18 September, 2023Workers in the majority of European countries abandoned their trade unions in the 1990s. For the Finnish Metalworkers' Union the situation has been the opposite. The deep recession and mass unemployment at the start of the decade was followed by a unique increase in members, especially among young metalworkers. Metal World visited the northern outpost of Oulu, Finland's Silicon Valley.
18 September, 2023The IMF Executive has issued a declaration appealing for support for the IMF's Belarus affiliates.
18 September, 2023The IMF Executive Committee discussed International Framework Agreements, women's representation and Belarus.
18 September, 2023The Costa Rican distributor of Mercedes-Benz fired workers who were trying to form a local of the union "ANTEP".
18 September, 2023The nine trade union leaders were detained while attending a symposium of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.
18 September, 2023Shipyard workers who were fired for refusing to resign their membership in Dok-Gemi-Is win legal fight for compensation.
18 September, 2023Italian and Brazilian metalworkers' unions join forces to fight against child labour.
18 September, 2023The United Steelworkers of America have greeted this decision as a "triumph" of their members' solidarity.
18 September, 2023The IMF's Japanese affiliate has decided not to seek a unified basic monthly pay hike during next spring's "shunto".
