18 September, 2023After more than two months of negotiations and several weeks of strikes and demonstrations in support of improved conditions, the Uruguayan Metalworkers Union (UNTMRA) has signed a new collective agreement.
18 September, 2023Six executives from the Italian unit of German steel maker ThyssenKrupp were indicted on charges ranging from manslaughter to murder for their involvement in the December 2007 steel plant fire that killed seven workers.
18 September, 2023Management illegally terminated strikers' labour contracts and attempted to break the strike by hiring replacement workers.
18 September, 2023Executive Committee adopts concrete proposals to address global financial crisis and its impact on metalworkers and their families.
18 September, 2023KMWU President Gab-Deuk Jung was arrested and charged with "obstruction of business" following a series of strikes demanding industry-wide collective bargaining and protesting U.S. beef imports.
18 September, 2023Trade unions from North and South America release joint statement on the international financial crisis and the WTO.
18 September, 2023Metalworkers and their trade unions take united action against precarious work around the world.
18 September, 2023Metalworkers around the world mobilize against precarious work on October 7, a World Day for Decent Work.