1 September, 2009IMF Tata World Steel Group Meeting resolves to establish a global network of unions committed to supporting one another in day-to-day union work and collective bargaining.

1 September, 2009UAW criticizes Toyota's decision to close the NUMMI plant in California, stating that thousands of workers will lose their jobs due to this 'ill-timed' decision.

31 August, 2009ITUC releases practical guidance on how to use and promote the Global Jobs Pact in response to the global economic and financial crisis.

10 August, 2009Unions call for secure jobs as a central strategy to securing the future of the shipbuilding industry beyond the current crisis.

6 August, 2009International trade union representatives are visiting Honduras in solidarity with the Honduran people to verify rights violations and demand the restoration of democracy and a return to constitutional order.

6 August, 2009Demanding the payment of previously agreed wage rises and equal pay for equal work, precarious workers, trainees and permanent employees are taking united action at Bosch and Brembo plants in Pune, India.

6 August, 2009Hans Mayr, former President of the International Metalworkers' Federation, died on August 3, 2009 aged 87.

5 August, 2009The committee is asking for a meeting with the company to discuss plant closures and union participation in safety policy at the global level.

5 August, 2009Police officers and company security staff have entered the mine installations to seize the coal washing plant that Grupo México has supposedly sold to the businessman Rogelio Montemayor. The miners' union described the police action as an assault on legality.

5 August, 2009Concern for the lives of 700 autoworkers inside the plant grow as reports come in that parts of the plant near the highly explosive paint shop are on fire, workers trying to flee the fire are being beaten by SWAT team forces.