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NUMSA REACHES AGREEMENT ENDING AUTO STRIKE - IMF affiliate National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) ended their eight day strike after the Automobile Manufacturers Employers' Organization (AMEO) agreed to raise workers pay by 10 per cent in 2010. [August 24, 2010] Click here to read more.
VICTORY FOR WORKERS! AGREEMENT REACHED AT JOHNSON CONTROLS IN MEXICO - IMF welcomes new agreement between Johnson Controls and the Mexican Miners' Union ensuring the reinstatement of workers beaten and forced to resign on August 16 and the August 27 deadline to formally rescind the protection contract with COS and recognize the Mexican Miners' Union. [August 26, 2010] Click here to read more.
FATALITY AT ARCELORMITTAL PLANT OVERSHADOWS VISIT OF GLOBAL COMMITTEE - The death of a worker at the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Kryviy Rih on August 19 during the visit of the Global Joint Health and Safety Committee highlights the need for greater vigilance by management and workers alike. [August 26, 2010] Click here to read more.
DELPHI ANNOUNCES PLANT CLOSURE IN CZECH REPUBLIC - OS KOVO calls for letters of solidarity as 1,400 employees will lose their jobs following the announced closure of a Delphi plant by May 2011 in Česká Lípa, Czech Republic. [August 26, 2010] Click here to read more.
SSANGYONG MOTOR UNION LEADERS REMAIN IN JAIL - Following an appeal from the IMF affiliated KMWU the Seoul High Court released 21 union activists, three other union leaders are still in jail. [August 25, 2010] Click here to read more.
WORKERS OPPOSE EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES IN NEW ZEALAND - Thousands of workers participated in the rallies organized by the IMF New Zealand affiliate EPMU against changes proposed by the government to the employment law. The rallies are a part of a nationwide union campaign 'Fairness at Work'. [August 24, 2010] Click here to read more.
IMF EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH THE SAN JOSE MINERS - The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) expresses solidarity with the 33 workers trapped 700 meters underground in the San José mine since August 5. [August 24, 2010] Click here to read more.
IMF MEETING IN ARGENTINA ON TRADE UNION NETWORKS AND IFAs - IMF affiliates in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico have formulated an action plan on International Framework Agreements (IFAs). An IG Metall colleague will help them build trade union networks. [August 24, 2010] Click here to read more.
AIRWAYS DEMOCRATIZED IN BRAZIL - The ABC Metalworkers' Union, affiliate to CNM-CUT, launches new workers' TV channel in Brazil under the slogan "a TV que te vê" or "the TV that sees you", creating a new democratic space for public debate on social issues. [August 24, 2010] Click here to read more.
"NO TO AUSTERITY - PRIORITY FOR INDUSTRIAL JOBS AND GROWTH" - European unions, including metalworkers, will mobilize on September 29 in a Day of Action against the excessive austerity measures being pursued by European governments. [August 24, 2010] Click here to read more.
MEXICAN MINERS WIN IMPORTANT VICTORY AT CANANEA - The miners' union has won an injunction confirming the legality of the strike at the Cananea mine. The miners who were forcibly removed by the police in June have returned to the mine and are continuing their strike. [August 24, 2010] Click here to read more.
THAI AFFILIATE SEEKING TO BUILD STRONG NATION UNION STRUCTURE - Leaders of union federations and plant unions participated in an IMF workshop to discuss restructuring of the Thai metalworkers union, TEAM, which was established ten years ago and is made up of in-house unions. [August 24, 2010] Click here to read more.
RENEWED ATTACKS ON JOHNSON CONTROL WORKERS - IMF expresses alarm and calls for urgent letters of condemnation in response to violent attacks on August 16 against union leaders and members at the Johnson Controls Interiors plant in Puebla, Mexico. [August 18, 2010] Click here to read more.
HEARING ON ANTI-UNION DISMISSALS OF SINTER METAL WORKERS ADJOURNED TO OCTOBER - International human rights lawyer joins IMF and EMF trial monitor to observe hearing. Judge adjourns proceedings to October 22 but also orders police summons for management witnesses. Union response: "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied" [August 13, 2010] Click here to read more.
