18 September, 2023The IMF joins the independent labour movement of Mexico in urging unions and their members to call on government leaders and Mexican Ambassadors to stop these reforms NOW!
18 September, 2023Protesting against intensive workload, 900 workers in General Motors India Pvt. Ltd in Halol in the Indian State of Gujarat are on strike from March 16, 2011. The majority of workmen are suffering from severe back pain and spinal cord ailments owing to excessive workload. Union called for National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) intervention.
18 September, 2023Mining giant Rio Tinto feels the heat from global unions demanding the company to respect labour rights and international standards.
18 September, 2023Companies affiliated to the Metal Product Industrialists' Association (MESS) are the target of a massive strike launch by IMF affiliate, Birlesik Metal-Is, whose members are fighting for improved wages and working conditions in the metal industry.
18 September, 2023ArcelorMittal workers have taken an important step forward by creating a Latin American regional trade union network that will overcome the barriers between plants at the local, national and global levels.
18 September, 2023In the IMF's survey "The purchasing power of working time", comparisons are made between the time that has to be worked to buy food, clothing, fuel, rent, durable goods, income tax and social security in 63 countries . It's a horn of plenty.
18 September, 2023The IMF should investigate the behaviour of the multinational companies worldwide and publish the results in a yearly white paper, suggests Giorgio Caprioli, the general secretary of the FIM, one of three IMF affiliates in Italy.
18 September, 2023Formerly, the Polish people were told that everything in the West was terrible and everything in the East was OK. That picture has changed, says Marek Danowski, working at a shipyard in Gdansk.
18 September, 2023It is only the growth of an open and tolerant society, founded on respect for fundamental rights, that can give the citizens of the former Yugoslavia prospects for the future, writes Toni Ferigo, responsible for the Balkan region in the IMF Secretariat.
