trade unionists were arrested. The IMF demands the immediate release of Michael Kovalkov, Alexei Kovun, Vladimir Sergeev and Alexander Tysevich and an end of the violations of fundamental human rights in Belarus.

22 décembre, 2010IMF has received reports of renewed attacks against trade unionists and activists these last days in Mexico. José Luis Solorio, General Secretary of the new democratic Honda union in El Salto, Jalisco was fired; Jorge Mora, elected trade union leader in the Platosa Mine in la Sierrita, Durango also fired and his co-workers intimidated; in Puebla, the office of labour activists CAT, Centre for Worker Support was ransacked and robbed. IMF calls on the affiliates to send strong protest letters to support the Mexican workers fighting for freedom of association and justice.