3 août, 2007Court rules general strike at Mittal Steel Zenica illegal.

3 septembre, 2007In the spring of 2005, Alexei Etmanov went to Brazil as a member of a trade union delegation and returned to his job at a Ford plant in Russia with a totally new concept of unionism.

31 août, 2007International Ban Asbestos Secretariat publishes Killing the Future, a report on Asbestos Use in Asia.

28 août, 2007Workers face unjust dismissals, harassment and threats, and violations of trade union rights.

16 juillet, 2007NUMSA and five other metal unions in South Africa sign new collective agreement with engineering employers' federation, including a wage rise of 9 per cent for lowest paid workers.

3 juillet, 2007IMF and affiliate AMWU signs an International Framework Agreement with Brunel, a global recruitment and service provider.

26 mai, 2009Affiliates debate IMF Action Programme 2009-2013 in day two of IMF World Congress.

26 mai, 2009The new IMF General Secretary, Jyrki Raina, states that the International Metalworkers' Federation will have one policy - the IMF Action Programme for 2009 to 2013.

25 juin, 2009Fiat workers say no involuntary dismissals or plants closings and advance efforts for strengthened trade union cooperation.

25 juin, 2009280 Sidelpa workers are in permanent assembly after Gerdau announced the closure of the company, located in Cali. The IMF Regional Office in Latin America and the Caribbean calls on trade unions to show solidarity with their colleagues.