19 August, 2008Metal Workers' Trade Union of Croatia concludes collective agreement with Alstom, securing wage rises for all 678 workers.

8 August, 2008Union members fired and interrogated for organising activities, company refuses to recognize registration of Birleşik Metal-Is.

3 July, 2008ILO Committee on Freedom of Association calls on Korean government to investigate and remedy alleged anti-union acts against falsely subcontracted workers and requests that obstruction of business laws are brought into line with freedom of association principles.

31 July, 2008Indonesian workers sacked, forced to resign from union, denied overtime, and interrogated and threatened for their union activism.

21 July, 2008Spanish trade unions and the IMF delivered a petition with more than 4,000 signatures to the Mexican Embassy in Spain, demanding the recovery of the bodies of the Pasta de Conchos victims.

18 July, 2008Metalworker unions from Mercosur countries examine the impact of trade liberalisation on industrial production and development and the need for advancing labour and social provisions in trade agreements at a seminar this week.

17 July, 2008IMF and international trade union movement deeply concerned about new proposals in the NAMA negotiations at WTO, and ITUC circulates model letter to send to Ministers of Trade.

15 July, 2008As IMF affiliates prepare to take action from September 30 to October 7, 2008, the IMF launches campaign web pages against precarious work at: <a href="../precariouswork">www.imfmetal.org/precariouswork</a>

20 September, 2008New four-year contract provides wage and pension increases and improved health care benefits for 16,000 members of the United Steelworkers.

16 September, 2008Labour laws adopted without consultation will reduce conditions and workers' rights in Macedonia.