27 августа, 2009After four months of intense struggle, followed by a return to the bargaining table, settlement is reached at Toshiba CPI with the reinstatement of 697 workers, but not the 15 local union leaders.
26 августа, 2009Union communicators from different parts of the world will meet at the first joint EMF-IMF Communicators' Forum in Frankfurt to discuss union campaigns, innovative communication strategies and new media techniques.
2 октября, 2009Four days before the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund officials meet with the Turkish Government, Global Unions met with Turkey's Minister for Labour, and lent their support to President Abdullah Gül's veto of a bill giving "Private Labour Offices" broad rights to place temporary workers in enterprises and warned of the dangers that precarious employment poses for society.
2 октября, 2009Ainur Kurmanov, a prominent workers' rights activist, was viciously attacked and hospitalized.
