11 июня, 2012Addressing the plenary of the International Labour Conference, Said Iqbal, the leader of IMF affiliate FSPMI, proposed that the ILC take action to improve wages and reduce precarious work.
5 июня, 2012At the latest meeting of the OECD Steel Committee workers' representatives voiced concerns over the sustainability of the steel industry when major suppliers such as Rio Tinto continue to abuse workers' rights and ignore public warnings.
14 июня, 2012A new global union to fight for human rights of working people will be founded on June 19 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
14 июня, 2012IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF call on affiliates to cast their votes for Rio Tinto in the Greenwash Gold awards, being held to shine a light on companies sponsoring the Olympics 2012 while at the same time damaging the environment and communities.
14 июня, 2012G20 leaders must urgently rethink policies and back job-centred growth, demands unions, after a new poll commissioned by the ITUC shows that only one in ten in G20 countries believe austerity will work.
30 мая, 2012Some 6,000 delegates representing workers, employers and governments come to the International Labour Organization each year to debate international labour standards, the application of ILO Recommendations and Conventions and discuss how the tripartite body can improve workers' rights around the world.
30 мая, 2012Former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Guy Rider, has been elected as the new Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO). He replaces Juan Somavia, who has served in this position since March 1999.
28 мая, 2012The settlement reached on May 20, 2012 between IG Metall and the Employers Association in the key State of Baden-Württemberg has been extended to other regions, thereby applying to all Caterpillar workers in Germany.
27 мая, 2012REPAM president Gennady Fedynich, union branch president Igor Komlik, and Praca-by.info editor Natalia Vereschagina were taken off the train at the Belarus-Luthuanian border on May 25. Customs officers took their money, laptop and modem for 'examination'. Fedynich was already detained in the same circumstances on February 21.
18 апреля, 2012Fellesforbundet, Norwegian affiliate of the IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF, concluded a new collective agreement for the workers of metal, textile, cable and technology and data sectors granting among others equal pay and working conditions for temporary workers vis-à-vis permanent staff.
