1 December, 2009Satellite engineers at Astrium are developing new technologies that will assist in protecting the environment. Their union, Unite, helps Astrium stay at the cutting edge of technology by fighting for better pay and conditions, enabling the company to recruit and train the best people.
21 January, 2010Canadian miners are protesting the Swiss mining company's plans to close its copper and zinc operations, calling on government to intervene.
19 January, 2010Chinese battery producer Gold Peak Industrial Holding Ltd under fire by Chinese and international labour groups for failing to be a decent employer.
15 January, 2010IAM and partners launch Ur Union of Unemployed - nicknamed UCubed - to assist the more than 31 million jobless Americans, see: <a href="http://www.unionofunemployed.com">www.unionofunemployed.com</a>
17 January, 2012Thanks to national and international trade union solidarity, the Ecopetrol president has reinstated USO president Rodolfo Vecino and revoked the ten-year ban on holding office also placed on him by the company.
17 January, 2012As UK industrial production fell 3.1 per cent on the year up to November 2011 -- and clocked up the ninth consecutive monthly fall, Unite the union relaunches its strategy to help rebuild and revive UK manufacturing, called "2020 Vision".
11 January, 2012Workers at the Caterpillar-owned Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) plant in Ontario, Canada were locked out on New Year's Eve when the union contract expired, after they overwhelmingly voted to authorize strike action unless management withdrew drastic concession demands.
