17 октября, 2011The National Engineering Workers Union (NEWU) joined the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and the labour movement across the globe in commemorating the World Day for Decent Work on the 7th of October under the theme: 'Save Our Rights, Save Our Economy and Our Jobs." This is the fourth time that Zimbabwean workers have held actions on this day having first done so in 2008.
12 октября, 2011After two years of death threats, legal manoeuvring and delays on the part of Tenaris, Sintratucar signed its first collective agreement with Tenaris Tubos del Caribe on October 7.
11 октября, 2011Five workers were immediately crushed to death and seven more injured when a 42-ton elevated ramp fell on workers at Keppel Subic Shipyard on October 7. Later the same day one of the seven injured workers died in hospital in Olongapo. The MWAP denounces lax safety standards.
22 сентября, 2011After 23 months of resistance, the Mexican Electricians' union SME, that staged for over 7 months a protest camp at the central plaza in Mexico City, the "Zocalo", won it's show-down with the government of Calderon in the run-up to Mexico's Independence day, September 16, Mexico's most important national holiday.
21 октября, 20117000 Suzuki workers return to work after an intense and violent 14-day struggle that ends at the country's largest car maker.
11 октября, 2011International pressure -- both inside and out of Georgia -- caused a change of course last week by police and political authorities in the aftermath of belligerent 15 September strike-breaking at Euroasian Steels in Kutaisi.
15 мая, 2011Participants of the IMF Asia-Pacific regional conference express support for the process to unite the world's industrial workers. They also emphasize the need to ensure adequate women's representation in the new global organization.
14 мая, 2011Strengthening independent and democratic trade unions in Mexico was the focus of a four day IMF planning workshop held in Mexico City from May 10 to 13, 2011.
13 мая, 2011A global network meeting of unions representing workers at Volvo trucks held in Sweden in May enables unions from around the world to resolve local workplace problems.
13 мая, 2011A new report finds that Foxconn is failing to improve conditions of work at its electronics manufacturing factories in China following the series of worker suicides in 2010.