3 мая, 2012On April 21, 2012 trade unionists and representatives of civil society organizations assembled on Prague's Venceslas Square to protest against the current anti-social reforms and to call upon the Government to resign.
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.
4 октября, 2011Under the slogan "loud and strong" 20,000 young people participated on October 1 in Cologne, Germany in the IG Metall Youth Action Day.
30 сентября, 2011IMF and ICEM general secretaries sent a letter to the president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev, demanding that the persecution of striking oil workers in Mangystau Province stops immediately and the cases of violence, threats and murders are fully investigated.
30 сентября, 2011The Hungarian Metalworkers federation VASAS denounces the proposed new labour code the Hungarian government is currently drawing up. A demonstration is called by trade unions on October 1 in front of the Parliament in Budapest.
28 сентября, 2011Caterpillar, the industrial equipment giant, increased its flexible workforce by 50% between June 2010 and June 2011
27 сентября, 201140 trade unionists representing workers at Tenaris facilities in Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Italy, Japan and Romania met in Zalau, Romania on September 21-23. For the first time since its creation in 2007 in Argentina, Japanese delegates attended.
10 октября, 2011In an attempt to enlist shipbuilding workers in Thailand IMF representative met the local union leaders of a large shipbuilding facility in Thailand.
10 октября, 2011Unions from around the world, including IMF affiliates, participated in the ILO Workers' Symposium on Policies and Regulations to Combat Precarious Employment on October 4-7, 2011. The Symposium produced a set of recommendations on measures that the ILO should take to reduce precarious work and improve conditions for precarious workers.
6 октября, 20112,200 employees in Termini Imerese and 900 Irisbus employees in Avellino risk losing their jobs if Fiat follows through with its decision to close the two plants in southern Italy.
