7 April, 2010CNM/CUT metalworkers' union and the Swedish metalworkers' union IF Metall give their support to a Swedish bid to re-equip Brazil with supersonic aircraft, citing its benefits for workers of the sector and for Brazil.

7 April, 2010Park Ji-yeon, a young worker from Samsung semiconductor factory in Onyang, dies on March 31 at the age of 23 of leukemia. Korean unions and SHARPS activists insist it is an occupational cancer and demand accountability of the company.

1 April, 2010American Axle and Manufacturing Inc. violated the job security clause in its agreement with the UAW and must compensate the workers affected by its 2009 decision to outsource work to Mexico, an arbitrator has ruled.

28 June, 2010Delegates from around the world gathered at the second World Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) to promote peace, non-violence and gender equality around the globe. At the conclusion of the Congress delegates elected their first female General Secretary, Sharan Burrow.

28 June, 2010Unions in North America unite in a strategy to build solidarity with trade unions struggling for autonomy in Mexico.

1 April, 2010To put a stop to the underpayment of women in Germany, IG Metall calls on the federal government to introduce laws on equal pay.

30 March, 2010International Metalworkers' Federation continues to call for an end to the use of protection contracts in Mexico, which are in violation of the fundamental right to freedom of association.

30 March, 2010ILO considers Mexican government violated freedom of association convention by interfering in Mexican Miners' Union's autonomy and calls on Mexican government to resolve its dispute with the union.

30 March, 2010Finnish High Court rules Fujitsu to pay almost three million euros to workers illegally dismissed ten years ago.

30 March, 2010The International Labour Organization's special Commission of Inquiry presents report on Zimbabwean government violations of fundamental rights.