Workers die at Tuzla shipyards11 декабря, 2009Two new fatalities happened at Tuzla shipyards in Turkey. Limter İş is calling the deaths occupational murder and is demanding employers and the Turkish Ministry of Labour take adequate measures.
Safeguarding agreement achieved at Daimler in Sindelfingen17 декабря, 2009In November Daimler AG announced the plans to shift the C-Class Model from the plant in Sindelfingen to the Alabama plant in the USA. Thanks to the union efforts workers managed to keep their jobs.
Save Saab in Sweden14 января, 2010Thousands of Saab workers demonstrate outside plant in Trollhättan, Sweden in protest of GM's moves to close the plant.
Unions in Belgium increase their strength through merger10 января, 2010IMF affiliated CSC-METAL (CCMB) and ACV-CSC TEXTURA join forces and form ACV-CSC METEA a new strong union in the industrial sector.
Labour rights groups protest Gold Peak's performance19 января, 2010Chinese battery producer Gold Peak Industrial Holding Ltd under fire by Chinese and international labour groups for failing to be a decent employer.
Humanitarian appeal for Haiti20 января, 2010IMF encourages affiliates to support ITUC appeal for Haiti.
Global labour audiocast starts soon21 января, 2010International labour news audiocasts start on the internet in February 2010.
GIKIL pays back wages to Bosnian workers23 февраля, 2010GIKIL pays back wages to Bosnian workers and monitoring begins after workers take strike action and receive international solidarity support.
Bosch workers protest to defend jobs24 февраля, 2010Following the loss of 900 jobs at the closed Cardiff Bosch plant, metalworkers across Europe unite in action to defend jobs.
IMF and FES consolidate unions in Kazakhstan2 марта, 2010International Metalworkers' Federation CIS regional office together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung foundation organized a seminar in Almaty on consolidation and tackling problems of the trade union movement in Kazakhstan in response to the financial crisis.
