http://www.imfmetal.org www.imfmetal.org en Copyright www.imfmetal.org A new global union to fight for human rights of working people will be founded on June 19 in Copenhagen, Denmark. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30117&l=2 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:50:52 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30117&l=2 IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF call on affiliates to cast their votes for Rio Tinto in the Greenwash Gold awards, being held to shine a light on companies sponsoring the Olympics 2012 while at the same time damaging the environment and communities. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30116&l=2 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:40:21 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30116&l=2 11 employees were killed and several sustained serious burn injuries in a major explosion on June 13, 2012 at RINL Visakhapatnam steel plant, Andhra Pradesh, India. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30114&l=2 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:55:28 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30114&l=2 G20 leaders must urgently rethink policies and back job-centred growth, demands unions, after a new poll commissioned by the ITUC shows that only one in ten in G20 countries believe austerity will work. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30110&l=2 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:55:54 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30110&l=2 Panel discussion on Protection Contracts and Freedom of Association in Mexico packs a full house at the International Labour Organization. Union representatives call for union building, solidarity, and direct action against the government and employers. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30108&l=2 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:37:14 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30108&l=2 The successful organizing of steel workers in India, the epic struggle of Hanjin workers and an interveiw with Koichiro Nishihara-san, President of IMF-JC and JAW, are all featured in the latest issue of Metal Asia-Pacific, produced by the IMF South Asia office. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30094&l=2 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:09:55 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30094&l=2 Addressing the plenary of the International Labour Conference, Said Iqbal, the leader of IMF affiliate FSPMI, proposed that the ILC take action to improve wages and reduce precarious work. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30105&l=2 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:00:39 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30105&l=2 Report finds that in 2011, at least 76 workers died directly as a result of their trade union activities - in addition to those killed during the repression of the Arab Spring protests. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30069&l=2 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:26:26 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30069&l=2 At the latest meeting of the OECD Steel Committee workers' representatives voiced concerns over the sustainability of the steel industry when major suppliers such as Rio Tinto continue to abuse workers' rights and ignore public warnings. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30072&l=2 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:28:05 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30072&l=2 For the first time in the history of the International Labour Organization, the employers' group blocked discussion on June 4 on some of the worst cases of workers' rights violations at the annual ILO conference in Geneva. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30052&l=2 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:44:17 +0200 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=30052&l=2