18 September, 2023Following a national IMF workshop on building sustainable union structures in the Philippines, a small delegation of IMF representatives took the opportunity to raise human and trade union rights violations with the new Aquino administration.
18 September, 2023IMF German affiliate, IG Metall recommends members accept a new agreement for a 3.6 per cent pay rise and equal pay for contract workers after negotiations with employers in the steel sector. The agreement reached on September 29 came after the union staged three days of warning strikes.
18 September, 2023A short term diploma course on Labour Policies and Globalization will take place in Germany from April 1 until September 30, 2011. Trade unionists and labour movement activists are invited to apply for admission to this programme by no later than November 1, 2010.
18 September, 2023Shop stewards from two production sites of SONASID-ArcelorMittal in Morocco meet with European Works Council members and health and safety specialists from UGT of Spain, FGMM and FTM of France, FIOM of Italy and FGME of Tunisia at a meeting of the International Metalworkers' Federation.
18 September, 2023European metalworkers joined millions of workers and trade unions from other sectors across Europe on September 29 to respond en masse to the European Trade Union Confederation's call to struggle against the austerity measures pursued by European governments
18 September, 2023Participants of the IMF Sub-Regional Committee meeting for CIS countries took a firm stand against precarious work and trade union rights violations. The region still suffers from the devastating effects of the economic crisis; however the unions struggle for a sustainable future for workers.
18 September, 2023The meeting is the first joint activity on the organization of trade union networks in Latin American companies organized by the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF), the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) and the Building and Woodworkers' International (BWI) to develop new strategies together with their affiliates.
18 September, 2023ICEM affiliates in Sub-Sahara Africa resolve to continue to campaign against Brazilian TNC Vale as the company continues to demand unacceptable concessions from workers at its operations in Voisey's Bay, Canada.
18 September, 2023A new unlimited agreement providing for job security and greater consultation rights of workers was reached at Siemens now covering all 128,000 employees in Germany.
