22 августа, 200810,000 union members in the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia kick off latest round of IMF campaign actions against precarious work.
12 августа, 2008Progress for workers falls short of China's 2001 pledge to improve labour rights, activists still face forced-labour camps, detention without trial, and state executions.
16 июня, 2008Three Italian metalworker unions to hold one hour strike on June 17 in support of implementing a new law on health and safety at work.
10 июня, 2008Workers and unions were shocked on January 15 when Nokia management announced it would close its plant in Bochum, Germany by the end of June. Nokia had received nearly 100 million euros in government subsidies for the plant and was bound by law to guarantee jobs until December 31, 2007. Fourteen days later, despite it turning a sizable profit, Nokia declared the plant would close.
10 июня, 2008Korean Metal Workers' Union expresses alarm at high level of fatalities in shipbuilding. IMF Shipbuilding Action Group to raise issue at the XVIII ILO World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.
9 июня, 2008The latest issue of Metal World features a report on the impact of the closure of the Nokia plant in Bochum, Germany. An analysis of how unions united to change Australia's labour laws is also presented and Anne Lewis, activist filmmaker, discusses the art of storytelling and effective labour films.
7 мая, 2012Bringing together Alcoa's global union network the day before the company's annual shareholders' meeting paid dividends for workers. Alcoa's Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld met with union leaders and committed to improving dialogue with unions including the global network.
