6 августа, 2009Demanding the payment of previously agreed wage rises and equal pay for equal work, precarious workers, trainees and permanent employees are taking united action at Bosch and Brembo plants in Pune, India.
6 августа, 2009Hans Mayr, former President of the International Metalworkers' Federation, died on August 3, 2009 aged 87.
5 августа, 2009The committee is asking for a meeting with the company to discuss plant closures and union participation in safety policy at the global level.
5 августа, 2009Police officers and company security staff have entered the mine installations to seize the coal washing plant that Grupo México has supposedly sold to the businessman Rogelio Montemayor. The miners' union described the police action as an assault on legality.
5 августа, 2009Concern for the lives of 700 autoworkers inside the plant grow as reports come in that parts of the plant near the highly explosive paint shop are on fire, workers trying to flee the fire are being beaten by SWAT team forces.
4 августа, 2009Inside the plant, some 700 autoworkers sit in total darkness cut off from the outside world as the last cell phone battery dies. For the past two weeks, police have blockaded food, water and medical care and attacked workers with taser guns and concentrated tear gas dropped from helicopters.
21 августа, 2009EMF to launch second common demand on precarious employment at its collective bargaining conference in November 2009.
