20 August, 2007Brazilian 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.
20 August, 2007Strike averted as agreement between NUMSA and seven car manufacturing companies is reached.
17 August, 2007Join the Listen UP Cochlear campaign to ensure that workers have the right to chose union representation.
18 January, 2007Discussion on quality employment will be held on January 23 at the World Social Forum in Nairobi.
23 March, 2007A new cancer prevention guide, reveals that over 600,000 deaths a year -- one death every 52 seconds -- are caused by occupational cancer, making up almost one-third of all work-related deaths.
20 March, 2007Occupational cancer is the single largest cause of work-related deaths, but the risks have been down-played by governments, health and safety enforcement agencies and employers. Addressing the workplace cancer issue takes a combination of awareness raising and action in the workplace and company-wide.
29 September, 2006Delegates to the IFA World Conference in Germany prepare a list of recommendations to be presented to the Executive Committee in November on how to improve IFAs and use them as a tool for building national unions and international solidarity.
25 July, 2006Italian metalworker unions wrote to trade minister calling for an effective round of trade negotiations for development.
