18 September, 2023International Ban Asbestos Secretariat publishes Killing the Future, a report on Asbestos Use in Asia.
18 September, 2023Temporary, casual, insecure and contingent work is on the rise in the metal working sector, according to a recent IMF survey.
18 September, 2023In 1991 Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay began a process of establishing a Common Market, known as Mercosul. This report examines the challenges trade unions face in influencing the direction of the Mercosul, a market in which the auto and metalworking sectors play a significant role.
18 September, 2023Participants at the IMF Central Committee, to be held in Brazil later this year, will find a very strong trade union movement particularly in the metalworking sector.
18 September, 2023In the spring of 2005, Alexei Etmanov went to Brazil as a member of a trade union delegation and returned to his job at a Ford plant in Russia with a totally new concept of unionism.
18 September, 2023Brazilian metalworkers call for job security and the ratification of ILO Convention No. 158, which states that employers should not terminate workers unless there is a valid reason.
18 September, 2023Workers face unjust dismissals, harassment and threats, and violations of trade union rights.