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Court rules to reinstate ITUA union leader

On March 15 a district court in Russia ruled illegal the dismissal of Evgeny Ivanov and ordered General Motors pay him three and a half months' wages in arrears and compensate moral harm.Mar 17, 2010

Trade Unions Ask Norwegian Pension Funds to Divest of Grupo Mexico Shares

IMF, ICEM and four Norwegian trade unions ask Council on Ethics of the Government Pension Fund of Norway to divest its holdings in the Mexican mining conglomerate Grupo Mexico because of alleged labor and environmental violations.Mar 16, 2010

Second complaint on Mexican protection contracts lodged with ILO

A second complaint regarding the use of protection contracts in Mexico was lodged in February 2010 with the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association following an earlier, similar complaint lodged by the International Metalworkers' Federation.Mar 15, 2010

Tenaris delegation makes solidarity visit to SINTRATUCAR in Colombia

As arranged last year, trade union representatives of Tenaris workers have visited Cartagena, Colombia, in solidarity with their SINTRATUCAR colleagues, who are currently faced with a difficult situation.Mar 15, 2010

March

Events in
March 2010

22-23

Global Meeting of Unions at ValeOntario, Canada
30-31

Seminar (1) for MMTUKBishkek, Kyrghistan

April 2010

07-08

Working Group Meetings on union buildingLome, Togo
14-15

Organising and trade union rights in the Electrical and Electronics industriesSingapore, Singapore
14-15

Workshop on union capacity and solidarity-buildingChishinau, Moldova
16-17

IMF Sub Regional Committee Meeting for East & Southeast Asia-Pacific RegionsSingapore
20-20

Aerospace steering committee meetingGeneva, Switzerland
21-22

IMF Latin American and the Caribbean Regional ConferenceMexico City, Mexico
22-23

Meeting and Leadership WorkshopKinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
28-29

IMF Caterpillar Network MeetingGrenoble, France
28-29

Caterpillar company networkGrenoble, France

May 2010

05-07

Leadership Workshop on the outcome of WG meetingsLuanda, Angola
05-06

Working Group Meetings on union buildingZambia
11-12

Guideline for Trade Union Networks Geneva, Switzerland
14-16

Joint Seminars for REPAM and SPM (1)Minsk, Belarus
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International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF) represents the collective interests of 25 million metalworkers from more than 200 unions in 100 countries. The IMF is a federation of national metalworkers’ unions, a union of unions at the world level. The IMF head office is in Geneva, Switzerland, where worldwide activities are co-ordinated with a network of regional offices.

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